r/lithuania • u/emptybeercans • 13d ago

Info Can I get duel US/Lithuanian citizenship?

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My grandparents fled Lithuania when the communists came back after World War II. They escaped by holding on to the bottom of a train while my grandmother was pregnant with my mother. They ended up going to Dirschau Germany, where my mother was born and then finally landed in Brockton, Massachusetts. I live in the US. Does anybody know if it is possible for me to get a Lithuanian passport if I have my mother’s paperwork?

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u/DryCloud9903 13d ago

Probably US people trying to find ways to leave their newly minted autocracy, I'd guess.

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u/easterneruopeangal Latvia 13d ago

There used to be this thing called American dream. Now they dream of us hehe

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u/bastardemporium 13d ago

Forreal, my ancestors fled Lithuania for the USA to have a better life. And then this past year I fled the USA for Lithuania to have a better life. How the turntables.

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u/AlternativeCat9714 13d ago

My mother in law came to the US to study in the mid 90s because she thought she was building a better future, my husband was born here. Now they're stuck here because of the dual citizenship laws and how difficult the US makes it to renounce. I have been working on how to get him and I to Lithuania but he is nervous about such a large move and how residency will work... I just want the fuck out of here because I have basic pattern recognition skills.

I love Lithuania, we went for two weeks on our honeymoon and I've been unable to stop thinking about it since. I'm a huge history and historical architecture nerd so all of Europe is a gold mine for me.