“War refugees immediately started booking visits to the Migration Department, exchanging information with each other on how to fill in the correct application form for changing residence permits. If we continue to see applications submitted at such a fast pace, all beneficiaries of temporary protection will be able to change their permits by the beginning of March,” said Evelina Gudzinskaitė, head of the Migration Department.
According to the institution’s data, 19,000 war refugees have applied to change their temporary residence permits issued on the basis of temporary protection in the past week and a half.
Lithuania is currently home to more than 52,000 Ukrainian war refugees, who have been granted the status of temporary protection.
On 1 December, there were more than 86,000 Ukrainians living in the country, including 34 thousand issued temporary residence permits on the grounds of employment, family reunification or humanitarian reasons, working as highly qualified professionals, etc.