Immigration Asylum Law

Since 2009, CERNO's lawyers have been assisting applicants for international protection and foreigners who wish to settle permanently in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. With a perfect command of immigration and asylum procedures, we provide effective assistance in french, english, german, spanish and arabic to associations, asylum seekers and immigrants in all their procedures.

 

We also advise companies on the use of foreign labour.

Legal services Cerno Law

Asylum and refugees

 

  • Application for international protection
  • Application for subsidiary protection
  • Application for temporary protection (Ukraine, foreign nationals from Ukraine)
  • Interviews before the MFA
  • Dublin procedures
  • Family reunification with a refugee
  • Transfer of asylum to or from Luxembourg
  • Assistance in obtaining a temporary occupation

 

Residence permits

 

  • Entry to the territory (< 3 months)
  • Visas
  • Temporary settlement permit and permanent settlement permit (stay > 3 months)
  • Residence permits for private life
  • Residence permit for workers
  • Residence permit for secondment
  • Family reunification with an EU member or a third country national
  • Residence permits for students and trainees
  • Regularisation of residence permits

 

Voluntary return and removal from the territory

 

  • Personal decision to return to the country of origin
  • Liaison with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
  • Assignment to residence
  • Decisions on return and deportation
  • Schengen inadmissibility

 

Nationality law

 

  • Acquisition of Luxembourg nationality by voluntary acquisition
  • Acquisition of Luxembourg nationality by option
  • Acquisition of Luxembourg nationality by recovery

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Acquisition of Luxembourg nationality – the case of the ancestor

by Cora Maglo • 7 October 2024
In case your ancestors are from Luxembourg, you might be eligible to obtain the Luxembourgish nationality
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Participation on podcast about investment immigration in Luxembourg

by Cora Maglo • 2 August 2023
This episode of the podcast discusses the recent changes in immigration law in Luxembourg for people seeking residency for personal reasons
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How to give up your asylum claim in Luxembourg

by Cora Maglo • 30 September 2022
It is not uncommon for applicants for international protection to decide to abandon their application in Luxembourg.
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Working in Luxembourg as an asylum seeker

by Cora Maglo • 17 June 2022
In principle, an applicant for international protection ("OPD") cannot work until he or she has received a response to his or her asylum application.