Lithuanian citizenship from birth through a citizen parent
How Article 14 treats a child whose legal parent was a Lithuanian citizen at birth, including births abroad and late registration.
If a legal parent was Lithuanian when you were born, citizenship may have arisen at birth. A grandparent alone does not answer whether your parent was a citizen then.
The fact to prove
Current Article 14 covers a child whose parents, or one parent, held Lithuanian citizenship at birth. Birth outside Lithuania does not prevent the rule from applying. It also addresses a citizen parent who died before the child was born.
For an older birth, use the law effective on that date. Do not project the present rule backward without checking the historical edition. Legal parentage must also have existed with the required effect.
Registration and a passport can document status. A late registration does not turn a non-citizen parent into a citizen on the earlier birth date.
Multiple citizenship at birth
Article 7 contains defined multiple-citizenship exceptions. The Migration Department confirms that children who acquired Lithuanian citizenship at birth may hold multiple citizenship. Still verify when and how each citizenship arose rather than treating a current passport as the whole answer.
Evidence to collect
Start with the applicant's full birth record, parentage records, and the parent's citizenship certificate, passport, or status file covering the birth date. Add marriage, name-change, acknowledgment, or court records needed to connect the identities.
Adoption is different. Current Article 17 can produce citizenship from the adoption date, not from birth. A parent's later reinstatement or grant is also different and requires Article 27 review.