Residence permit for workers under an intra-corporate transfer scheme
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Titre de sejour « ICT » (personne faisant l'objet d'un transfert temporaire intragroupe) as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 47-3(1) refers to 'le titre de sejour « ICT » ou « mobile ICT »'; art. 47(1) names the underlying authorisation 'autorisation de sejour pour travailleur transfere temporaire intragroupe'. |
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| Official name (English) | Residence permit for workers under an intra-corporate transfer scheme as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet's own English rendering. |
| Legal basis | Loi modifiee du 29 aout 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration, art. 47 to 47-6 as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 47 sets the conditions, exclusions and definitions (manager, expert, trainee employee, host entity); art. 47-1 the permit; art. 47-2 refusal grounds; art. 47-3 the rights conferred; art. 47-4 to 47-6 short-term and long-term intra-EU mobility. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-12[2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA, EFTA as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet: the route is for 'a third-country national (i.e. a national from a country which is not an EU Member State or a country treated as such – Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland)'. |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet's renewal document list requires a recent extract from the Luxembourg criminal record. Art. 47 states no criminal-record condition of its own; the public-order test sits in art. 34. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | at least 1 year as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet: the permit 'is valid for a minimum of 1 year for transferred managers or specialists or only for the duration of the stay if the duration of the transfer is shorter. In the case of trainees, the residence permit is valid for the duration of the transfer.' Recorded with bound 'minimum' for the manager and specialist case, which is the one guichet states as a floor; the trainee limb has no numeric term and is stated in this note. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet describes a renewal procedure, filed within two months of the expiry date. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 3 years as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet: the permit 'is renewable but may not exceed: 3 years for the specialist or manager; 1 year for the trainee employee'. The three-year cap is recorded here; the one-year trainee cap cannot be held in the same field and is stated in this note. |
| Work rights | employment only as of 2026-06-12[2] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[2] |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-06-12[1][2] |
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| Labour-market test | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[1][2] |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2023-07-10[1] Guichet: the application for the authorisation to stay is submitted by the host company – the Luxembourg entity – to the competent authorities before the worker enters the country. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-06-12[2] |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-06-12[1][2] Art. 47(3)(a) and (b) define the transferee as a person residing outside the member states' territory at the date the application is filed. Guichet: the application for the authorisation to stay is submitted by the host company (the Luxembourg entity) before the third-country national enters the country. |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2023-07-10[1] |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-06-12[1][2] Art. 71(b) lets the art. 70(1) family members of a worker holding a permit under art. 47 accompany or join the holder, provided the sponsor meets art. 69(1) points 1 to 3. Guichet: 'If the transferred worker wishes to be accompanied by their spouse/partner, or their single underage children, they must include the documents required for family reunification.' |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, minor child as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 70(1) via art. 71(b). |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 73(8): the family members' authorisation is granted at the latest within 90 days of the application, and the minister treats the family application and the transferee's application simultaneously. |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 74(2). |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 2 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 2 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2023-07-10 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-17 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Applying for a residence permit as an intra-corporate transferee (ICT)
Guichet.lu – State Information and Press Service, Luxembourg · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2023-07-10 · Accessed 2026-08-14 - [2] Version consolidée applicable au 12/06/2026 : Loi du 29 août 2008 portant sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration
Journal officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Legilux) · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-12 · Accessed 2026-08-14