What activities will the Freedom ID cover?
The Freedom ID will allow people to eat inside restaurants, cafés and other catering establishments, as well as to attend events indoors. In this case, up to 75 % of seats will have to be filled and the number of participants will have to be up to 500 people. The Freedom ID Passport will allow entertainment in some leisure facilities, including billiards, bowling, escape rooms, table games clubs.
Also, it will be possible to take part in outdoor events with up to 2000 people. Event organisers will have to ensure online ticket sales and/or registration of participants. During the events, all participants over the age of 6 will be required to wear masks. The Freedom ID will also open other leisure activities outdoors (like recreational boating), casino, sport clubs, bathhouses and swimming pools without limiting the number of visitors. The activities of night clubs are still prohibited.
The Freedom ID will also remove restrictions on the number of people participating in personal celebrations in case they are organised in rented premises, such as rural tourism homesteads. With the Freedom ID, accommodation of several family members will be allowed in one room.
Website for checking the validity of Freedom ID
A special website has been created to check the Freedom ID; once logged in, it will be possible to read the QR code of the Freedom ID by phone or tablet. After reading the QR code, the verifyer will see a green or red colour on the screen (green when the Freedom ID is valid, red – when not valid). No additional documents or extracts are required to check the Freedom ID; verifiers may only ask for an identity document to make sure that the Freedom ID has been produced by an individual whom it belongs to.
Printed documents will also be available
During the transition period, verifiers will have to accept documents in printed form: for Lithuanian citizens – the printed Freedom ID; for tourists – the vaccination documents issued in another country. For individuals under 16 years of age, it will be enough to present an identity card if they wish to benefit from milder quarantine conditions.
Validity of the Freedom ID will be recorded from the moment of the beginning of service
If little time is left until the expiry of the Freedom ID (an hour or half an hour) but at the time of checking the Freedom ID is still valid, such individuals may use the services even after the test is no longer valid; for example, they may stay at the event until the ends. The same rule applies to personal celebrations.
Requirements for mass catering establishments
It is foreseen that up to 10 individuals will be allowed to sit at one table inside restaurants and cafes, except for members of one family or one household. Individuals who sit at different tables must keep the distance of at least 2 metres; in case of partitions used, a distance of 1 metre is sufficient. All requirements to be followed by mass catering establishments on how to serve individuals with the Freedom OD are available here.
Liability
Persons offering services are responsible for all individuals inside to have the Freedom ID: in the case of a restaurant, the owner is responsible, in the case of an event, the organiser is responsible. In the case of the renting or subrenting of premises for personal celebrations (weddings, etc.), a rent contract has to be concluded with responsibility assumed by the organiser of the celebration. In case of no rent contract in place, the owner of the premises will be responsible for all individuals present to have the Freedom ID.
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Freedom ID is available here; the information will be permanently updated.
