DATE: 21 January 2026, 9.00 am–2.30 pm (breaks: 10.30–10.45 am, 12.15–1.00 pm)
The seminar will take place online via the ZOOM platform. A link to join the session will be emailed to registered participants one day before the training begins.
The seminar will not be recorded.
FEE: €105 + VAT (€127.05 including VAT). Registration
Participants will be issued with a professional development certificate (electronic, sent by email).
Seminar lecturer: Svetlana Naumčik, solicitor and associate partner at the law firm ‘Widen Legal’
Svetlana Naumčik specialises in employment and immigration law; she has extensive experience in the areas of employing foreign nationals and the issuance of residence permits in the Republic of Lithuania; she represents clients’ interests in courts, at the Department of Migration and other institutions, and conducts training on migration law issues.
Seminar topics:
- The Law of the Republic of Lithuania ‘On the Legal Status of Foreigners’: amendments from 2026. Draft legislation;
- Quotas from 2026;
- Key rules on the employment of foreign nationals and their application in practice;
- What does an employer need to know? The practical application of the Employment Act;
- Submission of false information to the Migration Department. What does this involve?
- Revocation of residence permits in Lithuania. Prohibition on entering the country and the Schengen Area. Case studies;
- Inspections of employers carried out by the Migration Department. What is the purpose?
- The threat of illegal migration. A threat to national security;
- A six-month ban on issuing letters of recommendation. Practical examples;
- Salaries paid to foreign nationals: what conditions must they meet?;
- Unpaid leave. Can it be granted? Issues;
- Terms and conditions of employment contracts with foreign nationals and the procedure for concluding them;
- Failure to conclude an employment contract with a foreign national, notifications regarding foreign nationals’ failure to arrive in Lithuania, and the submission of false data via the Migris system. Who is liable: the recruitment agency, the foreign national or the company?;
- Employment of Ukrainian citizens in Lithuania: temporary protection, humanitarian grounds, employers’ errors;
- Rules on the employment of EU citizens;
- ‘Foreigner’s passport’: what is it?
- Procedures for the employment of citizens of various foreign countries in Lithuania;
- Conditions for the employment of citizens of other third countries in Lithuania: is it possible to employ someone on a Polish visa?
- Working for several employers;
- Temporary employment contract. ‘Hiring’ a foreign national;
- Remote work for foreign nationals;
- Simplified employment of foreign nationals in Lithuania: employment of students and family members in Lithuania;
- The need to check contractors and service providers regarding the employment of foreign nationals. How to check a contractor?;
- Illegal employment, consequences of breaches. Real-life examples;
- Posting of foreign nationals to Lithuania from Poland and third countries;
- Blue Card: how to employ a highly qualified specialist from abroad?
- Is it possible to post foreign nationals from Lithuania to other countries?
- The latest case law on the employment of foreign nationals.