Application for renewal/replacement of the residence permit and the travel document for beneficiaries of international protection
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Third-country nationals who hold an 'international protection' residence permit and a biometric travel document for refugees in Luxembourg may apply for their renewal.
Who is concerned
How to proceed
Application for renewal of the residence permit
In order to renew a residence permit, recipients of international protection must apply to the General Department of immigration of the Ministry of Home Affairs within 2 months prior to the expiry date of the residence permit.
The application for renewal must be filed using a specific form and must be accompanied by the following documents:
- a copy of their valid passport, in its entirety;
- a certificate of affiliation to the Luxembourg Joint Social Security Centre including all the salaried worker's affiliations to date;
- a recent extract from the criminal record in Luxembourg.
To apply for a renewal of their travel document, holders of a refugee travel document must go in person to the General Department of immigration with their old travel document.
This free renewal must be requested 2 months before the expiry of the travel document.
Application for replacement of the residence permit
The application for replacement must be filed using a specific form and must be accompanied by the following documents:
- a copy of the valid passport or valid travel document for refugees or valid travel document for foreign nationals, in their entirety;
- the declaration of theft/loss established by the police, or the damaged document.
Online services and forms
Online services
Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
Travel document
Downloadable forms
Note: view tips for using PDF forms.
Renewal
Replacement
Who to contact
Ministry of Home Affairs General Department of immigration - Department for refugees
- Address:
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26, route d'Arlon
L-1140
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
B.P. 752 L-2017 Luxembourg
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 84565
from 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00
- Fax:
- (+352) 247 84050
- Email address:
- immigration.asile@mai.etat.lu
Closed ⋅ Opens Monday at 8.30
- Saturday:
- Closed
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 8.30 to 12.00
- Tuesday:
- 8.30 to 12.00
- Wednesday:
- 8.30 to 12.00
- Thursday:
- 8.30 to 12.00
- Friday:
- 8.30 to 12.00
Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
on the website of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Legal references
1. relative à la protection internationale et à la protection temporaire; 2. modifiant - la loi modifiée du 10 août 1991 sur la profession d'avocat, - la loi modifiée du 29 août 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration, - la loi du 28 mai 2009 concernant le Centre de rétention; 3. abrogeant la loi modifiée du 5 mai 2006 relative au droit d'asile et à des formes complémentaires de protection
