A Luxembourgish passport (French: passeport luxembourgeois; Luxembourgish: lëtzebuergesche Pass; German: luxemburgischer Reisepass) is an international travel document issued to nationals of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and may also serve as proof of Luxembourgish citizenship. Besides enabling the bearer to travel internationally and serving as indication of Luxembourgish citizenship, the passport facilitates the process of securing assistance from Luxembourg consular officials abroad or other European Union member states in case a Luxembourg consular is absent, if needed.
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 Front cover of the current Luxembourg passport (with chip  ), issued since February 2015 | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Luxembourg |
| First issued | 28 August 2006[1] (biometric passport) 16 February 2015[2] (current version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Luxembourgish citizenship |
| Expiration | 5 years / 2 years (children under 4) |
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Luxembourg biometric passports are valid for five years for bearers aged four and over, and valid for 2 years for children under four.
According to the 2022 Henley Passport Index, citizens of Luxembourg can visit 189 countries without a visa or with a visa granted on arrival.[4] Additionally, the World Tourism Organization also published a report on 15 January 2016 ranking the Luxembourgish passport 1st in the world (tied with British, Danish, Finnish, German, Italian and Singaporean passports) in terms of travel freedom, with a mobility index of 160 (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0).[5]
Every citizen of Luxembourg is a citizen of the European Union (EU). As such (s)he can live[6] and work[7] in any member state of the EU as a result of the right of freedom of movement granted in Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.[8]
A citizen of Luxembourg is also a citizen of a member state of the European Economic Area (EEA). The Citizens' Rights Directive defines the right of free movement for citizens of the EEA,[9] which includes the three EFTA members Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein plus the member states of the EU. Switzerland, which is a member of EFTA but not of the EEA, has a separate multilateral agreement on free movement with the EU and its member states.[10] As a result, the Luxembourgish passport, along with the identity card, allows for freedom of movement in any of the states of the EU / EEA / EFTA / Switzerland.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PRADO - LUX-AO-02003". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "PRADO - LUX-AO-02005". Council of the European Union. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Demander un passeport". Guichet.lu (in French). Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "The Official Passport Index Ranking". Henley & Partners. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Visa Openness Report 2016" (PDF). World Tourism Organization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Free movement of persons". Fact Sheets on the European Union. 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Free movement of workers". Fact Sheets on the European Union. 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - PART TWO: NON-DISCRIMINATION AND CITIZENSHIP OF THE UNION - Article 21 (ex Article 18 TEC)
- ^ Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2007 of 7 December 2007 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement
- ^ Consolidated text: Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons
External links
edit- "Luxembourg Passport Dashboard". Passport Index. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
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