Registering your arrival at the commune in Luxembourg
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Registering your arrival at the commune in Luxembourg
- Where
- the commune where you live, not where you work
- Capital
- Bierger-Center, 44, place Guillaume II
- How
- in person, no online procedure
Details
This step is the first in our guide settling in Luxembourg.
- Translation
- sworn, if the document isn't in French, German or English
- Bring
- valid ID card or passport
- lease, deed of sale or written consent from your host
- family record book, marriage certificate or partnership certificate
- children's birth certificates
Details
Family documents are only needed if your family is coming with you, and the commune may ask for other documents: check its list before you go. Before signing a lease, check that the landlord accepts you registering your address there (see finding a home).
- Deadline
- 8 days after moving in
- Non-EU
- 3 days after entering the country
- Result
- entry in the RNPP, your official address
Details
The deadline runs from the day you move into your home.
- Who
- EU citizens staying more than 3 months
- Deadline
- 3 months after your arrival
- Bring
- copy of your ID
- employment contract signed by both parties, or signed job offer
Details
You can do everything on the same day as the arrival declaration. The commune gives you your registration certificate straight away, with no expiry date: keep it.
- Cost
- free online, small fee possible at the commune
- For
- your bank, your children's school
- Validity
- under 3 months old usually required
Details
Online, you can download it for free on MyGuichet.lu.
This is for you if
- You've just moved to Luxembourg to live here, with or without an employment contract.
- You're French, Belgian, German, Portuguese or from another EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
- Your bank, employer or landlord is asking you for a residence certificate.
- You're changing address within Luxembourg, in the same commune or elsewhere.
This isn't for you if you're a cross-border worker: you live in France, Belgium or Germany, and you have nothing to declare to a Luxembourg commune.
Key figures
| Item | Value | Year or date |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival declaration (from abroad or moving within the country) | Within 8 days of moving in | In force on 9 October 2026 |
| Registration declaration, EU citizen | Within 3 months of your arrival, if you stay more than 3 months | Guichet.lu, page updated on 1 October 2026 |
| Registration certificate | Issued immediately, unlimited validity | In force on 9 October 2026 |
| Arrival declaration, non-EU national | Within 3 days of entering the country | In force on 9 October 2026 |
| Online residence certificate | Free on MyGuichet.lu; usually required to be less than 3 months old | Guichet.lu, June 2024 |
| Address on the registration document of your Luxembourg car | To be updated within 1 month | In force on 9 October 2026 |
| Special leave for moving house | 2 days, once per 3-year period with the same employer | In force on 9 October 2026 |
The registration certificate: what it proves
It certifies your right of residence for more than 3 months as an EU citizen. The commune gives it to you straight away, with no photo or nationality on it, and it has no expiry date.
The document required depends on your situation:
| Your situation | What you show in addition to your ID |
|---|---|
| Employee | Signed employment contract or job offer (work of less than 10 hours a week isn't enough) |
| Self-employed | Business permit, or a letter from the Ministry of the Economy stating that it isn't required |
| Not working | Proof of sufficient resources and health insurance covering all risks |
| Student | Enrolment at an approved institution, resources and health insurance |
| Family member | Certificate from the EU citizen you're joining and proof of the family relationship |
Keep it: your new commune will ask for it if you move. After 5 years of legal residence, you can apply for a permanent residence certificate.
You're not an EU citizen
Since 1 October 2026, unless you're a family member of an EU citizen or a British national covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, you apply for a D visa before leaving, at the Luxembourg or Belgian embassy in your country. Once you've arrived, you declare your arrival at the commune within 3 days, take the medical check, then apply for your residence permit. The whole process is explained in our guide coming to work in Luxembourg from outside the EU. Each situation has its own procedure: follow the Guichet.lu page for your category (ouvre dans un nouvel onglet).
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Registering your arrival at the commune in Luxembourg
- Deadline
- 8 days after moving in
- Where
- your new commune, or online on MyGuichet.lu
- Log-in
- LuxTrust, Luxembourg eID or eIDAS method
Details
On MyGuichet.lu, choose the procedure "Declaration of change of habitual residence".
- Old commune
- nothing to do, the new one removes you
- Bring
- registration certificate, if you're an EU citizen
Details
The registration certificate is only required if you change commune.
- Taxes
- the ACD sends you a new tax card
- Notify them yourself
- your bank and your insurers
Details
Authorities are in principle notified through the RNPP. Give your new tax card to your employer.
- Deadline
- 1 month
- Where
- the SNCA (Société nationale de circulation automobile)
Details
Only if your car is registered in Luxembourg.
- Length
- 2 paid days
- Frequency
- once every 3 years with the same employer
- Proof
- your residence certificate
Details
Only for employees in Luxembourg.
Example: Elena, from Turin to Esch then Luxembourg City
Elena, 29, Italian, is an engineer at a company in Esch-sur-Alzette. She moves into a studio in Esch on Monday 2 March 2026.
- Arrival declaration: by 10 March 2026 at the latest (2 March + 8 days). She goes on 5 March with her passport, her lease and her contract.
- Registration declaration: she had until 2 June 2026 (3 months). She fills it in the same day and leaves with her registration certificate.
In January 2027, she moves to Luxembourg City on Friday 15 January. She declares her change of residence on MyGuichet.lu before 23 January. She asks her employer for her 2 days of moving leave, then hands over the new tax card sent by the ACD.
Common mistakes
- Waiting for your first salary to register: no declaration means no residence certificate, so no bank account and no school enrolment for the children.
- Renting a home where you can't register your address: without the landlord's consent or a lease in your name, the commune can refuse your declaration.
- Turning up with untranslated documents: a birth certificate in Portuguese or Polish without a sworn translation means a second trip.
- Forgetting the car registration document: the address must be updated with the SNCA within the month.
Frequently asked questions
Guichet.lu doesn't mention any cost for the declaration. The residence certificate is free online on MyGuichet.lu.
The registration certificate proves your right of residence as an EU citizen, once and for all. The residence certificate proves your current address: authorities usually want it dated less than 3 months ago.
No. For an arrival from abroad, Guichet.lu asks you to go to the commune in person. The online procedure on MyGuichet.lu is for moves within the country and departures abroad.
Yes, before leaving: the departure declaration must be made the day before at the latest, at your commune or online on MyGuichet.lu.
Yes, if it's your habitual residence and they sign a hosting agreement.