Lithuania: Knowledge Base profile
This document contains useful information about Lithuania which will assist HM Passport Office staff process passport applications.
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Knowledge Base is an information resource for HM Passport Office staff.
This document includes information about:
- names
- nationality
- legitimacy and parental responsibility
- adoption
- surrogacy
- gender recognition
- civil partnership and marriage
- documents from Lithuania
Updates to this page
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This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer's foreign passport.
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Names section updated to remove information relating to the letters not found in the Lithuanian alphabet, as the law has changed to allow these in Lithuania identity documents.
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This document has been updated to explain what a Multilingual Standard Form is and that HM Passport Office cannot accept them.
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First published.
Update history
2026-10-01 10:54
This Knowledge base profile has been updated in the Names section to show when HM Passport Office will add an observation to the British passport referencing the name shown in the customer’s foreign passport.
2026-03-09 13:34
Names section updated to remove information relating to the letters not found in the Lithuanian alphabet, as the law has changed to allow these in Lithuania identity documents.
2025-10-28 13:21
This document has been updated to explain what a Multilingual Standard Form is and that HM Passport Office cannot accept them.
2024-03-25 13:19
First published.