{"id":2659,"date":"2025-07-22T19:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:20:30","slug":"migracijos-departamento-sprendimas-buvo-neteisetas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/migracijos-departamento-sprendimas-buvo-neteisetas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Migration Department\u2019s Decision Was Unlawful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2659\" class=\"elementor elementor-2659\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-613d3a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"613d3a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f157a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f157a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We represented a client in an administrative case challenging the Migration Department\u2019s decision to revoke their permanent residence permit in Lithuania. The department had based its decision on the fact that the client had been continuously absent from Lithuania for more than 12 months \u2014 during which time the client was studying in a non-EU country under a study program offered by a Lithuanian university.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On June 4, 2025, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania ruled that the Migration Department\u2019s decision was unlawful and annulled it. The court noted that the client had spent over a year abroad for an important reason \u2014 pursuing higher education under a Lithuanian university program \u2014 and therefore had not lost their connection to Lithuania. Furthermore, the court emphasized that the client had been unable to return to Lithuania earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict travel restrictions in place at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the court of first instance dismissed the complaint, believing the Migration Department\u2019s decision to be disproportionate, we pursued the case to the end. Ultimately, we achieved a victory in the Supreme Administrative Court, which upheld our appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the client was represented by Vis Legis law firm attorney Rita Balsevi\u010d\u0117.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published: 2025-07-22<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We represented a client in an administrative case, in which we challenged the decision of the Migration Department to revoke the permanent residence permit in Lithuania. The Migration Department made such a decision on the basis that the client had been absent from Lithuania for more than 12 months continuously \u2013 he was studying in a non-European Union country under a study program at one of the Lithuanian universities. On 4 June 2025, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-naujienos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2659"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2659\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vislegis.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}