Luxembourg visa requirements · checked 3 October 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for LuxembourgMost travellers need a visa for Luxembourg: 105 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 93 passports enter visa-free.
Luxembourg is part of the Schengen Area: EU citizens travel freely, and Swiss and EEA nationals enter with a valid identity card or passport; nationals of the countries and territories on the EU's visa-exempt list (Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806) can stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period (ETIAS is not yet in operation), and nationals of the countries on its visa-required list (Annex I) must be in possession of a Schengen visa when crossing the external borders (standard fee €90 under the Visa Code).
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United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Freedom of movement
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Freedom of movement
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Visa for Luxembourg — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Luxembourg, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Austria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 France |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| Germany |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Norway |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United States |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Luxembourg visa types, fees and processing timesChildren aged six to under 12: €45; under six: waived.
Official application site →Set by the EU–Armenia visa facilitation agreement (Article 6); waived for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →Set by the EU–Azerbaijan visa facilitation agreement (Article 6); waived for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →Set by the EU–Belarus visa facilitation agreement (Article 6); €70 when the applicant asks for a decision within two days and the consulate accepts; waived for children under 12, among other listed categories. Council Decision (EU) 2021/1940 suspends some of the agreement's provisions.
Official application site →Set by the EU–Cabo Verde visa facilitation agreement as amended (Article 5) at 75% of the fee charged under the applicable legislation; children aged 12 to under 18 are charged 50% of that fee, and children under 12 are exempt, among other listed categories.
Official application site →Standard fee under the Visa Code (Article 16): children aged six to under 12 pay €45 and children under six pay nothing. The EU–Russia visa facilitation agreement is suspended in whole for Russian citizens (Council Decision (EU) 2022/1500). The European Commission says Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas, while allowing exceptions for limited and justified cases such as independent journalists and human rights defenders.
Official application site →Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →Entry requirements for LuxembourgUnder 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.
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), consolidated text 10 July 2024 — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 9 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
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.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
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.
Schengen Borders Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
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.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
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.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Luxembourg travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
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.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
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.
Legilux (Luxembourg official journal) — Amended Law of 29 August 2008 on free movement of persons and immigration, consolidated version of 12.06.2026✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
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.
Legilux (Luxembourg official journal) — Amended Law of 29 August 2008 on free movement of persons and immigration, consolidated version of 12.06.2026✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Cash of €10,000 or more (or its equivalent in other currencies) must be declared to customs when entering or leaving the EU.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Luxembourg visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Luxembourg for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 105 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (93 passports).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Luxembourg or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Luxembourg visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Luxembourg?
Luxembourg passport holders can visit 125 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
∞
Angola
30d
Antigua and Barbuda
180d
Argentina
90d
Armenia
180d
Austria
∞
Bahamas
240d
Barbados
90d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
∞
Belize
∞
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Brunei
90d
Bulgaria
∞
Cape Verde
30d
Chile
90d
China
30d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
∞
Cyprus
∞
Czechia
∞
Denmark
∞
Dominica
180d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
∞
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
∞
France
∞
Gambia
90d
Georgia
360d
Germany
∞
Greece
∞
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Guyana
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
90d
Hungary
∞
Iceland
∞
Ireland
∞
Israel
90d
Italy
∞
Jamaica
90d
Japan
90d
Kazakhstan
30d
Kiribati
90d
Kosovo
90d
Kyrgyzstan
60d
Laos
15d
Latvia
∞
Lesotho
14d
Liechtenstein
∞
Lithuania
∞
Macau
90d
Malaysia
90d
Malta
∞
Marshall Islands
90d
Mauritius
90d
Mexico
180d
Micronesia
90d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
∞
Mongolia
30d
Montenegro
90d
Morocco
90d
Netherlands
∞
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
∞
Palau
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
90d
Philippines
30d
Poland
∞
Portugal
∞
Romania
∞
Rwanda
30d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
90d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
Samoa
90d
San Marino
∞
Sao Tome and Principe
15d
Senegal
90d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
90d
Slovakia
∞
Slovenia
∞
Solomon Islands
90d
South Africa
90d
South Korea
90d
Spain
∞
Sweden
∞
Switzerland
∞
Taiwan
90d
Tajikistan
30d
Thailand
60d
Timor-Leste
90d
Tonga
90d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Tunisia
90d
Türkiye
90d
Tuvalu
90d
Ukraine
90d
United Arab Emirates
90d
United Kingdom
180d
Uruguay
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
∞
Venezuela
90d
Vietnam
45d
Zambia
90d
