Loading…
Long-Stay, Type DVerified 11 May 2026Luxembourg Long-Stay D Visa for non-EU family members joining a Luxembourg resident (Luxembourger, EU national, or third-country resident with sufficient resources). Authorization to Stay from the Immigration Department mandatory. Field n°30 of the application form.
Professional filing · fee back if refused
Not included in our fee: a flight reservation (from ₹708) and a confirmed hotel booking (₹590 per hotel). Book them separately, only if your visa needs them:
Opens WhatsApp. We send the 50% advance link; the balance is due before anything is submitted.
What you get
SureshotVisa promise
Visa refused — 100% of our fee back, initiated within 7 days. Embassy and visa-centre fees are collected by the authority and are not refundable by anyone. Refund policy
Pro Lifeset Overseas Pvt Ltd · Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024. The visa decision is the embassy's.
Or leave your number for a Luxembourg visa callback
Leave your number and we'll WhatsApp you back. No long forms.
✓ The ₹499 report is fully refundable · our refund promise
Check the official requirements
Guide last reviewed 2026-05-11. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Luxembourg — Schengen member · Embassy New Delhi (84 Jor Bagh) · Authorization to Stay rules everything
All India applications are decided by the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, New Delhi (84 Jor Bagh, ND-110003) through VFS Luxembourg centres. The Embassy is the single jurisdiction for India + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka + Maldives. For Long-Stay D Visas (Work / Study / Family Reunification / Researcher / EU Blue Card), the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg issues an Authorization to Stay (applied for at guichet.public.lu) BEFORE the D Visa — the original letter is required at VFS.
guichet.public.lu for the substantive decision. Once issued, the ORIGINAL Authorization triggers the D Visa at VFS. Field n°31 (Employment) or n°30 (Family Reunification) of the form is mandatory.(1) The Prise en Charge MUST carry the MAEE stamp from inside Luxembourg — sponsor-signed alone is not enough. (2) €0 visa fee for family members of EU/EEA/Swiss citizens under Directive 2004/38/EC (relationship certificate must be apostilled / legalised; VFS service charge still applies). (3) VAYD/ODMV doorstep biometrics available at ₹9,900 solo / ₹7,500 each for 2–10 applicants — useful for cities outside the 11 VFS hubs.
Note: SureshotVisa handles the 5 Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) categories — Tourist, Business, Visit Family/Friends, Cultural/Sport/Conference, Family of EU/EEA/Swiss — plus Airport Transit (Type A) end-to-end through VFS. Long-Stay D Visas (Work / Study / Family Reunification / Researcher / EU Blue Card / Investor) require an Authorization to Stay decision inside Luxembourg first — we handle the India-side VFS submission once that's in hand. Call us for category-specific guidance.
Two separate decisions stand between an Indian family member and Luxembourg. First the sponsor applies for an Authorization to Stay from the Immigration Department at guichet.public.lu, a step only they can take and one that can run to weeks or months. Only then does the D visa application go to VFS in India, where the Embassy in New Delhi quotes 15 calendar days and will hold the file open until any missing document is supplied. The visa fee is ₹5,360 for any age plus a VFS charge of ₹2,359. Files are refused when the original Authorization is missing, when the relationship certificate is not apostilled, or when field 30 of the form is left incomplete.
What it costs
Paid directly to Luxembourg / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 11 May 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Visa fees are set by the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in INR and tied to the EUR / INR exchange rate — they are revised every month-end. All fees and VFS service charges are non-refundable in case of refusal. VFS service charges are inclusive of CGST 9% + SGST 9%. Optional services: SMS Facility ₹400, Premium Lounge ₹3,600, Prime Time Collection ₹800, Prime Time Submission ₹3,500, VAYD/ODMV doorstep biometrics ₹9,900 (solo) or ₹7,500 each (2–10 applicants). Family members of EU/EEA/Swiss citizens applying under Directive 2004/38/EC pay zero visa fee — but the VFS service charge still applies.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Luxembourg applies the Schengen rules, so travel insurance is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal condition of the visa.
2 of 4 are compulsory for Luxembourg
Where people slip: Flying into one city and out of another with nothing showing how you travel between them. Officers read the whole route, and an unexplained gap reads as a plan that does not hold together.
Book for ₹708 (+₹472 per family member)Where people slip: Free-cancellation bookings are accepted, but if the entire file is free-cancellation the officer sees a trip nobody has committed to. Some of it should be real spend.
Confirmed hotel booking, ₹590 per hotel: message us firstWhere people slip: Buying cover for the adults and forgetting the children. Every traveller needs their own EUR 30,000, infants included — a real refusal we have seen on a family of four.
What a Schengen policy must showWhere people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Luxembourg. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe can arrange the flight reservation, the hotel and the itinerary for your Luxembourg file — each sold separately.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight reservation and the confirmed hotel booking both come from us, and you deal with one team. Every booking is a real one under your own name. We do not sell travel insurance: buy the policy directly from an insurer.
None of them is part of our visa fee: each is bought on its own, at the price below, with or without our visa service.
Flight reservation ₹708 (+₹472 per extra family member) · Confirmed hotel booking ₹590 per hotel · Travel itinerary ₹1,499. GST included.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST. Confirmed hotel bookings are not bought online: message us first on WhatsApp or email info@sureshotvisa.com with the city, dates and travellers.
Tell us your dates — we will say which of these you actually need
What to gather
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Schengen short-stay form for Type C; Long-Stay D form for Type D. Download from visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/.
Colour, full face, less than 6 months old, non-edited and no-filter. PASTED (not stapled) on the form. Name and surname written on the back.
Machine-readable (handwritten Indian passports issued after 01.04.2010 NOT accepted), issued within last 10 years, valid ≥3 months beyond Schengen departure (≥6 months for Long-Stay D), ≥2 blank pages.
Required only for non-Indian nationals living in India — present residence permit and any work / study authorisation.
Mandatory. Applied for at guichet.public.lu by the Luxembourg-side sponsor. The ORIGINAL letter is required at VFS.
Records the family member already in Luxembourg. Mandatory for Family Reunification applicants.
Marriage certificate / registered-partnership certificate / birth certificate — legalised or apostilled. Indian-side notarisation alone is not sufficient.
Demonstrates the sponsor's legal residence in Luxembourg.
Established via the Authorization to Stay process — accommodation contract, employment / income proof, CNS health insurance enrolment.
Notarised written consent of the non-travelling parent, or court order for sole custody.
NOT required if covered by the sponsor's CNS / family-member health-insurance arrangement (provide Caisse Nationale de Santé certificate).
Plus copy of the non-travelling parent's photo ID bearing their signature.
Plus copies of both parents' photo IDs bearing their signatures.
Substitutes for the consent of the absent parent.
Especially for Family Member of EU/EEA/Swiss applications.
Required · optional / if applicable
7 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Apply for Authorization to Stay through guichet.public.lu
The Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg is the substantive decision-maker. The applicant (or the Luxembourg-side employer / institution / family member) files the Authorization to Stay application with supporting documents specific to the category (Work, Study, Family Reunification, Researcher, Highly Skilled, Investor / Self-Employed). This step is SEPARATE from the D Visa — its own timeline runs from several weeks to several months.
Receive the original Authorization to Stay letter
Issued by the Immigration Department in Luxembourg. The ORIGINAL letter is required at VFS — copies / scans are not accepted. The Authorization to Stay is the trigger for the D Visa application.
Download and complete the Long-Stay D Visa application form
Get the form from visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/. Complete by hand or digitally, then date and sign. Paste the 35×45mm photograph on the form. Applicants in Work/Employment category fill field n°31; applicants joining a family member fill field n°30.
Get supporting documents in order
Original Authorization to Stay + passport (machine-readable, ≥6 months validity, ≥2 blank pages) + Schengen insurance €30,000 (not required if covered by future employer / spouse / family member, e.g. Caisse Nationale de Santé certificate) + category-specific documents.
Book your VFS appointment online (or use prepaid courier for non-India residents)
India residents: schedule at visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/book-an-appointment. Bangladesh / Sri Lanka / Maldives residents: prepaid courier route to the Embassy is open. Authorized representatives, travel agents, and company reps accepted for Long-Stay D categories.
Submit at VFS + biometrics + visa fee
Visa fee ₹5,360 (flat for all ages, including children) + VFS service charge ₹2,359 — cash / Visa / Mastercard / RuPay. Biometrics captured at the centre. Generally 15 days at the Embassy; can extend to 45 days if documents are missing.
Travel to Luxembourg + register with the local commune + apply for residence permit
Once the D Visa is issued, travel to Luxembourg within the validity. On arrival, declare your address at the local commune within 3 working days, then apply for the residence permit (titre de séjour) at the Immigration Department on the basis of the Authorization to Stay.
Biometrics and the visit to the visa centre are yours to attend in person — no consultancy can do those for you. How we work
What works
5 levers that flip a borderline case.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
Each link opens the official page that issues the form (we never host third-party forms) — download or fill the current version there.
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Family Reunification Visa (Long-Stay, Type D) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
A consultant at our licensed firm replies today
Frequently asked
Family Member of EU/EEA/Swiss (Type C) is a SHORT-STAY visa under Directive 2004/38/EC — for non-EU family of EU/EEA/Swiss nationals exercising free movement, valid up to 90 days, €0 visa fee, simplified procedure. Family Reunification (Type D) is the LONG-STAY route — for non-EU family of Luxembourg residents (including third-country nationals with sufficient resources) intending to live in Luxembourg long-term. Family Reunification leads to a residence permit; the Directive route gives short-stay rights. The substantive criteria, fees, and documentation differ.
It depends on the dependency relationship. Dependent ascending relatives (parents / grandparents) can be brought under Family Reunification, but the dependency must be substantiated — regular and substantial financial contribution from the Luxembourg sponsor to the parents' maintenance. The Immigration Department assesses this at the Authorization to Stay stage.
Yes for the India-side VFS submission once the Authorization to Stay is in hand. We coordinate with your Luxembourg sponsor on the documentation needed for the Authorization to Stay step. ₹499 consultation to start.
Luxembourg's Long-Stay D Visas (Work / Study / Family Reunification / Researcher / Highly Skilled / EU Blue Card / Investor) require a substantive Authorization to Stay decision from the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg, applied for at guichet.public.lu. The applicant (or their Luxembourg-side employer / institution / family member) needs to obtain this authorization first — the D Visa at VFS is only the entry vehicle once that decision is in hand. SureshotVisa handles the India-side VFS submission, biometrics, and document-pack preparation end-to-end. The substantive Authorization to Stay step inside Luxembourg is initiated by the Luxembourg-side sponsor; we can advise on the documentation and timeline, but the substantive case decision happens in Luxembourg, not in India.
A consultant at our licensed firm replies today
Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
A strong Luxembourg file clearly explains your travel purpose, funds, and ties to India. We structure and submit everything properly — so your case is presented clearly and professionally.
Our professional fee · GST included
₹24,999–₹34,999GST included
File-ready in 3–5 working days after documents
5★ · 110+ reviews · reply in 5 min
Everything below — included, nothing extra
Not included in our fee: a flight reservation (from ₹708) and a confirmed hotel booking (₹590 per hotel). Book them separately, only if your visa needs them:
Not sure you qualify? Start with a refundable ₹499 possibility report — an honest Yes / Maybe / No, credited to this fee.
Price is for our consultancy service only and includes 18% GST. No agency can guarantee a visa — the final decision rests with the visa authority.
Your fee, in one glance
Government, VFS, insurance, ticket and hotel costs are separate and charged at cost. Read what each item means, in full.
Before you file
Filed on a guessed checklist, the government fee is gone on a refusal and the refusal follows every future application. Filed after a consultant at our licensed firm has read the papers against each other, the file answers the officer's questions before they are asked. Same Luxembourg rules, different outcome. How we do that is written once, in full, on the method page rather than repeated here.
A consultant at our licensed firm replies today
Source & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Luxembourg website and Embassy of Luxembourg. Last verified 2026-05-11. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
Also relevant
Ready?
Share your travel purpose, employment/business profile and funds. We'll tell you honestly where your file stands.