Table 2: Number of stateless children in possession of residence permits as of 1 August 2012 (disaggregated by the type of document and grounds for issuance)93 Type of Residence Permit Reason for Issuing or Replacement94 Number of Children Temporary residence permit In a case of family reunification where the parents or one of them, or the spouse of one of them, is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or is in possession of a residence permit and in whose guardianship the minor alien is, reside in Lithuania. 1 The child has been put under guardianship/custody of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania. 1 Total Permanent residence permit 2 1 The child has entered the Republic of Lithuania for residence together with a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania as his family member. The child was born in Lithuania and his parents or one of them are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania or hold a permanent residence permit.95 8 The child was born outside Lithuania and his parents or one of 8 them are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania or hold a permanent residence permit. The permit was replaced because it had become not fit for use. 1 The permit was replaced because its validity had expired. 8 The child entered to join and reside with a family member who has a permanent residence permit because the family member has retained the right to Lithuanian citizenship or are of Lithuanian descent. 1 Total EU residence card 27 The child is a family member of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and has entered the country to reside accompanying the citizen who is exercising the right to freedom of movement in the EU, or arrives to join the citizen from the territory of another EU Member State. Total EU permanent residence card 26 3 3 4 The child has retained the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania as a descendant of a person who held Lithuanian citizenship before 15 June 1940, or is a person of Lithuanian descent or entered the Republic of Lithuania for residence together with a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania as his family member. Total 4 Total stateless children 36 93 Ibid. 94 In relation to the relevant article(s) under the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. 95 This may be the case when a child born in a family of a Lithuanian citizen and a foreign national and the child loses or the parent and the child renounces Lithuanian citizenship later in life. M A P P I N G S TAT E L E S S N E S S I N L I T H UA N I A