Guide — the A2 (Category I) exam
Practical articles about the Category I state language exam: the three parts of the exam, how the result is decided, registration, who has to sit it and how to prepare.
Why people fail the exam: the weakest part decides everything
According to published 2024 data, roughly one candidate in four does not pass. The biggest trap is not the total score but the assessment rule — and that changes how you prepare.
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Exam topics: the twelve areas it never goes beyond
The state language exam programme lists twelve topic areas. Why that is the best news a candidate gets — and what the list still does not tell you.
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The reading and writing part: 90 minutes, 9 tasks, two bands
The biggest part of the exam is worth 50 points out of 80 and is a single combined electronic paper. How it is split, where the thresholds are, and why the A1 tasks cannot be skipped.
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The speaking part: why two strong situations beat three average ones
Ten points, 12–14 minutes, two examiners and a rule that surprises people: the same total score can give A1 or A2, depending on how the points are spread.
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Working in trade and services: when you need the language certificate
From 1 January 2026 foreigners selling goods or providing services are covered by the basic (A1) category for two years, then by the first (A2). What is counted, and from when.
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Exam day step by step: from 10:00 to 14:45
What one exam day looks like from the candidate's side: the electronic morning, the long lunch gap, speaking one by one from 13:00, and the one thing you must bring.
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The Constitution basics exam: 20 questions, 14 correct to pass
The second exam sat by applicants for permanent residence and citizenship: the format, the threshold, the timing, the syllabus and the strict rule about which exam comes first.
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Who does not have to take the state language exam
Temporary protection, education in Lithuanian, a certificate you already hold, age and health — when the exam does not apply, and when it is only a different form of the same exam.
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What the exam costs and how many times you can retake it
The category-route fee is confirmed and public. You will not find a number for the migration-route state duty here — and this article explains exactly why we refuse to print one.
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Registering for the exam: two doors into the same paper
Where to register depending on your goal, when the window opens and closes, where you sit the exam, what to bring, how long results take and how to appeal them.
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How the exam is scored: the A2 threshold, part by part
The Lithuanian pass rule is not „half the points overall". You need 60 % of each level band in each part separately, and A1 is a precondition for A2 within the same part.
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The Lithuanian state language exam at A2: who actually needs it
What the first-category state language exam is, which rights it gates — customer-facing work, permanent residence, citizenship — and what the paper looks like from the inside.
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