Luxembourg

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

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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

Proof of the qualifications, resources, and viability needed for the planned self-employed activity, assessed by the General Department of Immigration.
Guichet.lu: Residence conditions for self-employed third-country workers
In practice, applicants are expected to show substantial personal financial means, commonly cited around €50,000 in savings, and that the activity delivers a measurable benefit to Luxembourg such as jobs or economic stimulus.
Guichet.lu: Residence conditions for self-employed third-country workers

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Savings you could move or invest?

Not legal advice.

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.

Citizens by 2033.

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

2027
First residence permit
3 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.
2030
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.
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.
2032
Apply for citizenship
With a language test and a civics test.
2033
Citizenship
The decision usually takes 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.

The law behind these dates

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.

Start today.

Read the self-employed residence conditions on Guichet.lu.Open guichet.public.lu ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of savings: at least $55,000
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

Postern can run this for you.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.One membership, the whole family. Bank accounts and help putting your plan into action are included.

Postern runs it for one adult US citizen living in the United States and establishing a new Luxembourg business requiring a business permit, outside regulated liberal professions: business-permit approval, authorisation before moving, arrival registration, medical checks, the first residence card and each renewal.

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. Opening your bank accounts there is included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Government fees, record fees and other costs you approve are extra.

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