work in lux mon-fri but living in germany the weekends  

Hi

I'm not sure, but I think you can still be considered a frontalier if you go back home at weekends.  I don't really think that distance comes into it.

I hope you get your situation resolved.

hello 

guess a lawyer will have a good answer for you 

Thanks for your comment. I thought the same, but the HR people in my new job say 100% sure it isn't possible and that luxembourg authorities will not accept it and that I might get into trouble.....

Thanks! Do you (or anyone) happen to know one that deals with these kind of lux-de issues?

Hi,

Why wouldn't you rent an appartment in either Konz or Trier for workdays? It could be easier for you.

My new job will be in the opposite side of luxembourg, trier would be 1 hour commute every day. Renting a second apartment to be still one hour away hurts too much. I mean, it is an option, but if there is a way to solve it in an office.... you know what i mean? I still hope to find people in my situation (i bet there are many living in Germany and renting something in lux) to know how they do it. But thanks anyways 🙂

Hello,

I'd contact CEC, the European Consumers' Centre, Tel 2684641, and ask for Ms Karin Basenach, she's the head of the Centre, is German  and is a lawyer. She might be able to help you. Good luck!

I think this is bullshit,  distance doesn't matter whatsoever in your status.

If I were you I would ask your HR what is the limit distance to be considered as a frontalier ...

Then, I don't think that renting a place without having your main resicence in Luxembourg is illegal.

I guess that plenty of cases exist

At some point in time I personally lived in Luxbg for years, and I was domiciled in France

No problem at all.

And in case there is a problem, you can easily prove your good faith. Luxembourg authorities will not go after you.Problem is much more the other way around. People living in FR DE or BE and having a fake residence in Lux to avoid and pay taxes in their home country.

And accroding to European directive 1408/71/CEE, a 'frontalier' is defined as

le terme «travailleur frontalier» désigne tout travailleur qui est occupé sur le territoire d'un État membre et réside sur le territoire d'un autre État membre, ou il retourne en principe chaque jour ou au moins une fois par semaine;

Text ios not available in english, but it means that you have to work in one country and live in another one, and you haver to go back to your country of residence every day, or at least every week

Thanks a lot to everyone, specially Ms. Basenach, who spent some time helping me (NOTE: this is not her job).

For the record, if someone else in interested:

Seems that there is no solution, at least not an obvious one, i will have to unregister in Germany and have my residence in Luxembourg with no link to my kid 🙁 Some city halls in Luxembourg even ask for a document that states that i am not registered anymore in germany in the moment you want to register there...

What i can do is to go to a Notar in germany that states that i do come and live the weekends in germany, lets see how this works out, havent done it yet.

Apparently things are different if i would live in Belgium, where it is possible to register as a second residence (students suposedly do that), but not in luxembourg.

Still find surprising such a nonsense, but well...

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