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Residence permit for self-employed workers. Luxembourg's door for an independent professional who can show real savings and a business that visibly helps the Luxembourg economy — small, selective, and slow.

Free · The law behind every answer · Checked Sep 27, 2026

Residence permit for self-employed workers

A temporary authorisation to stay, followed by a type D visa and a residence permit for self-employed workers, typically valid up to 3 years.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Savings
About $55,000.
Time
3–6 months across the two-step process (temporary authorisation, then the visa).
Cost
About $200–400: the €80 residence-permit fee plus visa and document costs.
The hard part
Showing the 'national interest' or economic-benefit element; Luxembourg's small market makes this a harder sell than in bigger neighbours.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

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Citizens by 2033.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    3 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.

  2. 2030
    Renew the permit

    Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.

  3. 2032
    Permanent residence

    Long-term resident status after 5 years of lawful, unbroken stay (no absence over 6 months in a row or 10 months in total), stable resources, and evidence of integration such as language-course certificates.

  4. 2032
    Apply for citizenship

    With a language test and a civics test.

  5. 2033
    Citizenship

    The decision usually takes 8–8 months.

Language
Luxembourgish: the Sproochentest, A2 in speaking and B1 in listening, €75.
Civics
The 'Vivre ensemble au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg' course (rights, institutions, history) or its test.
Time away
5 years of legal residence, with the final year before applying unbroken.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Luxembourg has allowed multiple nationality since 1 January 2009, but no official page read today states it outright, so there is no dual-citizenship source.
  • 8 months is the legal decision limit; the page does not say how often it is met.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax
Living in Luxembourg on this permit makes you Luxembourg tax resident, with worldwide income taxable and no special regime for this permit.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Read the self-employed residence conditions on Guichet.lu.Open guichet.public.lu ↗
  2. Round up the papers.
    • Proof of savings: at least $55,000
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

18 steps, from the first paper to the passport. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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