Long-term resident status in the EU (2020)

In order to contribute to the assessment of the implementation of the Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (LTR), the EMN Luxembourg collected information through the EMN Ad-Hoc Query mechanism about the state of play across the EU Member States. The information was subsequently processed in the EMN inform which concerns the following topics: the exclusion clause, the duration of residence and periods of absence from the Member State, the conditions for acquiring and the loss of the LTR status, the rights attached to the LTR status, the conditions for residence and work in another Member State (intra-EU mobility) as well as the information and communication activities by Member States on the LTR status.