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3 programs for Luxembourg. Explore the options and get an expert assessment.
Luxembourg's route for highly qualified employees. There is no labour-market test, but the salary bar is high and Luxembourg now applies a single threshold for all sectors (the former reduced rate for shortage occupations was abolished). It offers EU mobility and a faster path to long-term residence.
Permit under the EU ICT Directive for managers, specialists and trainee employees transferred from a company branch outside the EU to a Luxembourg entity of the same group, with the possibility of mobility to other EU states.
The standard employment route for third-country nationals, processed by the Immigration Directorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Before hiring, the employer must declare the vacancy to the National Employment Agency (ADEM); if no suitable EU candidate is found, ADEM issues a certificate authorising recruitment of a third-country national.
The EU Blue Card is Luxembourg's route for highly qualified employees. There is no labour-market test, but the salary bar is high, and Luxembourg now applies a single national threshold for all sectors after abolishing the former reduced rate for shortage occupations.
Your employer declares the vacancy to ADEM and obtains a certificate; you then get a temporary authorisation to stay before entry and a residence permit within three months of arrival.
Luxembourg offers a self-employed permit for genuine, viable business activity and an investor permit with several recognised capital options. Notably, passive real-estate purchases do not qualify for the investor route.
Family reunification lets the spouse, partner and minor children of a third-country national lawfully residing in Luxembourg join them. The sponsor must usually show stable resources, suitable accommodation and health insurance.
After five years of continuous lawful residence, with stable resources, health insurance and any required integration conditions.
Yes — an investor residence permit with several capital options, but passive real-estate purchases do not qualify.
Skilled workers usually move via the EU Blue Card (for highly qualified, well-paid roles) or the salaried worker permit. Both need a job offer, and the salaried route requires the employer to clear the vacancy with ADEM first.
A high single national threshold for gross annual salary, with no separate reduced rate for shortage occupations any more.
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