Luxembourg immigration rule changes

Luxembourg Salaried Worker Permit: Guichet.lu's page for the 'salaried worker' residence permit (last update 01.10.2026) describes a two-stage procedure: a long-stay (D) visa application at the Luxembourg diplomatic or consular representation (long-stay visas are issued only by Luxembourg or Belgian embassies), then a residence permit application after arrival. It no longer lists a separate temporary authorisation to stay before the D visa, which the earlier version of the page (archived July 2026) required, and it gives a first permit of at most 2 years and a response time of, in principle, 4 months at most; the renewal page gives renewals of at most 4 years.

Luxembourgish Citizenship by Descent: Article 89 Phase 2 closed: the final deadline to sign a reclamation declaration before a civil registrar expired. The entire 1900-ancestor recovery programme is now permanently closed.

Luxembourg Salaried Worker Permit: Luxembourg adjusted the Inpatriate Tax Regime parameters in 2024 budget law.

Luxembourgish Citizenship by Descent: Article 89 Phase 1 closed: the deadline to submit an initial ancestry-certification request to the Ministry of Justice expired. No new certification requests have been accepted since this date.