Support for Expatriates
Updated 2016-01-27
State Studies Foundation provides Support for the Studies of Children and Grandchildren of Expatriates and Foreigners of Lithuanian Descent at Lithuanian Schools of Higher Education.
They can apply for two (both) types of support:
- scholarship;
- social disbursement
Students, applying for support, must be:
- enrolled to the first cycle, integrated or postgraduate studies at Lithuanian higher education institution;
- passed last session without academic debt (this does not apply to the first year, first semester students and those, who apply for social disbursement).Support is not granted to the students, studying languages of the countries they come from.
A student willing to receive support, by February 20 in spring semester and by September 30 in autumn semester must:
- register at the Foundation's web site and fill in an application form. Electronic banking or electronic signature is needed for authorization.
- Foreigners of Lithuanian descent, applying for the support for the first time, ought to present documents (or certified copies), issued by Lithuanian community of their country or other institutions, proving their Lithuanian origins, by the applications' submission deadline.
- Expatriates, applying for the support for the first time, ought to present documents (or certified copies) proving that they were living not less than 3 years abroad and returned to Lithuania not earlier than to the 8th form, by the applications' submission deadline..
- Those, applying for the social disbursement, by the applications' submission deadline must present documents (or certified copies), proving social circumstances they stated in their application form (number of family members, death certificates and other), unless the Foundation states that no documents are required.
In cases when it is not possible to ascertain the applicant's identity by electronic means (internet banking or electronic certificate), student, applying for the support, should arrive to the Foundation and fill in application form on site. For more information please visit State Studies Foundation website.
