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Hire Filipino workers in Luxembourg

Licensed recruitment of skilled Filipino professionals for Luxembourgish employers. Your company is the direct employer — we run selection in Manila, the Luxembourgish permit process and the Philippine exit formalities end to end. From 1 worker.

Route Residence permit for salaried workers Typical timeline 2–4 months Minimum 1 worker
Comparing Benelux? Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg admit third-country workers by three different logics — see the Benelux decision guide for which country and route fits your role.

How recruitment works

Every Luxembourgish project runs on the same backbone: you define the roles, headcount and start date; our own DMW-licensed agency in Manila, Prime Search, sources and trade-tests candidates; you approve the shortlist (on-site or online); and we manage the Luxembourgish permit process under your power of attorney while the Philippine side — contract verification, medical, pre-departure orientation and the Overseas Employment Certificate — runs in parallel. The employment contract is signed and verified before departure; your new employee lands, completes local onboarding and clocks in.

The Luxembourgish specifics below are the part that makes Luxembourg different from every other market we serve.

Licensing: Recruitment in the Philippines runs through our own DMW-licensed agency (Prime Search); delivery in Luxembourg follows Luxembourgish licensing and immigration rules. Our EU delivery entity (Orienta Czech) supports the process cross-border under the freedom to provide services, subject to Luxembourgish requirements.

Luxembourgish immigration and work-permit route

Residence permit for salaried workers. The employer first declares the vacancy to ADEM, which runs a labour-market test; with ADEM's certificate the worker applies for a temporary authorisation to stay, enters on a visa D and receives the residence permit for salaried workers. Luxembourg's high wages and multilingual workplaces suit hospitality, care and logistics profiles.

  1. Vacancy declaration to ADEM and labour-market test.
  2. Temporary authorisation to stay from the Immigration Directorate.
  3. Visa D; medical check and residence permit in Luxembourg.

Labour-market test: Applies via ADEM; certificate required.

Shortage occupations: ADEM publishes an annual list of occupations in very high shortage (métiers très en pénurie — 20 occupations for 2026); recruiting for a listed occupation benefits from a simplified and accelerated third-country hiring procedure.

Authorities involved: ADEM · Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Immigration Directorate) · Luxembourg consular network. Rules change; we confirm the current position for your role before you commit, and we tell you the honest number — not the marketing one.

Employer requirements

  • Contract at least at the qualified or unqualified social minimum wage.
  • Accommodation compliant with local standards.
  • Employer registered and compliant.

DMW / MWO process on the Philippine side

Deploying a Filipino worker abroad is regulated by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW). MWO Brussels covers Luxembourg for employer verification. The verified contract, together with the job order approved by the DMW, allows the worker to obtain the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) — the exit clearance without which no Filipino worker can legally leave for a job abroad. Pre-employment orientation, medical examination at a DOH-accredited medical clinic authorised to examine overseas Filipino workers and pre-departure orientation complete the sequence. Because we operate the licensed agency ourselves, this runs in parallel with the Luxembourgish permit rather than after it.

Timeline

Typical gate-to-gate time for Luxembourg is 2–4 months from signed engagement to the first arrival, driven mainly by the Luxembourgish permit and the embassy appointment in Manila. Sourcing and trade testing usually take two to four weeks and are not on the critical path. We give you a written timeline for your specific role before you commit.

Typical professions for Luxembourg

Sectors where Luxembourgish employers most often hire Filipino workers through us:

  • Hospitality
  • Care
  • Cleaning & facility services
  • Logistics
  • Construction

Costs and commercial model

Our contractual partner is the employer, and it is the employer we invoice for the service. You receive an individual offer for Luxembourg covering sourcing, trade testing, documentation, the permit process and arrival support — there is no price list, because volumes, roles and the Luxembourgish route differ from project to project. Direct employment means the worker's wage is paid by you under your Luxembourgish contract; there is no intermediary employer.

What a typical Luxembourg project looks like

A Luxembourgish employer briefs us on roles and headcount. Within two to four weeks we present trade-tested candidates from Manila with video assessments; the employer interviews online and approves. We file the residence permit for salaried workers under power of attorney while Prime Search completes the DMW documentation. The employment contracts are signed and MWO-verified before departure; on arrival the workers complete registration and local onboarding and start on the floor — with our team reachable for the first months of integration. Whether the project is one specialist or a full shift, the mechanics are identical.

Frequently asked questions — Luxembourg

  • Is French required?

    Not for the permit; hospitality usually requires French or English, which Filipino candidates handle well.

  • How long does ADEM take?

    Typically a few weeks; the overall process is two to four months.

  • Is the salary threshold high?

    Luxembourg's minimum wage is the EU's highest; the route pays off for skilled and stable roles.