Intra-Corporate Transferee Permit

Workers bound by an employment contract with a company abroad (transferring company), can be transferred to another entity within the same company or group of companies

The application for the authorisation to stay must be submitted by the host company (a Luxembourg entity) to the competent authorities before the third-country national enters the country. Prerequisites The transferred worker must have an employment contract with the company established in a third-country before and during the transfer to Luxembourg.

as a specialist or manager in order to provide specific skills, or as a trainee employee in order to acquire certain business techniques.

have been employed by the business or the group of businesses transferring the employee for an uninterrupted period of at least 3 months immediately preceding the application for transfer;

If the transferred worker wishes to be accompanied by their spouse/partner, or their single underage children (or those of the spouse/partner), they must include the documents required for family reunification.

These documents are not required for applicants for an authorisation to stay as a highly skilled worker ('EU Blue Card'), a transferred worker or a researcher who submit the application for an authorisation to stay for their family members at the same time as their own application.

The residence permit for "workers under an intra-corporate transfer scheme" 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 for "workers under an intra-corporate transfer scheme" is valid for the duration of the transfer . The residence permit is renewable but may not exceed: 3 years for the specialist or manager; 1 year for the trainee employee. The application for renewal must be submitted to the Directorate of Immigration at the latest 2 months before the residence certificate expires

The third-country national can change his/her status to another category of residence permit if the applicant fulfils the conditions to grant this residence permit.