April 12, 2019 Luxembourg is organizing for Brexit

LUXEMBOURG  Residence, schooling, driving license ... Luxembourg has prepared many possibilities for its British nationals.

The political uncertainty still hovers around the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, pushed further into the night from Wednesday to Thursday, but Luxembourg has weathered many contingencies. Steps have been taken so that British residents can continue to live and work in the Grand Duchy, and make arrangements according to their situation and the scenario of a Brexit with or without agreement.

As a last example, children of British nationality will continue to be educated in Luxembourg after Brexit, informs guichet.lu. Other subjects were brushed up, between family allowances, acquisition of Luxembourg nationality, employment in the public service, driving license, pension insurance ...

A one-year reprieve for residence

In parallel, a letter has just been sent to some 6,000 British nationals. He explains the effects of Brexit on their residency rights. An initiative welcomed by Adam on Twitter, who published the letter, while thanking the Grand Duchy for allowing him to feel at home after more than fifteen years of residence and denouncing the attitude of his country of origin

According to the document, in case of absence of agreement, a British household can live another year after the date of exit from the EU under cover of his residence permit. Then you will need a residence permit as a third country national.

(L’essenciel / Mathieu Vacon)