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Luxembourg Posted Worker Residence Permit

Luxembourg Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

Luxembourg's posted-worker route is for some third-country employees sent temporarily to Luxembourg by an employer established outside Luxembourg.

Type
Posted-worker residence
Job fit
Temporary posting by an employer abroad
Core requirements
Posting assignment, employment records, and authorization
What to know
This is not a direct-hire route
What it gives
The permit authorizes the stated service assignment for no longer than the posting and only for the employer connected to the authorization.
Main limit
This is not a permit to join the Luxembourg client's staff, change employer or carry out unrelated work.

Summary

A posted worker remains employed by a business abroad and comes to Luxembourg temporarily to carry out a defined service for a Luxembourg client. The immigration process for a non-EU worker differs sharply depending on whether the posting employer is established inside or outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland.

The route is tied to the foreign employer, service contract and posting period. It is not ordinary recruitment into a Luxembourg job.

Pathway fit check

Eligibility

Employer established in the EU, EEA or Switzerland

The worker must normally work abroad for that employer, remain linked by an employment contract, and be lawfully entitled to reside and work in the employer's country. There must be a genuine time-limited service contract between the posting employer and the Luxembourg recipient. The employer should obtain the applicable A1 social-security certificate and complete Luxembourg's labor-law posting declaration.

The worker declares arrival to the Luxembourg commune within 3 days. For a stay over 90 days, the worker applies for the residence permit within 3 months. Guichet.lu states that no Luxembourg immigration medical check is required for this EU-established-employer branch because the check is treated as having occurred in the usual Member State of residence.

Employer established outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland

The foreign service provider must first have the required Luxembourg business permit and obtain collective posting authorization. Each worker needs individual temporary authorization before entry, health and accident insurance, a permanent employment contract with the posting business that began at least 6 months before the posting, and a signed assignment or mission order.

After entry, the worker declares arrival within 3 days. A stay over 90 days requires the Luxembourg medical check and residence-card application within 3 months. The employer must explain the exceptional circumstances and why the national labor market is unaffected.

In both branches, Luxembourg's mandatory employment conditions apply to work performed there, including the applicable pay, working-time, leave, safety and accommodation rules. The residence-card fee is listed as €80.

What This Route Allows

The permit authorizes the stated service assignment for no longer than the posting and only for the employer connected to the authorization. An EU-established employer can request an extension when the posting is extended. For a non-EU-established employer, extension is limited to duly justified exceptional circumstances where the original service could not be completed on time.

What This Route Is Not

This is not a permit to join the Luxembourg client's staff, change employer or carry out unrelated work. A worker who wants a local job must qualify for the salaried-worker route or another appropriate route.

It is not the ICT route for managers, specialists or trainees transferred inside a corporate group. Posted or seconded-worker residence is also excluded while assessing Luxembourg EU long-term resident status, so it should not be presented as a direct settlement route.

Next Steps

  1. Confirm the posting employer's country of establishment and choose the correct branch.
  2. Put the foreign employment relationship, Luxembourg service contract, assignment, duration and pay terms in writing.
  3. Complete the A1 and labor-posting formalities for an EU-based employer, or the business-permit and collective-authorization steps for a non-EU employer.
  4. Obtain any required individual authorization before travel.
  5. Complete the commune and, where applicable, medical and residence-card steps after arrival.
  6. Reassess the route before changing the employer, service, duration or activity.
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