Documents to be submitted to “Sodra” (forms)

When applying for an A1 certificate for an employee sent to work in a foreign country, the employer fills in an application form in his/her personal “Sodra” account and attaches an annex (“Person's Deployment Questionnaire”) for each deployed employee. In addition, the following must be submitted to the Vilnius branch of “Sodra”:

• a certified copy of the employee’s identity document (if the person being deployed is not a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania);
• questionnaire for employers sending workers to work temporarily abroad;
• when applying for an A1 certificate for a third-country national who has entered and is residing in the Republic of Lithuania for work purposes with a Visa D, in addition to the information on the person’s place of residence in the Republic of Lithuania in the “Contact details” section of Chapter 1 of the “Personal data” section of the application form, the person's certified copy of his/her Visa D must also be attached.

Example of how to fill in the form:

Document name	Example of a completed form
Questionnaire for employers sending workers to work temporarily abroad

• Application for a certificate on the application of the social insurance legislation of the Republic of Lithuania to a self-employed person carrying out activities in Lithuania who is travelling to carry out activities abroad
• Application regarding the missing documents for an A1 certificate
• Application for return of A1 certificate(s)

A self-employed person shall complete in his personal Sodra account for the insurer the request in the prescribed form, and shall attach: 

1. a certified copy of the personal identity document (if the self-employed person is not the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania); 
2. documents proving the activity of the self-employed person in Lithuania and abroad: the certified copies of the contracts that have been entered into with natural and legal persons for carrying out the activities in Lithuania, of the contract for the execution of works that have been entered into with a company (other entity) of the host country; if the self-employed person is not a value added tax payer – the certified copies of invoices; 
3. in the case of the application for the issue of the A1 certificate for a third-country national, who has arrived and resides in the Republic of Lithuania for employment purposes with a Visa D – information has to be provided about the place of residence of this person in the Republic of Lithuania in Sub-section ‘Contact Details’ of Section 1 ‘Personal Details‘ of the request form, and the certified copy of a Visa D has to be attached. 

The specified paper request, together with additional documents, can be sent to Vilnius Division of Sodra by post to: Laisvės avenue 28, LT-04540 Vilnius.

• Application for a certificate on the application of social security legislation to a person under an employment contract and/or self-employed in two or more Member States
• Application regarding the missing documents for an A1 certificate
• Application for return of A1 certificate(s)

The person, who at the same is employed and/or is engaged in self-employment in two and more countries, shall complete in his personal Sodra account for the resident the request in the prescribed form, and shall attach: 

1. a certified copy of the personal identity document (if the person is not the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania); 
2. the certified copies of the employment contracts that have been entered into; 
3. the certified copies of the documents proving the engagement in self-employment in two or more countries (of the entered into (ongoing) contracts related to self-employment, of other documents); 
4. in the case of the application for the issue of the A1 certificate for a third-country national, who has arrived and resides in the Republic of Lithuania for employment purposes with a Visa D – information has to be provided additionally about the place of residence of this person in the Republic of Lithuania in Sub-section ‘Contact Details’ of Section 1 ‘Personal Details‘ of the request form, and the certified copy of a Visa D has to be attached.

The specified paper request, together with additional documents, can be sent to Vilnius Division of Sodra by post to: Laisvės avenue 28, LT-04540 Vilnius.

• Application for a certificate on the application of social security legislation to a person under an employment contract and/or self-employed in two or more Member States
• Application regarding the missing documents for an A1 certificate
• Application for return of A1 certificate(s)

An employee or a self-employed person shall submit to Vilnius Division of Sodra the completed request in the prescribed form. The applicants may apply, by submitting a request for the certificate A1, for the period that has already passed, during which the employee or the self-employed person was actually covered by insurance under the Lithuanian law, also for the period which has actually already begun and has not yet ended. 

The specified paper request, together with additional documents, can be sent to Vilnius Division of Sodra by post to: Laisvės avenue 28, LT-04540 Vilnius.

• Application for a certificate(s) on the application of the social insurance legislation of the Republic of Lithuania to a person(s) employed by a company registered in the Republic of Lithuania as an international transport driver(s)
• Application regarding the missing documents for an A1 certificate
• Application for return of A1 certificate(s)

1. a certified copy of the personal identity document of the employee (if the person is not the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania); 
2. in the case of the application for the issue of the A1 certificate for a third-country national, who has arrived and resides in the Republic of Lithuania for employment purposes with a Visa D – information has to be provided additionally about the place of residence of this person in the Republic of Lithuania in Sub-section ‘Contact Details’ of Section 1 ‘Personal Details‘ of the Personal information form, and the certified copy of a Visa D has to be attached.