Employee residence and work authorisation for a newcomer with an indefinite contract from a legally constituted Andorran employer under the applicable quota.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 5Report facts: 5
Southern Europe · Immigration
Andorra
Andorra sits in Southern Europe. Its immigration system runs 23 distinct routes — led by work, starting a business and talent and merit, each set out in official law. All 23 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 23across 10 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 23 of 23cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Work8 of the 23 routes — see them under Work below
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Capital
- Andorra la Vella
- Population
- 82,904
- Official language
- Catalan
- Currency
- EUR
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 23 routes, grouped by purpose — 23 of 23 cite an official government source directly.
Work
8 routes
Work authorisation for a person with an indefinite Andorran employment contract who resides and habitually sleeps outside Andorra.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 5
Residence and work for teaching or non-teaching staff at an Andorran education centre covered by a binding international treaty.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 4
Temporary residence and work under a seasonal quota and a fixed-term contract with a legally constituted Andorran employer.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 4
Seasonal work permission for a fixed-term Andorran job while the worker resides and habitually sleeps abroad.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 5
Advance notification for a foreign-company employee or foreign self-employed professional carrying out a short specific job in Andorra.
Report facts: 1
Temporary authorisation for a foreign-company employee or foreign self-employed professional contracted for a specific project in Andorra lasting over thirty days.
Report facts: 1
Authorisation to work abroad for a legally constituted Andorran company while also residing abroad.
Eligibility: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 6
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Investment
1 route
Residence without local gainful activity for a financially independent applicant who commits to the required Andorran investment.
Investment from €600,000
Eligibility: 2Documents: 2Process & costs: 6Report facts: 11
Starting a business
4 routes
Residence for an internationally oriented professional whose business base is in Andorra and whose services are mainly used abroad.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 14
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-08-08
Residence for a newcomer selected for the foreign-entrepreneur programme promoted by Andorra's economy ministry.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 9
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Self-employment residence for a founder or administrator of an Andorran company established through an authorised foreign investment.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 13
Self-employment residence for an authorised liberal professional who obtains the required professional registration.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 2Process & costs: 4Report facts: 10
Talent and merit
2 routes
Residence for a foreign national with international recognition for talent in science, culture or sport.
Savings from €47,500
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Process & costs: 5Report facts: 11
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-08-08
Residence to conduct scientific or similar research in Andorra.
Eligibility: 4Documents: 3Report facts: 5
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Study
2 routes
Residence for study at an Andorran institution recognised by the Government and offering official or education-ministry-approved programmes.
Eligibility: 2Documents: 3Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Residence for a formally documented training internship in Andorra.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Family
2 routes
Residence for qualifying family of an Andorran national or a residence-and-work holder who resides in Andorra.
Can bring: spouse, dependants, children, parents…
Process & costs: 3Report facts: 8
Residence for the spouse, stable partner or minor child of a qualifying diplomatic mission head, diplomatic agent or active Andorran public employee posted abroad.
Can bring: spouse, children, partner
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Remote work and digital nomads
1 route
— No eligibility summary published for this route yet
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 4Report facts: 3
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Youth mobility
1 route
Non-renewable youth-mobility residence with a work option for eligible nationals or legal residents of countries covered by an Andorran agreement.
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 5Report facts: 3
Medical treatment
1 route
Residence for a newcomer admitted to a private geriatric, medical or therapeutic-care centre in Andorra.
Process & costs: 2Report facts: 15
Sport
1 route
Residence for high-level sports training in Andorra.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 3Report facts: 8
Official government source: govern.ad · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
- Govern d’Andorra — Immigration CatalogueGovernment
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