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Relocation and Japa

Legal ways for Africans to move to Luxembourg

The routes Luxembourg's government runs itself, each linked to its official page. Fees and the money you must show are copied from that page, with the date we read it. You apply yourself. You never need an agent.

Never pay an agent

Every route below is applied for on the government's own website. Fees go to the government only. Anyone who asks you to pay them for a visa, a job offer or a lottery win is not to be trusted. Check a message or offer.

Routes into Luxembourg

1 route into Luxembourg.

Work visa Luxembourg

EU Blue Card (highly qualified worker)

Run by Directorate General for Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs (Luxembourg)

Highly qualified people with a job contract in Luxembourg of six months or more at the Blue Card salary. There is no labour market test.

Job offer
Required. A contract of at least six months for a highly qualified job, with a gross salary of at least EUR 65,652 a year (the page also shows 65,562 in one place).
Language
Not stated on the official page
Education
A document showing the professional qualifications required for the job or sector, or that you meet the conditions for the profession in the contract.
Work experience
Not stated on the official page
Government fee
EUR 80 fee for issuing the residence permit, after arrival. Visa fee not stated on the official page.
Processing time
In principle 3 months at most for the authorisation to stay. No reply in that time means the application is refused.
Money you must show
Not stated on the official page
When and to whom you pay
The EUR 80 is paid in Luxembourg after the residence permit application is accepted.

Read the official page

Checked on 18 October 2026. What the page says

Read on guichet.public.lu on 2026-10-18: "d’une durée égale ou supérieure à 6 mois"; "(actuellement 65.652 euros)"; "Le délai de réponse est en principe de 3 mois maximum." First residence permit page: "payer la taxe de délivrance du titre de séjour de 80 euros". Another official page. Another official page.

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