Azerbaijan Embassy for Lithuania - Address / Phone Number

Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Address: Gedimino pr. 35, Vilnius
City: Vilnius (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +2 hours)
Tel.: (370) 5 219 5601 
Fax: (370) 5 219 0042

Opening hours (Consular Section): Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 10.00 to 12.00

The Consular Section provides standard services such as assistance with passports and visas, and consular legalization that serves to confirm the legal force of documents and legal acts in the international arena.

Citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan residing, studying and working under contract outside of the Republic of Azerbaijan can appeal to the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to acquire passports.

The Consular Section is issuing three types of visas: single-entry (up to 30 day of validity), double-entry visa (up to three months of validity), and multiple-entry visa (up to one year validity). When applying for a visa there are some important issues to be considered. Visa processing takes from 7 days, and the payment method should be a bank transfer as no cash or credit cards are accepted. All bank transaction fees should be paid by the visa applicant, otherwise visa application cannot be processed.All visa applicants must apply in person at the Consular Section to submit biometric data such as fingerprints and facial image. If the biometric data is not received the application will not be processed. All double and multiple entry visa requests should be sent directly by the Azerbaijani inviting party to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan for the relevant authorization procedure. One should also keep in mind that the Consular Section has the right to require any additional documents that it considers to be necessary for visa application procedure.

The Embassy would like to remind that those who traveled to the occupied territories without prior permission of the Republic of Azerbaijan will be denied the entry to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Foreigners going to Azerbaijan for a tourist visit must present a hotel reservation that must be signed and stamped by the hotel management. For a business visit a letter of invitation from a business counterpart in Azerbaijan indicating personal information and the purpose of the trip is needed. Otherwise a certificate of employer or educational organization, also signed and stamped, indicating the purpose of the trip is required. When visiting family and friends likewise a letter of invitation is required from the relatives or friends residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Consular Section also provides consular legalization services. It is a confirmation of authenticity of the signatures on documents and legal acts and certification of the correspondence of those documents and legal acts to the laws and regulations of the country where the consulate is established.

For foreigners - the documents submitted to the Embassy must be translated into Azerbaijani by a certified translator. Applicants should be aware that the documents should also be acknowledged by a Notary Public and be certified by Lithuanian MFA.

For Azerbaijani citizens – the documents submitted for legalization must be translated into English by a certified translator. It is also advised that the documents should be printed and certified by MFA of the Republic of Azerbaijan.