Luxembourg.
How Luxembourg sells residence for investors (golden visa): one programme, open today. Every number and rule below links to the document it comes from.
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Investor residence permit
Sells the right to live in the country (a “golden visa”), sometimes leading to citizenship later.
Official name: Autorisation de séjour pour investisseur (Luxembourg investor residence permit, arts. 53bis-53quater of the immigration law)
EUR 500,000 in an existing (held 5 years) or new (held 3 years) Luxembourg company. Alternatives EUR 3m in an investment structure, EUR 20m deposit. Repeal bill 8586 pending in Sep 2026.
Notes from the research
Added by a 2017 law amending the immigration law (8 March 2017 per the Finance Ministry FAQ, 20 March 2017 per Bill 8586; the law and its in-force date are not stored, so launched is given as the year only): residence for investing EUR 500,000 in an existing or new Luxembourg company, EUR 3 million in an investment and management structure, or EUR 20 million as a deposit with a Luxembourg financial institution; three-year title after a favourable opinion from the Economy or Finance ministry. Only 9 titles issued (2018-2024), none of the first 7 renewed. Government bill 8586 (21 Jul 2025) would repeal it; still in committee in Sep 2026. status = active until the repeal is adopted.
Prices and rules
What is measured
- Golden visas issued6
- Applications approved1
- Investor residence renewals refused1
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What happened, and when
The 5 documents behind this page
- 2025-07 · Law or regulationProjet de loi n° 8586 portant modification de la loi modifiée du 29 août 2008 sur la libre circulation des personnes et l'immigration (document de dépôt) · Chambre des Députés du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
- 2019-02 · NewsSix visas dorés accordés au Luxembourg · Paperjam
- 2019-01 · European UnionCommission Staff Working Document accompanying the Report on Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes in the European Union, SWD(2019) 5 final · European Commission
- 2018-10 · Non-profitEuropean Getaway: Inside the Murky World of Golden Visas · Transparency International and Global Witness
- 2018-05 · GovernmentFAQ Titre de séjour Investisseur · Ministère des Finances, Luxembourg
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