{"id":138,"date":"2022-12-05T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/lithuania\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:32:05","slug":"counselling-services-for-the-asylum-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/lithuania\/where-to-find-help-in-lithuania\/counselling-services-for-the-asylum-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Counselling services for the asylum procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are in Lithuania and you need legal counselling in your asylum case, or you have questions about the asylum or family reunification procedure in Lithuania, please&nbsp;contact our partner, the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.lt\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.redcross.lt\" target=\"_blank\">Lithuanian Red Cross<\/a>,<\/strong> who may be able to provide legal counselling in your case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#abb7c230\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Lithuanian Red Cross Society&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Address: <\/strong>Jasinskio str. 16B, 03163 Vilnius\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Tel:<\/strong> ? <a href=\"tel:111\">111<\/a> and <a href=\"tel:37068216597\">(+370) 682 16 597<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> E-mail:<\/strong> ? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:legal@redcross.lt\" target=\"_blank\">legal@redcross.lt<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Webpage:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.lt\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.redcross.lt<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are in Lithuania and you have serious challenges with authorities, you can approach the <strong>Seima\u2019s Ombudsmen\u2019s Office<\/strong>, which is authorised to protect human rights and investigate individual complaints against authorities in Lithuania:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#abb7c230\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Seima\u2019s Ombudsmen\u2019s Office<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Address: <\/strong>Gedimino pr. 56, 01110 Vilnius<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong> Tel:<\/strong> ? <a href=\"tel:080022100\">0 800 22100<\/a> \/ <a href=\"tel:37070665105\">(+370) 706 65105<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>E-mail: <\/strong>? <a href=\"mailto:ombuds@lrski.lt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ombuds@lrski.lt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Webpage: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrski.lt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.lrski.lt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be informed that UNHCR is <strong>not<\/strong> part of the asylum procedure in Lithuania and cannot provide legal advice to individual applicants regarding, for example, asylum or family reunification. 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