Visa type D for a residence permit for 'au pairs'
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If you are a third-country national and wish to settle in Luxembourg for a period of more than 90 days as a young au pair, you must follow a two-step procedure.
If you are a third-country national and wish to settle in Luxembourg for a period of more than 90 days and stay there as an au pair, you must follow a procedure consisting of 2 consecutive steps:
- Step 1: before entering the country, you must:
- apply for a long-stay visa (Visa D) with a view to being issued with a residence permit for 'au pairs' at the diplomatic or consular representation of Luxembourg in your country of origin, country of residence or a neighbouring country if Luxembourg is not represented for long-stay visa matters in your country of origin or country of residence (long-stay visas may only be issued by Luxembourg or Belgian embassies); and
- hold a valid passport;
- Step 2: after entering the country, you must:
- make a declaration of arrival in the commune of residence in Luxembourg; and
- undergo a medical check; and
- apply for a residence permit before your long-stay visa expires.
The information below relates only to step 1.
You will find the procedures to follow during the second step, after entering Luxembourg, in this dedicated information page.
Who is concerned
Each national of a third country (i.e. a country that is neither a Member State of the European Union (EU) nor considered equivalent to an EU Member State) and who:
- resides abroad; and
- wishes to:
- establish their residence in Luxembourg; and
- work there as an au pair;
- is between 18 and 30 years old.
Prerequisites
To find out about the prior administrative formalities to be completed by the host family, please see our dedicated information page and also consult the website of the National Youth Service.
How to proceed
Supporting documents
You must submit a copy of the following documents with your application:
- a valid passport, showing all pages;
- an extract from the criminal record of your current country of residence, dated within the last 3 months, or an affidavit if there is a justified reason why a criminal record extract cannot be obtained;
- the ministerial approval as an au pair, established by the competent minister.
- a valid residence permit issued by another EU Member State if the applicant is already resident in the Schengen Area;
- travel health insurance valid throughout the territories of the Schengen Area Member States and covering, for the entire duration of the visa applied for:
- medical treatment costs, including hospitalisation costs;
- repatriation costs for medical reasons;
- funeral costs.
Time limit for a response
In principle, the time limit for a response is a maximum of 60 days.
If the information or documents provided in support of the application are incomplete, the Minister will:
- specify what further information is required; and
- set a reasonable deadline for providing it.
The 60-day deadline will be suspended until the required documents or information are received within the set timeframe for providing them.
If you do not receive a response within 3 months, you may consider your application to have been rejected.
Who to contact
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 at 9.00
- Thursday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00
- Friday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00
- Saturday:
- Closed
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00
- Tuesday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00
- Wednesday:
- 9.00 to 12.00 and 14.00 to 16.00
Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Passport, Visa and Legalisation Office (BPVL)
- Address:
- 6, rue de l'Ancien Athénée L-1144 Luxembourg
- Phone:
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(+352) 247 88 300
Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 16.00
- Email address:
- service.passeports@mae.etat.lu
- Email address:
- service.visas@mae.etat.lu
- Email address:
- service.legalisation@mae.etat.lu
Closed ⋅ Opens at 8.30
- Thursday:
- 8.30 to 16.00
- Friday:
- 8.30 to 16.00
- Saturday:
- Closed
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 8.30 to 16.00
- Tuesday:
- 8.30 to 16.00
- Wednesday:
- 8.30 to 16.00
Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
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Luxembourg diplomatic and consular missions
on the website of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
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Listes des experts, traducteurs et interprètes assermentés
sur le site du ministère de la Justice
Legal references
portant sur la libre circulation des personnes et l’immigration
