LAW ON THE LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGNERS, 4 September 1991, No I-1750 (unofficial translation, excerpt)

CHAPTER 1. General provisions

Article 1. In the Republic of Lithuania, persons possessing citizenship or any foreign state, as well as stateless persons shall be qualified as foreigners.

Article 2. The legal status of foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania shall be established by this and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Issues concerning legal status of citizens with foreign citizenship may also be regulated by international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania with foreign states, the citizens of which they are.

Article 3. Foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania shall enjoy the same rights and freedoms as citizens of the Republic of Lithuania unless the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, this and other laws or the Republic of Lithuania as well as international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania provide otherwise.

Foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania are equal before laws regardless of their race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other convictions, national or social origin, property, birth or any others status.

In the Republic of Lithuania, foreigners, while exercising their rights and freedoms, must not carry out activities detrimental to the interests of the Republic of Lithuania, rights or legitimate interests of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, or of other persons.

Article 4. The provisions of this law shall be applied with regard to citizens of foreign states upon a basis of reciprocity. When it becomes evident that another state restricts or violates universally recognized norms of legal status of foreigners with regard to citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania may establish reciprocations of rights and freedoms of foreigners of that state, who are staying in the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 5. Foreigners, staying in the Republic of Lithuania, must respect and observe the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania. They must also respect customs and traditions of the Lithuania nation and other national minorities residing in Lithuania.

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CHAPTER 2. Basic Rights, Freedoms, and Duties of Foreigners Staying in the Republic of Lithuania

Article 8. Foreigners staying in Lithuania shall enjoy freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and convictions.

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Article 12. Under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, foreigners on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania shall be guaranteed inviolability of person and of abode, as well as other personal freedoms.

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Article 15. Foreigners staying in the Republic of Lithuania shall enjoy property rights under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 16. Foreigners permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania may engage in any labour or economic activity if it not prohibited by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and if not exclusively citizens of the Republic of Lithuania are permitted to engage in it.

Article 17. Foreigners, who are permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania and have a legal job, shall enjoy the same economic and social rights as citizens of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 18. Foreigners permanently residing the Republic of Lithuania shall enjoy the same rights to social security as citizens of the Republic of Lithuania.

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Article 21. Foreigners staying in the Republic of Lithuania shall be subject to taxation in the same manner as the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania unless laws of the Republic of Lithuania or international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania provide otherwise.

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