Decision on visa application, right to appeal

Decision on visa application, right to appeal

Visa applications are decided on within 15 calendar days of the date of the lodging of an application, which is admissible (the time limit starts when visa application is received at the Embassy and not lodged at a Visa Application Centre). That period may be extended up to a maximum of 45 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.

A decision on refusal, annulment or revocation of Schengen visa and the reasons on which it is based is notified to the applicant by means of the standard form for notifying reasons for refusal, annulment or revocation of a visa.

Applicants who have been refused a visa or whose visa has been annulled or revoked (unless the visa was revoked at the applicant‘s request) have the right to file an appeal against the decision to Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (Žygimantų g. 2, LT-01102 Vilnius, tel.: +370 5 264 8703, https://vaat.teismas.lt) within 14 days from the service of the decision in accordance with the procedure and under the conditions established by the Law on Administrative Proceedings of the Republic of Lithuania. An appeal must be lodged in Lithuanian language; documents issued in other languages must be translated into Lithuanian and approved in accordance with the established procedure. A stamp duty of EUR 30 must be paid for the appeal (if the appeal is lodged to the court by electronic means only, 75 % of the amount of the stamp duty is payable). The court must hear an appeal not later than within 2 months from the day the court passes a ruling on the admissibility of the appeal.

A decision on refusal, annulment or revocation of Schengen visa is not a subject of administrative appeal.