Working and living in Luxembourg
General Information Blue Card Luxembourg
To carry out a professional activity as a highly-skilled worker in Luxembourg, you must get a residence permit to stay as a highly-skilled worker.
Once in Luxembourg you must register with the Commune and apply to the Employment and Immigration department for a residence permit as a highly-skilled worker.
Procedure for Blue Card Luxembourg
To be a highly-skilled worker in Luxembourg, you must be able to prove you have a higher education qualification (diploma) or you have at least five years of specialised professional experience.
You must have a work contract for which you have the required qualifications and earn a salary equivalent to at least three times the minimum salary of a non-skilled worker. The employer has to make a declaration of vacant position to the National Employment Agency (ADEM) about the vacancy before recruiting you.
A labour market test will not be necessary.
The government fee for a residence permit application is 80 Euro.
Resources
Information guide for third country citizens and their families.
Authorisation to stay for a third-country national – Procedure
Salary Thresholds
EU Blue Card holders salary must now be paid at least 73,998 Euro annual. Hereunder is the list of shortage occupations, for these professions a lower minimum annual salary requirement of 59,198 Euro exists.
- Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians
- System analysts
- Software developers / web and multimedia developers / applications programmers
- Software and application developers and analysts not elsewhere classified
- Database designers and administrators / systems administrators
- Computer network professionals
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified
You can also publish your job search profile here on Blue-Card-Jobs.com and present yourself to employers looking for staff
Blue-Card-Jobs.com wish you all the best for the immigration process in Luxembourg.