Residence permit for the purposes of finding a job or setting up a business
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Titre de sejour « vie privee » avec la mention « recherche d'emploi ou creation d'entreprise » as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 67-4(4) names the instrument 'un titre de sejour « vie privee » avec la mention « recherche d'emploi ou creation d'entreprise »'. Art. 67-4(5), addressing withdrawal, calls the same title one for 'raisons privees' with the same mention – a drafting inconsistency within one article, noted here rather than resolved. |
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| Official name (English) | Residence permit for the purposes of finding a job or setting up a business as of 2023-09-01[1] Guichet's own English rendering. |
| Legal basis | Loi modifiee du 29 aout 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration, art. 67-4 as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 67-4(1) sets the conditions; (2) the three-month receipt allowing the applicant to supply proof of completion later; (3) the filing deadline and the 90-day decision clock; (4) the permit's term and the parallel renewal of any family member's permit; (5) withdrawal; (6) the onward move to a salaried or self-employed authorisation. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-12[2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA, EFTA as of 2023-09-01[1] The route is open only to holders of a Luxembourg student or researcher authorisation under art. 57, 58, 64, 67 or 67-1, all of which are third-country instruments. |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | 12 months as of 2026-06-12[1][2] Art. 67-4(4): the title is issued 'pour une duree de douze mois, non renouvelable'. Guichet: 'valid for a period of 12 months.' Both state twelve months as the grant rather than a ceiling, so bound 'exact' is set. |
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| Renewable | No as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 67-4(4): 'non renouvelable'. Art. 67-4(6) instead allows the holder to be granted a salaried-worker or self-employed authorisation if the conditions of art. 59 points 2 and 3 are met, and guichet states that the holder must apply for one of those before the twelve months expire. |
| Work rights | Not established from a qualifying source 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 | No as of 2026-06-12[1][2] The route exists precisely to allow a stay without one: art. 67-4(1) conditions the title on completed studies or research, resources and health insurance, and nothing else. |
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| Qualification requirement | degree as of 2026-06-12[1][2] Art. 67-4(1)1: the applicant must have successfully completed, in Luxembourg, their research activity or the final year leading to a master's degree, or successfully defended a doctoral thesis for research work carried out in Luxembourg. Guichet states the same in English. |
| Own means requirement | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[1][2] |
| Job-search route | Yes as of 2026-06-12[1][2] This route is itself a job-search instrument within the meaning of schema section 7.5 as redefined at v1.0: a standalone title whose purpose is to look for work or set up a business, not a feature of another work route. Luxembourg's is open only to graduates and researchers who completed their studies or research in Luxembourg. |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2026-06-12[1][2] Art. 67-4(1) and (3): the applicant is already authorised to stay under art. 57, 58, 64, 67 or 67-1 and files at the latest thirty days before that authorisation expires. Guichet: 'Applications for residence permits to look for a job or set up a business must be submitted at least 30 days prior to the expiry of student residence permits or the end of mobility schemes.' |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 90 days as of 2026-06-12[2] Art. 67-4(3): the minister notifies his decision in writing as quickly as possible and at the latest within ninety days of the complete application; the period is suspended while requested additional documents are outstanding, and the application is rejected if they are not supplied in time. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2023-09-01[1] No presence or absence rule was established for this route. The six-month rule recorded on Luxembourg's other third-country routes – a holder intending to leave for more than six months must return the permit and file a declaration of departure at the commune – is stated on the guichet pages for those routes and is not stated on the sources read for this one. Recorded none_stated rather than carried across, because the obligation's source is a page about a different permit. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[2] |
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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 | 2023-09-01 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-17 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Staying in Luxembourg after completing studies – job search or business creation
Guichet.lu – State Information and Press Service, Luxembourg · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2023-09-01 · 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