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In the documents for the writing of names and surnames, the bill establishes that, at the request of a Lithuanian citizen belonging to a national minority, his name and surname will be written in Latin characters and in accordance with the rules of the minority language respective national. The same procedure would apply to the spouse and children of said person.
The names of foreigners, according to the project, written in Latin characters in the font of the document would be noted on the identity documents.
Personal names registered in non-Latin characters in the source of the document would be transcribed (transliterated) into Lithuanian identity documents in accordance with the standards approved by the Government.
The name and surname of a person at his request can be written in Lithuanian characters or in Lithuanian form.
The debate on the legalization of the original spelling of personal names in documents has been going on in Lithuania for several decades, and bills have been submitted to parliament several times, but there were not enough votes to pass them.
Until now, foreigners and their spouses who want original names on passports and identity cards must defend this position in court at all times, and the courts have so far made decisions in their favor.
The new center-right coalition also promised in its treaty to pass amendments to the law, legalizing the spelling of personal names on the front page of documents in all letters of the Latin alphabet.
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