Luxembourgish passport

{{Short description|Passport}}

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{{Infobox Identity document

| document_name = {{ubl|Luxembourgish passport|{{lang|fr|Passeport luxembourgeois}}
{{lang|lb|Lëtzebuergesche Pass}}
{{lang|de|Luxemburgischer Reisepass}}}}

| image =Luxembourg_Passport.svg

| image_caption =Front cover of the current Luxembourg passport (with chip 20px), issued since February 2015

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| date_first_issued = 28 August 2006{{cite web |title=PRADO - LUX-AO-02003 |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/LUX-AO-02003/index.html |website=Council of the European Union |access-date=5 January 2022}} (biometric passport)
16 February 2015{{cite web |title=PRADO - LUX-AO-02005 |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/LUX-AO-02005/index.html |website=Council of the European Union |access-date=5 January 2022}} (current version)

| using_jurisdiction = {{flagdeco|Luxembourg}} Passpost, Visas and Legalisation Office of Duchy of Luxembourg

| document_type = Passport

| purpose = Identification

| eligibility = Luxembourgish citizenship

| expiration = 5 years / 2 years (children under 4)

| cost = * €50 (5-year passports)

• €30 (2-year passports){{cite web |title=Demander un passeport |url=https://guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/citoyennete/papiers-identite/titre-voyage/passeport-biometrique.html |website=Guichet.lu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727101041/https://guichet.public.lu/fr/citoyens/citoyennete/papiers-identite/titre-voyage/passeport-biometrique.html |access-date=5 January 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |language=fr |url-status=dead}}

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A Luxembourgish passport ({{langx|fr|passeport luxembourgeois}}; {{langx|lb|lëtzebuergesche Pass}}; {{langx|de|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.

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.{{Cite web |title=The Official Passport Index Ranking |url=https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=Henley & Partners}} 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).{{cite web|title=Visa Openness Report 2016|url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf|publisher=World Tourism Organization|access-date=17 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123123959/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2016}}

Every citizen of Luxembourg is a citizen of the European Union (EU). As such

(s)he can live{{cite web

|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons

|title=Free movement of persons

|website=Fact Sheets on the European Union

|date=2024

|access-date=2024-11-15

}} and work{{cite web

|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/41/free-movement-of-workers

|title=Free movement of workers

|website=Fact Sheets on the European Union

|date=2024

|access-date=2024-11-15}} 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.{{CELEX|id=12008E021|format=HTML|text=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)}}

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,{{CELEX|id=22007D0158|text=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}} 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.{{CELEX|id=02002A0430(01)-20210101|text=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}} 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.