Luxembourg visa and entry requirements

Under the Schengen Borders Code (Article 6(1)(a)), a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the Schengen Area (this may be waived in a justified case of emergency) and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.

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No official source we read lists a vaccination certificate required for entry.

Schengen visa applicants must prove they hold adequate and valid travel medical insurance, valid throughout the Schengen Area for the whole intended stay, with minimum coverage of €30,000. The UK government says British visitors may also need to show proof of travel insurance at Luxembourg border control.

Under the Schengen Borders Code, the non-exhaustive list of supporting documents a border guard may request (Annex I) includes, as regards return, a return or round-trip ticket. The UK government says British visitors may also need to show a return or onward ticket at Luxembourg border control.

The European Commission's table of reference amounts for crossing the external border gives Luxembourg's minimum amount per day and per person as €67.

• EES — Entry/Exit System (biometric registration) — The UK Foreign Office says that on short stays in the Schengen Area you may need to register biometric details such as fingerprints and a photo in the EU Entry/Exit System, that on your first visit you may be asked to do this at a special booth before the immigration desk, that there is no cost for EES registration, and that you need take no action before you arrive at the border. (at the border on first entry) travel-europe.europa.eu ↗(opens in a new tab)
• ETIAS — European Travel Information and Authorization System — Luxembourg is among the 30 European countries that will require visa-exempt travellers to have an ETIAS travel authorisation. ETIAS is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch. (before travel, once etias starts) travel-europe.europa.eu ↗(opens in a new tab)

A third-country national who stays beyond the validity of the visa or travel authorisation, or beyond three months from entry, is staying irregularly, and a return decision is taken. A return decision may carry an entry ban of up to five years. The minister imposes an entry ban on anyone given no period for voluntary return, or who stays after that period has expired. A prison term of eight days to one year and a fine of EUR 251 to 1,250, or one of these penalties, applies to a third-country national who, without a justified reason for not returning, stays irregularly after detention or house arrest ended without removal.

Done by the accommodation or the traveller.

A third-country national intending to stay less than three months must, within three working days of entry, make an arrival declaration at the commune where they intend to stay, and receives a copy as a receipt. When the person stays for tourism in an accommodation establishment covered by the traveller-control legislation, the accommodation form (fiche d'hébergement) replaces the declaration. Failing to declare in time is punished by a fine of EUR 25 to 250.

If not done: Failure to make the arrival declaration within the time limit is punished by a fine of EUR 25 to 250.

• City of Luxembourg visitor tax (taxe de séjour) — 3% of the amounts invoiced for the rental itself, excluding VAT. Paid at the accommodation.

  People renting furnished rooms or apartments in hotels, inns and guesthouses in the City of Luxembourg who are not registered as residents owe a city tax of 3% of the amount invoiced for the rental, excluding VAT. The landlord collects it and pays it to the city's revenue office.

  Exemptions: Persons registered in the population registers as residing in the city are not liable.

Cash of €10,000 or more (or its equivalent in other currencies) must be declared to customs when entering or leaving the EU.

• Arriving from outside the EU, the EU's Your Europe portal gives a duty-free allowance of 4 litres of still wine and 16 litres of beer, plus 1 litre of spirits over 22% vol. (or 2 litres of fortified or sparkling wine); 200 cigarettes (or 100 cigarillos, 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco) where the higher tobacco limit applies, since a higher or lower limit may apply depending on the EU country; and other goods worth up to €300, or €430 for travellers by air and sea. Under-17s are not entitled to a duty-free allowance for tobacco or alcohol.
• Arriving from another EU country, Your Europe says no further payments are due on alcohol and tobacco bought for your own use and not for resale. Each EU country sets guideline quantities, which may not be lower than, for example, 800 cigarettes or 10 litres of spirits; if customs suspect goods are not for your own use, you may be asked to prove that they are.