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The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Monday to refund the consular fee to Belarusian citizens to apply for a visa, which will be subject to 50 percent. relief. The decision made in 2011 did not charge such a fee at all.
“This project proposes to apply 50% to Belarusian citizens.” An exemption from the consular fee for applications for national visas would be as a mirror parity solution, since Belarusians apply the same benefit to our citizens, “said the minister. of Foreign Relations, Linas Linkevičius.
According to the minister, the issuance of a visa for Belarusian citizens under the new regime would cost 60 euros, it is proposed that it enter into force from July.
According to data provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in 2011-2019, 44,000 internally displaced persons were issued to Belarusian citizens. 966 national visas, and the consular fee not collected during that period amounted to more than 2.6 million. euros
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus was informed of the plans to reimburse the consular fee and did not oppose it, only wishing that the fee to process national visa applications be introduced after the entry into force of the facilitation agreement of visa with the European Union. This Agreement will enter into force on July 1.
Belarus is currently included in the list of countries most affected by the coronavirus, and foreigners can come to Lithuania from there only in exceptional cases with the necessary 14-day isolation.
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