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Residence permit for investors

Route status

Active as of 2026-06-12[1][3]

Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.

Residency route facts

Identity

Identity
Official name (local)Titre de séjour pour « investisseur » as of 2026-06-12[3]
Art. 53quater(1) names the title 'titre de séjour pour « investisseur »'; art. 53bis(1) names the prior step 'l'autorisation de séjour pour « investisseur »'. French is the language of the statute.
Official name (English)Residence permit for investors as of 2023-07-10[1]
Guichet's own English rendering: the page is titled 'Conditions of residence for investors from third countries' and refers throughout to 'the residence permit for "investors"'. Official English, not a run translation.
Legal basisLoi modifiée du 29 août 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration, art. 53bis, 53ter and 53quater as of 2026-06-12[3]
Art. 53bis sets the investment conditions, art. 53ter the ministerial-opinion procedure, art. 53quater the permit's duration, renewal and post-issue verification. Read in the consolidated version applicable from 12 June 2026.
Instrument typeresidence permit as of 2026-06-12[3]
Art. 53quater(1) issues a 'titre de séjour' under art. 40. The temporary authorisation to stay that precedes it is a separate prior act, not the instrument itself.

Who can apply

Who can apply
Nationals not served by this routeEU, EEA, EFTA as of 2023-07-17[2]
Guichet defines a third-country national, for whom these routes exist, as 'a national from a country which is not an EU Member State or a country treated as such – Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland'. Those four are exactly the EFTA states, of which three are also EEA parties, so the three blocs listed cover the excluded set without inventing a vocabulary value.
Criminal-record conditionYes as of 2023-07-10[1]
Guichet: the authorisation-to-stay application must be accompanied by 'an extract from the criminal record or an affidavit (sworn declaration) established in the country of residence', and the renewal application by 'a recent extract from the Luxembourg criminal record'.

Permit terms

Permit terms
Initial duration3 years as of 2026-06-12[1][3]
RenewableYes as of 2026-06-12[1][3]
Art. 53quater(3): 'Le titre de séjour pour « investisseur » est renouvelable, sur demande, et après avoir obtenu l'avis favorable du ministre ayant initialement avisé la demande, pour une durée de trois ans.' Renewal therefore requires a fresh favourable opinion from the same minister, not only the immigration minister's decision.
Renewal duration3 years as of 2026-06-12[3]
Art. 53quater(3), same sentence.
Work rightsNot established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[3]

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence and citizenship
Counts toward permanent residenceYes as of 2026-06-12[1][3]
Guichet, investor page: 'After 5 years of lawful and uninterrupted stay on the territory of Luxembourg, third-country nationals may submit an application for a long-term residence permit.' Art. 80(1) sets the same five-year qualifying period and excludes named categories (diplomatic status, short-term and seasonal permits and similar) that do not include investors.

Requirements

Requirements
Investment options
    • Option: lu-investor-existing-company
    • Asset class: business capital
    • Minimum amount: EUR 500,000 as of 2026-06-12[1][3][4]
      Art. 53bis(1)1°: at least EUR 500,000 'dans une entreprise existante, ayant son siège social au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg et exerçant une activité commerciale, artisanale ou industrielle, avec l'engagement de maintenir l'investissement ainsi qu'un niveau de l'emploi équivalent sur au moins cinq ans'. Guichet states the same figure and adds that the equivalent-employment undertaking does not apply where the acquisition is of a company in difficulty under a redundancy plan. Change scan: the same wording and the same figure appear in the earlier consolidated version applicable from 8 September 2024, so this threshold is unchanged across the two dated consolidations and no recent_changes entry is recorded for it.
    • Holding period: at least 5 years as of 2026-06-12[3]
      Art. 53bis(1)1°: 'sur au moins cinq ans' — a floor, hence bound 'minimum'.
    • Restrictions: The company must carry on a commercial, craft or industrial activity. Art. 53bis(1), final sentence: the eligible sectors of the economy for options 1 and 2 'sont définis par règlement grand-ducal'. That grand-ducal regulation is not among the sources cited here, so the sector list is not recorded and whether such a regulation is in force is not established.
    • Option: lu-investor-new-company
    • Asset class: business capital
    • Minimum amount: EUR 500,000 as of 2026-06-12[1][3][4]
      Art. 53bis(1)2°: at least EUR 500,000 'dans une entreprise à créer, ayant son siège social au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg exerçant une activité commerciale, artisanale ou industrielle, avec l'engagement de la création d'au moins cinq emplois, à pourvoir en collaboration avec l'Agence pour le développement de l'Emploi, dans les trois ans à compter de la création de l'entreprise'. Change scan: the same wording and the same figure appear in the earlier consolidated version applicable from 8 September 2024, so this threshold is unchanged across the two dated consolidations and no recent_changes entry is recorded for it.
    • Restrictions: Requires the creation of at least five jobs within three years of the company's incorporation, to be filled in cooperation with the National Employment Agency (ADEM). Sector eligibility is again to be defined by grand-ducal regulation (art. 53bis(1), final sentence); that regulation is not among the sources cited here. Where several investors apply on one project, art. 53ter(3) applies each investor's conditions individually except the job count, which is assessed for the project as a whole.
    • Option: lu-investor-management-structure
    • Asset class: investment fund
    • Minimum amount: EUR 3,000,000 as of 2026-06-12[1][3][4]
    • Restrictions: The structure must have and maintain appropriate substance in Luxembourg. Unlike options 1 and 2, no sector restriction and no explicit holding period are stated in art. 53bis for this option.
    • Option: lu-investor-bank-deposit
    • Asset class: bank deposit
    • Minimum amount: EUR 20,000,000 as of 2026-06-12[1][3][4]
      Art. 53bis(1)4°: at least EUR 20,000,000 'sous forme d'un dépôt auprès d'un institut financier établi au Luxembourg, avec l'engagement de maintenir cet investissement pour une durée minimale de cinq ans'. Change scan: the same wording and the same figure appear in the earlier consolidated version applicable from 8 September 2024, so this threshold is unchanged across the two dated consolidations and no recent_changes entry is recorded for it.
    • Holding period: at least 5 years as of 2026-06-12[3]
      Art. 53bis(1)4°: 'pour une durée minimale de cinq ans'.
    • Restrictions: The deposit must be held with a financial institution established in Luxembourg.
Source-of-funds checksYes as of 2026-06-12[1][3]

Process

Process
Where to apply fromfrom abroad only as of 2023-07-10[1]
Guichet: the application for the temporary authorisation to stay must be submitted from the country of origin, and 'Applications submitted from Luxembourg are inadmissible'. The same page carves out exceptional cases, giving as its example third-country nationals who already hold a Luxembourg residence permit. Recorded abroad_only because that is the rule; the exception is narrow and is stated here rather than in the value.
Statutory processing time3 months as of 2023-07-10[1]
Fees
    • Kind: application
    • Amount: EUR 80 as of 2023-07-10[1]
    • Charged per: application
    • Paid by: applicant
    • Kind: renewal
    • Amount: EUR 80 as of 2023-07-10[1]
      Guichet, renewal section: the renewal application must carry 'proof of payment of a EUR 80 fee into the IBAN account LU46 1111 2582 2814 0000'.
    • Charged per: application
    • Paid by: applicant
Stages
    • Label: Temporary authorisation to stay (autorisation de séjour temporaire), applied for from the country of origin after a favourable opinion from the Minister of the Economy or the Minister of Finance
    • Statutory clock: 3 months as of 2023-07-10[1]
    • Label: Residence permit (titre de séjour), applied for within 3 months of arrival after the declaration of arrival and the medical check
    • Fees:
        • Kind: application
        • Amount: EUR 80 as of 2023-07-10[1]
        • Charged per: application
        • Paid by: applicant

Physical presence

Physical presence
maximum consecutive absence6 months · to keep the permit as of 2023-07-10[1]

Family inclusion

Family inclusion
Family members may be includedNot established from a qualifying source as of 2023-07-10[1]

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited4
of which official (tier 1)4
Oldest as-of date2023-07-10
Newest as-of date2026-06-12
Reviewed on2026-08-17
Schema version1.1

Sources

  1. [1] Conditions of residence for investors from third countries
    Guichet.lu – Ministry of Home Affairs, General Department of immigration · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2023-07-10 · Accessed 2026-08-14
  2. [2] Conditions of residence in Luxembourg for private reasons for third-country nationals
    Guichet.lu – Ministry of Home Affairs, General Department of immigration · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2023-07-17 · Accessed 2026-08-14
  3. [3] 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
  4. [4] Version consolidée applicable au 08/09/2024 : 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 2024-09-08 · Accessed 2026-08-14

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