Last October, AMCHAM Luxembourg announced the launch of “Newcomers Orientation Courses for Third-Country Nationals” as of December 2015; the current season of these courses starts on Saturday 24 September.

The Newcomers Orientation Courses are organised under the auspices of, and with the funding support of, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Luxembourg Reception and Integration Agency / Ministry of Family and Integration (OLAI). Due to the funding specifics, these course offerings in English and Portuguese are targeted for attendance by non-EU citizens legally residing in Luxembourg. The courses are free-of-charge.

This announcement was initially made at the “New2Luxembourg” event organised by AMCHAM’s “New2lux” Committee in the evening of 15 October 2015 at Abbaye de Neumünster. Following the testimony of Dionne Abramson, a former participant of the pilot orientation courses, AMCHAM’s Chairman and CEO, Paul Schonenberg, announced that the courses will take place 12 times per year, with 6 courses in English and 6 courses in Portuguese.

Due to the AMIF and OLAI funding support, these 6-hour-long Saturday courses are offered free of charge, with ING sponsoring the lunches.
Topics covered on the course:  Bureaucracy, your local commune, working life, day to day living, tax card, renting, utilities, phone and internet, TV, radio and the press, history, geography, politics, insurance, vehicles, driving and transportation, education, music tuition, health scheme, child allowance, culture, etiquette and customs, leisure and entertainment, shopping, expat organizations, sports, music, cycling, recycling, integration.

Each attendee will also receive a free copy of the current AMCHAM Doing Business in Luxembourg book.

Sign up information can be found at www.amcham.lu/events.