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US regular-passport holders can visit Lithuania as tourists without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180 across Schengen. Carry a qualifying passport, medical-insurance proof, funds and return-travel evidence. Expect EES at the border; ETIAS applications are not open.

Key facts

For United States passport holders, tourism or short business trips.

You may need a visa if…

• This answer covers adult regular-passport short tourism. Other passports, work, study, residence and special family/dual-national rights require separate advice.
• The standard 90-day allowance is shared across Schengen and includes previous trips; internal border crossings do not reset it.
• Carry proof of funds for your stay and departure. The European Commission's current Lithuanian reference is EUR 50 per day; its guidance also describes a formal MIGRIS invitation as an alternative means of demonstrating support.
• Carry proof of medical insurance covering hospitalization and medical treatment in Lithuania. Lithuania's current consular visa-free guidance requires it for non-EU entrants. Confirm the current required coverage amount with Lithuanian authorities before travel; the linked detailed consular insurance page still quotes a pre-euro amount.
• Carry accommodation and trip-purpose evidence; visa exemption does not guarantee admission. Temporary internal checks can apply.
• The State Department advises against travelling to Belarus or Russia from Lithuania and warns that import restrictions cover most goods from those countries.

Before you travel

• ✓Count prior Schengen days and keep within the standard 90 days in any 180.
• ✓Issued within the previous 10 years and valid for at least 3 months after your planned departure from the Schengen Area.
• ✓Carry proof of funds for your stay and departure. The European Commission's current Lithuanian reference is EUR 50 per day; its guidance also describes a formal MIGRIS invitation as an alternative means of demonstrating support.
• ✓Carry a return plane ticket and proof of funds: the State Department's Europe-transit guidance specifies both. EU guidance also says border officials may request tickets and accommodation evidence.
• ✓Carry proof of medical insurance covering hospitalization and medical treatment in Lithuania. Lithuania's current consular visa-free guidance requires it for non-EU entrants. Confirm the current required coverage amount with Lithuanian authorities before travel; the linked detailed consular insurance page still quotes a pre-euro amount.
• ✓Expect EES at the border. Do not apply or pay for ETIAS while applications are closed.
• ✓Follow current official security alerts and border/route restrictions.
• ✓Enroll in STEP for US embassy alerts.

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