Lithuania issues nearly all of its residence permits through one online system, MIGRIS, and that single-portal design is part of why Lithuania Residency has become a more predictable EU entry route than several of its neighbours. Predictable, though, does not mean simple. Indian applicants researching Lithuania Residency in 2026 are usually juggling several questions at once — which permit category fits their situation, what income and housing proof the Migration Department under Lithuania's Ministry of the Interior actually expects, how a work-based Temporary Residence Permit differs from a Permanent Residence Permit, and what an employer's "Mediation Letter" really authorises.
