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

Salaried workers who are EU citizens or from a country treated as such (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland) do not need a temporary authorisation to stay nor a residence permit.

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 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.

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