Conditions for Arrivals and Restrictions Related to COVID-19 (updated on 2022-01-17)

In order to reserve a place of residence in one of the dormitories of VMU, all higher year students, who are currently not living in the dormitory must follow this procedure:

• learn about our dormitories, its’ location, the price for accommodation services, living conditions, etc. (Dormitories);
• log in to the online accommodation system (VMU Students accommodation) with your personal VMU credentials (username and password) and reserve one of the places for residence from the provided list on Dormitories / Accommodation in Student Rooms(number of places in the dormitories is limited but the list is being constantly updated, therefore it is recommended to check it regularly). Information about the resident place, which your reserved, you will get in your e-mail.
• receive a second e-mail about reservation confirmation.
• receive our third e-mail with instructions on how to sign your online Agreement for Accommodation, sign it, and move into the dormitory no later than in 3 working days, otherwise your room reservation will be cancelled.

Students, who are returning to Lithuania after completing their exchange period abroad and who wishes to live in one of the dormitories of Vytautas Magnus University  may reserve a place of residence by:

• Completing the online Arrival Registration Form and sending your travel tickets to arrival@vdu.lt at least one week before your arrival to Lithuania. After completing an online registration VMU International Cooperation Department will contact each student regarding their self-isolation, in accordance with the regulations of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. You may read full information about the self-isolation conditions here;
• taking the coronavirus test.   A PCR test for COVID-19 must be taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania, an antigen test must be taken within 48 hours before the entry;
• registering at National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health by filling in an electronic form on https://keleiviams.nvsc.lt/en/form before the arrival;
• following instructions of administrative staff members of Vytautas Magnus University;
• isolating yourself in the dormitory, allocated by Vytautas Magnus University and follow mandatory conditions of self-isolation (if needed);
• Exemptions of self-isolation, for persons who have recovered from COVID-19 or have been fully vaccinated, are determined by National Public Health Center under the Ministry of Health;
• More information about COVID-19 related restrictions https://koronastop.lrv.lt/en/

• Passengers FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES (listed or not listed as affected) travelling on international routes organized and operated by carriers as regular, special and charter services by all modes of transport must complete a QUESTIONNAIRE 48 hours before the arrival and present the confirmation of the completed electronic form (QR code) to the carrier before boarding the vehicle.
• Those arriving in Lithuania from ALL COUNTRIES by their own transport until the moment of crossing the border of the Republic of Lithuania must fill in the QUESTIONNAIRE 48 hours before the arrival and provide confirmation of the completed electronic questionnaire (QR code) to NVSC specialists or other officials at the border checkpoint or passenger checkpoint.
• COVID-19 testing is required from any arrival from any country of the world, with certain exemptions for those who have recovered from COVID-19 disease or have been fully vaccinated.
• A PCR test for COVID-19 must be taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania, an antigen test must be taken within 48 hours before the entry. A negative test result will have to be shown to the carrier before boarding a plane, bus, ferry, etc.
• Arrivals from the green area will not be required to self-isolate, nor is self-isolation required from the arrivals from the orange (yellow) area.
• Requirements for arrivals from the red and grey area remain the same: you must self-isolate for 7 (seven) days self-isolation and follow mandatory isolation regulations
• Arrivals from the black area must present negative testing and will be required to self-isolate even if they are fully vaccinated or with past infection.

More information about COVID-19 related restrictions https://koronastop.lrv.lt/en/

Testing and self-isolation requirements will not apply (excluding for those arriving from black marked countries) for those:

• holding a document from a medical establishment confirming the recovery of COVID-19 confirmed by a positive result of a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test and maximum 180 days have passed of the positive testing before the return/entry to the Republic of Lithuania.
• holding a document issued by a medical establishment, a country-specific vaccination certificate, or an international vaccination certificate confirming the complete vaccination with one of the COVID-19 vaccines (COVID-19 Vaccine Jansen, Comirnaty, Spikevax or Vaxzevria) administered under the vaccination schedule approved by the competent authority of the country where the vaccination was carried out, if at least 14 days have passed after the administration of a dose of COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) vaccine, and the person has been vaccinated with:

• • the second dose under the two-dose vaccination schedule;
  • one dose under the single-dose vaccination schedule;
  • at least one dose administered to the person who has recovered of the COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) confirmed by a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test result.

Important note: the documents confirming the results of the COVID-19 test or vaccination or recovery must be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Union.

• Passengers FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES (listed or not listed as affected) travelling on international routes organized and operated by carriers as regular, special and charter services by all modes of transport must complete a QUESTIONNAIRE 48 hours before the arrival and present the confirmation of the completed electronic form (QR code) to the carrier before boarding the vehicle.
• Those arriving in Lithuania from ALL COUNTRIES by their own transport until the moment of crossing the border of the Republic of Lithuania must fill in the QUESTIONNAIRE 48 hours before the arrival and provide confirmation of the completed electronic questionnaire (QR code) to NVSC specialists or other officials at the border checkpoint or passenger checkpoint.

MOVING INTO DORMITORY

When moving into dormitories No. 5, Universiteto g. 8, Kaunas district, Akademija, No. 2, “Baltija” (Vytauto pr. 71) and No. 6, located in Vilnius (A. Vivulskio g. 36), you will need to come directly to the dormitory, where the administrators will provide you with the room keys, dormitory access card and all the necessary information.

More information about dormitories can be found here:

VMU dormitory No. 2, Kaunas

VMU dormitory No. 5, Akademija

VMU dormitory No. 6, Vilnius

PAYMENT

The accommodation fee starts from the date of move-in, and all accommodation-related fees (including the move-in fee) are payable from September onwards via the student portal, so there are no fees to pay at the time of move-in.

We kindly ask our students, who are moving into the dormitory for the first time, to be reasonable and socially responsible:

Before your departure to Lithuania:

• Send your travel tickets by the e-mail arrival@vdu.lt and fill-out the online arrival registration form at least one week before the arrival; and register at National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health by filling in an electronic form on https://keleiviams.nvsc.lt/en/form (not earlier than 48 hours before your arrival to Lithuania);
• Follow instructions of administrative staff members of Vytautas Magnus University;

Upon your arrival (moving), at the dormitory’s Administration you shall:

• when entering the building use the hand sanitiser at the entrance;
• check your body temperature;
• sincerely answer questions of the Administrator of Dormitory. Monitor the list of countries affected by a coronavirus (COVID-19) regularly and inform the dormitory’s administration immediately if you are returning from one of them;
• present EU Digital Covid Certificate or other proof that you have been fully vaccinated with one of the COVID-19 vaccines (COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen, Comirnaty, COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, and Vaxzevria), a medical document which confirms that a maximum of 180 days has passed of the positive COVID-19 testing until arrival to the Republic of Lithuania. Otherwise, be prepared to self-isolate for 7 (seven) days.
• Isolate yourself in the dormitory room allocated by Vytautas Magnus University and follow mandatory conditions of self-isolation.
• follow recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the dormitories of VMU (if you do not need to isolate yourself).

• A 7-days self-isolation shall be performed in specially designed guest rooms (except cases when a resident is living in a single bedroom with a separate bathroom).
• Residents who are travelling to Lithuania from the COVID-19 affected countries and are obliged to self-isolate, have to book a guest room on Student Self-service Portal http://studentas.vdu.lt> Dormitories > Accommodation in Guest Rooms, before their intended return (note, that number of rooms is limited and reservation shall be made as early as possible). Accommodation fees are calculated according to the type of room and a full list of room prices is available here (you need to check the prices for  VMU students – Short Term Accommodation).  If a student is reserving not a single bedroom, the fee is calculated for an entire room (two places) with an exception if it is shared with another person, who is also returning from abroad.

NOTE: In case of a situation that there are not enough places for self-isolation in VMU dormitories, students may choose to perform their self-isolation in hotels or other private companies or institutions, that provide accommodation services.

• New exchange students or full-time first semester students, who will just start their studies at VMU, may reserve a place of self-isolation by completing the online Arrival Registration Formand sending your travel tickets to arrival@vdu.lt at least one week before your arrival to Lithuania. After completing an online registration VMU International Cooperation Department will contact each student regarding their self-isolation, in accordance with the regulations of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. You may read full information about the self-isolation conditions here;
• While travelling from the Airport to the dormitory, please use the Bolt app (taxi – protect) services (expenses shall by paid by the resident). Please note that you cannot use public transportation.
• During the period of self-isolation we highly recommend you to use the following and similar websites regarding the meals’ ordering:

https://www.barbora.lt/

https://www.lekste.lt/

https://wolt.com/en/

https://food.bolt.eu/lt-lt/

If you need pharmacy services (medicines, supplements, vitamins, etc.), we recommend to use this and similar websites: https://www.manovaistine.lt/en

• While checking-in into the dormitory, it is necessary:
  • to wear a nose and mouth covering mask in public, including when entering the dormitory;
  • use hand sanitizer at the entrance;
  • allow your body temperature to be checked;
  • sincerely answer questions of the Dormitory’s administrator;
  • follow the recommendations for the prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19).
• If you have a fever, are sick, or have any possible symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of sense of smell or taste, muscle pain, or headache), please immediately contact dormitory’s administrator.
• Important information for students who are self-isolation can be found here.
• IMPORTANT: if you have done a COVID-19 test and received positive results, please immediately inform your Dormitory’s administrator and email Student Centre (studentas@vdu.lt).

It is recommended that students, who are currently living in the dormitory: do not gather in the dormitory; not organize activities or gatherings in rooms or in the common areas of the dormitory, such as kitchens, smoking rooms, reading rooms, etc. Meetings with friends are recommended in open spaces.

It is also recommended that the following preventive measures be continued which can be found here.

Residents of the dormitory are allowed to invite guests to their place of residence during the day, as specified in the internal rules of dormitories.

• If you have a fever, are sick, or have any possible symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of sense of smell or taste, muscle pain, or headache), please immediately call the COVID-19 hotline: 1808 (ph. +370 (37) 367 963 if calling from foreign phone number) or contact your family doctor, report the circumstances of the illness, and follow medical advice. Please do not go to the hospital or your doctor by yourself.
• Please contact dormitory’s administrator and inform about the circumstances. please do not go to the Administrator by yourself in order to avoid possible spread of the virus.
• Avoid any contact. Do not enter common areas of the dormitory (reading rooms, leisure spaces, kitchen, etc.) or welcome guests, visit others during whole period of self-isolation. Follow directions and information provided by the Administration of the Dormitory.
• Register for (PCR) testing for COVID-19 and isolate until you receive your results and directions for next steps.
  • If your test result is NEGATIVE, you may return to regular activities and may complete your self-isolation.
  • If your test result is POSITIVE, please isolate and follow instructions of the National Public Health Center under the Ministry of Health as it is stated HERE.

If your COVID-19 is mild, you should no longer self-isolate after 10 days from the onset of symptoms if you have had no fever for not less than 3 days without the use of fever-reducing medications and other symptoms of COVID-19 have subsided.

Students with asymptomatic COVID-19, should no longer self-isolate after 7 (seven) days from the day of collection of the swab which tested positive by PCR.

An asymptomatic COVID case means that an infected person has no symptoms, such as fever, cough, sore throat, tiredness, headache, muscle ache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, or the loss of sense of smell or taste.