Staying in Luxembourg as a transferred EU national worker
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Salaried workers with a permanent employment contract in a business located abroad (the transferring company), and who have been carrying out specific tasks in said foreign business for a certain amount of time and thus have acquired a certain professional experience, may be transferred to Luxembourg to provide a Luxembourg business (the host company) with the benefits of their experience.
To qualify as a transferred worker, the salaried worker must:
- have concluded an employment contract with the company carrying out the transfer;
- conclude a new employment contract (permanent or fixed-term) or a transfer agreement with the host company to carry out specific work.
For the duration of the transfer:
- the employment contract with the company carrying out the transfer is suspended;
- the employer/employee relationship only exists between the host company and the transferred worker.
To stay in Luxembourg for less than 3 months during their transfer, transferred workers who are EU citizens or from a country treated as such (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland) do not need to carry out any formalities.
To stay for more than 3 months, EU citizens or nationals from a country treated as such must:
- make a declaration of arrival in their new commune of residence, and;
- fill in a registration certificate at the communal administration.
Who is concerned
Prerequisites
Salaried workers who are EU citizens or from a country treated as such must hold:
- a national identity card;
- or a valid passport.
How to proceed
Staying for less than 3 months
For a stay of less than 3 months, EU citizens do not have to carry out any formalities.
They simply have to hold a valid national identity card or passport.
They can also, if they so wish, make a declaration of arrival at their commune of residence and request a registration certificate.
Staying for more than 3 months
For a stay of more than 3 months, EU citizens must make a declaration of arrival at the administration of the commune where they intend to establish residence, within 8 days of their arrival in Luxembourg, and present:
- a national identity card;
- or a valid passport.
EU citizens must also complete a registration form (French, Pdf, 114 Kb) at the commune within 90 days of their arrival in Luxembourg.
The registration form must be submitted together with the following documents:
- a valid national identity card or passport;
- a copy of the employment contract.
Loss, theft or damage to the registration certificate
In the event that the registration certificate is lost, stolen or damaged a specific procedure must be followed.
Online services and forms
Who to contact
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Ministry of Home Affairs General Department of immigration - Department for foreigners
- Address:
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26, route d’Arlon
L-1140
Luxembourg
B.P. 752, L-2017 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 84 040
- Fax:
- (+352) 22 16 08
- Email address:
- immigration.public@mai.etat.lu
Closed ⋅ Opens Monday at 9.00
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 , 14.00 to 16.00
- Tuesday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 , 14.00 to 16.00
- Wednesday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 , 14.00 to 16.00
- Thursday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 , 14.00 to 16.00
- Friday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 , 14.00 to 16.00
- Saturday:
- Closed
Registration and issuing of biometric residence permits: only by appointment.
Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
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Visa and immigration
on the website of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
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S’établir au luxembourg
sur le site de l'ASTI
Legal references
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Loi modifiée du 29 août 2008
portant sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration
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Règlement grand-ducal modifié du 5 septembre 2008
portant exécution de certaines dispositions relatives aux formalités administratives prévues par la loi du 29 août 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration
