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Long-Stay, Type DVerified 11 May 2026Luxembourg Long-Stay D Visa for Indian salaried employees taking up employment in the Grand Duchy. Authorization to Stay from the Immigration Department of MAEE is mandatory before the D Visa. INR 5,360 flat fee.
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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.
Indian professionals taking up paid employment in Luxembourg require a Long-Stay Type D Visa. The substantive decision — assessing the labour-market position, the employer's offer, and the applicant's qualifications — is made by the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg (applied for at guichet.public.lu) via an Authorization to Stay. Once issued, the original Authorization to Stay triggers the Type D Visa application at VFS in India. The D Visa is the entry vehicle; on arrival, the applicant must register their address at the local commune within 3 working days and apply for the residence permit (titre de séjour). Field n°31 of the Schengen application form (mandatory for employment applicants) records the employer details.
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 BEFORE the D Visa. The ORIGINAL letter is required — copies / scans are not accepted.
Signed by both parties. Specifies position, salary, term, and start date.
Confirms the position, start date, employment terms, and applicant identity.
Records the current or previous employer details. Mandatory for Work/Employment applicants.
Depending on category — some employment cases require PCC; the Authorization to Stay process specifies this.
NOT required if the applicant can prove that before arrival in Luxembourg they are covered by insurance through the future employer (e.g. certificate from Caisse Nationale de Santé).
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
4 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 Work / Employment Visa (Long-Stay, Type D) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Frequently asked
The Authorization to Stay is the SUBSTANTIVE Luxembourg-side decision — it confirms that the Luxembourg authorities have approved your right to take up residence (for employment, study, family reunification, etc.). The D Visa is the ENTRY VEHICLE — it's stamped in your passport at VFS India so you can board a flight to Luxembourg with the Authorization to Stay in hand. Without the Authorization to Stay, the D Visa cannot be applied for at VFS.
Yes for the India-side VFS submission, biometrics, and document-pack preparation. The Authorization to Stay step inside Luxembourg is initiated by your Luxembourg employer with the Immigration Department — we can advise on documentation, but the substantive case decision happens in Luxembourg, not in India. Once you have the Authorization to Stay in hand, we handle the rest end-to-end. ₹499 consultation to start.
Authorization to Stay: weeks to months depending on the category and employer documentation. Once issued, the D Visa at VFS India typically takes 15 calendar days (up to 45 if checks are needed). Plan total time of 2–5 months from job offer to landing in Luxembourg, depending on the category.
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.
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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.
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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.
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