# How to register as self-employed?

1. **Registration**

➤ To provide services on "Discontract", you must first register as a tax payer under a self-employment certificate through the "My STI" system\
➤ The registration of Individual Activity can either be done online, by logging in to your personal taxpayer's area – <https://www.vmi.lt/index.jsp?lang=en>, or by visiting your county's state tax inspectorate office.

**2. "My STI" registration page**\
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➤ In your web browser, open <https://www.vmi.lt/index.jsp?lang=en>\
➤ Click on **"My STI"**<br>

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**3. Login**

➤ You can login with your e-signature, through your Internet Bank or one of the other possible ways<br>

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**4. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ To fill out the registration form, select Individual Activity – **"Individuali veikla"** from the menu items\
➤ In the expanded menu, click on Certificates – **"Pažymos"**\
➤ Click on Certificates of Individual Activity – **"Individualios veiklos pažymos"**

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**5. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Select the following request type: **"Individualios veiklos registravimas / nutraukimas ir kontaktinių duomenų tvarkymas"** (Registration/Termination of Individual Activity and Update of Contact Details)\
➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**6. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Insert your **place of residence** in Lithuania ("Gyvenamoji vieta Lietuvoje")\
➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**7. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Insert your **e-mail address** ("Elektroninio pašto adresas) and your **mobile telephone number** ("Mobilusis telefonas")\
➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**8. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Select the **type of principal activity** ("Pagrindinė veiklos rūšis")\
➤ You may also include **other types of acitivities** ("Kitos veiklos rūšys") if you wish to offer diverse services\
➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**<br>

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**9. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ In the Taxpayer's type (Mokėsčių mokėtojo tipas), click on Add a Line – **"Pridėti eilutę"**

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**10. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ In "Taxpayer's Type", select Residents, engaged in individual activities – **"Gyventojai, vykdantys individualią veiklą"**\
➤ Click on Save – **"Saugoti"**\
➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**11. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Click on Add – **"Pridėti"**

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**12. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Mark that the address of the activity "Is the Same as Indicated Place of Residency in Lithuania" – **"Sutampa su nurodyta gyvenamąją vieta Lietuvoje"**\
➤ Indicate the location of the activity as Lithuania – **"Lietuvoje"**\
➤ Click on Save – **"Saugoti"**<br>

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**13. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**14. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ If you do not have a representative, and will be in charge of your own accounting, you **do not need** to fill in the details in this step. Click on Continue – **"Toliau"**\
➤ If you have a representative ("Fizinio asmens atstovas") or someone else doing the accounting ("Apskaitą tvarkantis asmuo"), please fill in the required fields. Then, click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**15. Online registration instructions**\
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➤ If there are no documents to add, click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**16. Confirmation**\
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➤ Revise your request and check that all the data provided is correct. Then, click "Verify" – **"Patvirtinti"**

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**17. Confirmation**\
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➤ Choose a way to verify your request:\
"Naudoti el. parašą" – With e-signature\
"Nenaudoti el. parašo" – Without e-signature

Then, click on Continue – **"Toliau"**

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**18. Confirmation**\
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➤ At the top of the screen, you will receive a message that the document has been submitted (Dokumentas pateiktas). You will also receive this confirmation to the e-mail address provided\
➤ If all provided information is correct, you will receive an e-mail in 1-2 business days, confirming that the Self-Employment Certificate has been issued

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