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Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) — Seafarer (Carrier-Driven)Verified 4 May 2026Schengen Type C visa for seafarers boarding / disembarking vessels via Lithuania. Carrier-driven (initiated by the shipping company / maritime agency). Listed for reference — SureshotVisa specialises in individual visas.
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Seafarer visas for Lithuania are CARRIER-DRIVEN — the shipping company / maritime agency in Lithuania files the MIGRIS invitation with the seafarer's book details, ship name and flag, port and itinerary. SureshotVisa specialises in individual short-stay visas, not crew submissions. If you're a seafarer joining a Lithuanian-port vessel, your shipping company / agency initiates the visa process; we can only advise on the India-side biometrics step at VFS once the MIGRIS invitation is in place.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-05-04. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Lithuania — Schengen member · Embassy New Delhi · MIGRIS portal is the form
All India applications are decided by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, New Delhi through VFS Lithuania centres. The Lithuanian government runs its own electronic immigration portal at migracija.lt/en — every applicant creates a MIGRIS login, picks their nationality, and fills the Schengen visa form there. The standard VFS application form does not work for Lithuania. For business / sponsored visits, the Lithuanian host also submits a MIGRIS invitation letter that the applicant references in their file.
migracija.lt/en and create your MIGRIS login.(1) Affidavits are NOT accepted as evidence by the Embassy of Lithuania — substituting an affidavit for a proper bank certificate, ITR, or property registry will get the file rejected. (2) Family members of Lithuanian citizens pay €0 visa fee — but you need the marriage / birth certificate notarised AND an extract from the Lithuanian population register (Gyventojų registras). Indian-citizen marriage certificate alone is not enough.
Note: SureshotVisa handles the 10 Lithuania Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) categories listed below — Tourism, Business, Study/Internship, Visiting Family/Friends, Cultural & Sports, Official Delegations, Medical Treatment, Seafarer (informational), Airport Transit, and Family Members of EU/EEA/CH citizens — end-to-end through VFS. Long-Stay D visas (work / study / residence permit) are not on this site yet; ask us by phone if you need one and we'll quote separately.
A special Schengen Type C for seafarers, allowing them to enter the Schengen area to board and disembark a vessel calling at a Lithuanian port. Application is initiated by the shipping company / maritime agency in Lithuania (not by the seafarer or an individual visa consultancy) — they file the MIGRIS invitation with full ship + crew details, then the seafarer attends VFS for biometrics. SureshotVisa lists this category for completeness; we don't process seafarer files end-to-end because they're carrier-specific.
What it costs
Paid directly to Lithuania / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 4 May 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Visa fees are set by the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in INR and are non-refundable in case of refusal. The applicable INR fee tracks the current EUR / INR exchange rate and may change without notice. All VFS service charges are inclusive of CGST 9% + SGST 9%. Family members of EU/EEA/CH citizens applying under Directive 2004/38/EC pay zero visa fee — but the VFS service charge still applies. Affidavits will not be considered as documents of evidence by the Embassy of Lithuania.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Lithuania applies the Schengen rules, so travel insurance is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal condition of the visa.
2 of 4 are compulsory for Lithuania
Where people slip: Flying into one city and out of another with nothing showing how you travel between them. Officers read the whole route, and an unexplained gap reads as a plan that does not hold together.
Book for ₹708 (+₹472 per family member)Where people slip: Free-cancellation bookings are accepted, but if the entire file is free-cancellation the officer sees a trip nobody has committed to. Some of it should be real spend.
Confirmed hotel booking, ₹590 per hotel: message us firstWhere people slip: Buying cover for the adults and forgetting the children. Every traveller needs their own EUR 30,000, infants included — a real refusal we have seen on a family of four.
What a Schengen policy must showWhere people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Lithuania. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe can arrange the flight reservation, the hotel and the itinerary for your Lithuania file — each sold separately.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight reservation and the confirmed hotel booking both come from us, and you deal with one team. Every booking is a real one under your own name. We do not sell travel insurance: buy the policy directly from an insurer.
None of them is part of our visa fee: each is bought on its own, at the price below, with or without our visa service.
Flight reservation ₹708 (+₹472 per extra family member) · Confirmed hotel booking ₹590 per hotel · Travel itinerary ₹1,499. GST included.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST. Confirmed hotel bookings are not bought online: message us first on WhatsApp or email info@sureshotvisa.com with the city, dates and travellers.
Tell us your dates — we will say which of these you actually need
What to gather
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Complete at migracija.lt/en after creating a MIGRIS login. Pick India as nationality, then Schengen visa application form. Print and sign.
ICAO-compliant. High-definition colour, face covering ≥80% of frame, no smile, no headgear (except religious — facial features visible). Scanned/colour photocopies NOT accepted.
Issued within last 10 years, valid ≥3 months beyond intended Schengen departure, ≥2 blank pages. Submit current biodata page + last page (Indian passports) + Schengen entry/exit stamps from previous passports if available.
Required only for non-Indian nationals living in India — present temporary or permanent residence permit.
Shows duration of employment and the seafarer's role on the vessel.
Original + copies. Includes seafarer's professional history and certifications.
Filed at migracija.lt by the inviting shipping company. Must include: seafarer's full name, place + date of birth, passport number, seafarer's book number, dates of issue + validity of both, role on the vessel, name + flag of the boat, port and dates of boarding / disembarking, itinerary including entry point (airport) to Schengen area, and the name + address of the Indian agency collaborating with the shipping company. The shipping company also indicates it bears all responsibility for the seafarer upon arrival in Lithuania (including repatriation if needed) and ensures the seafarer boards the ship.
Required if the seafarer flies into Lithuania to board the vessel.
If travelling to several Schengen states, also provide intra-Schengen flight reservation, train itinerary, or car rental proof.
Hotel reservation, holiday-home rental, or campus residence reservation. OR a MIGRIS invitation letter from inviting person/company if accommodation is provided. If travelling to several Member States, proof for each.
From an Embassy-approved insurance provider. Covers accident / illness / medical emergency evacuation / repatriation. Period of validity must cover the entire trip including arrival and departure. Multi-entry: cover the first trip. NOT required for Family Members of EU/EEA/CH citizens (Directive 2004/38/EC).
Explains purpose of travel, duration, names of accompanying persons, transport and accommodation details.
Duly stamped and signed by the bank.
ITR-V plus Form 26AS / Form 16 for cross-verification.
Lithuanian sponsor files the MIGRIS invitation; applicant references it in their application.
Required · optional / if applicable
7 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Confirm Lithuania is your main Schengen destination
Apply via Lithuania if your itinerary spends most time (or has its main purpose) there. If splitting time evenly between Schengen states, apply through the country of first entry.
Create a MIGRIS login at migracija.lt/en
Open the Lithuanian government's electronic immigration portal at migracija.lt/en, pick India from the nationality list, then select the Schengen visa application form. Fill, print, sign. This is the only application form that works — generic VFS forms get rejected at counter.
Get a MIGRIS invitation letter (where required)
For Business / Visiting Family-Friends (when relying on an invitation) / Cultural-Sports / Medical Treatment / Seafarer categories, the Lithuanian host files the invitation letter through MIGRIS. You reference it in your application — no hand-signed letter needed.
Book your VFS appointment online
After completing the MIGRIS form, book at visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/ltu/. Pay VFS service charge in cash / card / UPI / DD at the centre.
Submit at VFS in person + biometrics
Attend with your printed MIGRIS form, all documents, and two ICAO-compliant photos. Pay the visa fee. Biometrics are captured at the centre. Affidavits are NOT accepted as evidence.
Wait for the decision (15 calendar days standard)
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, New Delhi decides. Up to 30 days if additional information / interview requested. Non-Delhi VFS centres add 2–3 days postal transit. Track via VFS website.
Collect your passport from VFS
Once notified, collect from VFS or use courier. Verify visa validity dates, entry type, and stay duration before leaving the counter.
Biometrics and the visit to the visa centre are yours to attend in person — no consultancy can do those for you. How we work
What works
3 levers that flip a borderline case.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
Each link opens the official page that issues the form (we never host third-party forms) — download or fill the current version there.
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Seafarer Visa (Schengen Short-Stay, Type C) — Carrier-Driven, Informational is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Every case here is different
There is no honest standard answer for Lithuania seafarer visa (schengen short-stay, type c) — carrier-driven, informational — the route depends on who is sponsoring you, what the employer has already started, and which region is processing it. So rather than publish generic answers that may not fit your case, we would rather read your actual situation. Send us what you have: an offer letter, an email from the employer, or just the facts as they stand. A consultant at our licensed firm will tell you straight what is possible, what is not, and what it would take.
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Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
Source & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Lithuania website and Embassy of Lithuania. Last verified 2026-05-04. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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