What does emigrating to Luxembourg cost?
A few short questions, and you have an honest range for your situation — with for every item whether it's a checked rate or an estimate. On the paper side this is a small route: two reports at the commune, a stamp of 50 euros for the car, a driving licence you at most have registered for free. The money sits in the home — the deposit, the rent, and with a purchase the 7 percent duties of which the Bëllegen Akt takes off a part — and in life itself. This model doesn't pretend Luxembourg is cheap.
What it costs
A rough indication for your situation
A few short questions, and you get a range instead of an amount. That's deliberate: an exact figure would suggest a precision nobody has.
Count on a total of
€ 4.100 – € 9.500
Where does that difference come from?
- The first months€ 4.000 – € 9.000
Below you'll find per item where the upper and the lower limit come from.
- Aanvraag en papieren
- € 25 – € 150
- De verhuizing
- € 30 – € 150
- De eerste maanden
- € 4.000 – € 9.300
Every item, one by onePer item the amount, the source and whether it's a rate or an estimate
Aanvraag en papieren
- Report and registration at the commune(estimate)€ 5 – € 30
- Certificates, model forms and translations(estimate)€ 20 – € 100
De verhuizing
- The journey(estimate)€ 30 – € 150
De eerste maanden
- The first months(estimate)€ 4.000 – € 9.000
A deposit of two or three months' rent, the first rent, furnishing what didn't come along, and the months in which you're still running double. In and around the city renting costs more than in the Randstad; the north and the south around Esch sit below that, but nothing in Luxembourg sits low. This is the heaviest item of the whole journey.
- Bank, phone and the first counters(estimate)€ 60 – € 250
And if you buy a house?
This calculation assumes renting: the first months include deposit and rent in advance.
If you buy, count on 3 to 9% of the purchase price on top of this amount. On a home of € 250,000 that's € 7.500 to € 22.500.
The state charges 7 percent on purchase: 6 percent registration duties and 1 percent transcription duties. The Bëllegen Akt takes a tax credit of 40,000 euros per acquirer off that — 80,000 for a couple — for whoever is going to live in the home themselves, moves in within two years and stays at least two years; the state always keeps at least 100 euros. On top come the notary and possibly the estate agent. With the credit you sit at the bottom of the range, without the credit at the top.
Note: buying isn't simply allowed here
No restriction on nationality and no permit. The credit is per person and once: whoever used it before pays the full 7 percent, and whoever leaves the home within two years pays it back. Have the notary apply for the credit before signing.
An order of magnitude based on averages, not a quote. The real amounts depend on your occupation, your route, the season and dozens of choices you still have to make.
The rates in this calculation haven't been checked against the official sources yet.
Your complete, personal cost picture — with your route, your documents and your deadlines — you get in Vertrekklaar.
From range to your own budget
The calculator above works with a few questions; the journey itself knows more. In Vertrekklaar the same model calculates on your real situation — who's coming, household contents along or not, car along or not — and watches the clocks: eight days for the report, three months for the registration, six months for the car, and the four advance payments of the tax office. A one-off € 199, no subscription.
The departure guide
Five mails, and you see your whole journey
Not ready to start yet? Then we'll send you the departure guide for Luxembourg: five mails in a week and a half, with the order, the pitfalls and the real costs. After that one question about where your plans stand, and beyond that only a short update when something in Luxembourg really changes — at most one a month, no newsletter, and you can switch it off at any time.
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