Join the work and holiday exchange programme
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Summary:
The cultural exchange programme 'Work & Travel' allows young Luxembourgish citizens to travel and work in a foreign country under a partnership agreement for a limited duration of time.
The work and holiday programme ('Work & Travel') is a cultural exchange programme which allows young Luxembourgish citizens to discover one of the following countries:
Who is concerned
Young Luxembourgish citizens between 18 and 30 years of age can apply for the work and holiday programme. The age limit has been increased to 35 years for Taiwan, Chile and Canada.
Prerequisites
In order to obtain a Working Holiday Visa, you must:
- hold a valid Luxembourg passport;
- not be accompanied by dependent persons (e.g. children under the candidate's responsibility);
- have sufficient financial resources to:
- support yourself on site; and
- buy a return ticket;
- not have participated in the programme previously.
Costs
Costs in relation with the visa application are to be expected. These depend on the destination country.
How to proceed
Submitting the application
You can submit your application to the competent foreign authorities:
Rights
The working holiday visa gives you the right to:
- stay in the partner country for up to 12 months;
- leave and enter the country without limitation for the duration of the validity of the visa;
- travel across the country and discover a new culture;
- work for a determined period of time during the stay ('open work permit' required in Canada);
- enrol in studies or an internship for a limited period of time.
Supporting documents
Depending on the chosen destination, you must attach several supporting documents either to your online application or submit these in person.
Certain destinations require the documents to be translated into English and into the language of the country.
Who to contact
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Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
- Address:
- 9, rue du Palais de Justice L-1841 Luxembourg Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247-82300
- Fax:
- (+352) 22 31 44
- Email address:
- boite.officielle@mae.etat.lu
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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 8.30 to 11.30 and from 13.00 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 Monday à 8h30
- Sunday:
- Closed
- Monday:
- 8h30 à 16h00
- Tuesday:
- 8h30 à 16h00
- Wednesday:
- 8h30 à 16h00
- Thursday:
- 8h30 à 16h00
- Friday:
- 8h30 à 16h00
- Saturday:
- Closed
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Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Directorate of Consular Affairs and International Cultural Relations
- Address:
- 9, rue du Palais de Justice L-1841 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 82 386
- Email address:
- d6@mae.etat.lu
- Email address:
- secretariat.d6@mae.etat.lu
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Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs
- Address:
- 6, rue de la Congrégation L-1352 Luxembourg
- Phone:
- (+352) 247 82 351
- Email address:
- info.cooperation@mae.etat.lu
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Related procedures and links
Procedures
Links
Further information
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Homepage "Work & Travel"
of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
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Work and Holiday
on the website of the Australian Government
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Work and travel abroad with International Experience Canada
on the website of the Government of Canada
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Visa options for New Zealand
on the Immigration New Zealand website
