Andorra is a privileged destination for many looking for a superior quality of life, security and tax benefits. Our guide will help you navigate the exciting process of making Andorra your new home.
Andorra is a country that offers a wide range of advantages in many areas, both in the health, fiscal and educational fields as well as in the field of security. For all the advantages that the Principality of Andorra offers, more and more people want to move their residence to the Principality of Andorra. If you are one of them, stay on our website to discover how to immigrate to Andorra with our help.
If you want to reside in Andorra, you need to have the authorization or residence permit. There are several types of permits for your residence in Andorra. All of them have their obligations, rights, requirements and conditions with their corresponding documentation and procedures.
Currently, there are several types of residence to live in the principality of Andorra. At ICOB we explain them to you!
Obtaining Active residence in Andorra gives you the right to live officially in Andorra where you can also work and develop your professional career. All residence permits have points in common as requirements:
Know the rights and obligations you have if you come to live in Andorra working in a company:
You will obtain authorization to reside in Andorra and you will be able to work for a company during the validity of the permit.
Having an employment contract with an Andorran company and being a permanent resident in Andorra is essential. You must also comply with the regulatory quota established by the Government of Andorra.
The documentation you need to live in Andorra is your passport, criminal record, marital status, document verifying your accommodation, curriculum vitae, CASS points, recent passport photo, Commune Residence Certificate and salary slips.
On the other hand, the renovations you will have to do are few. Please note that the first authorization lasts for one year. You will then have to renew three times over two years. After this two-year period, renewals are for 10 years.
Andorra has a special agreement with the Trilateral Countries (France, Spain and Portugal). If you come from these countries we have less requirements.
If, on the contrary, you come from other countries, you will need 2 years of accredited work experience or appropriate training in the workplace for which you are requested in Andorra.
CONTACT US as each case is different.
Know the rights and obligations you have if you come to live in Andorra working as a self-employed person:
With this permit you will be able to reside in Andorra and work for yourself permanently as long as the residence permit in Andorra is in force.
Your stay in Andorra will be linked to the results of your business activity. One of the requirements will be to deliver the accounts deposit.
The documentation they will ask you to live in Andorra working on your own account the passport, criminal record, civil status, document that verifies your accommodation, curriculum vitae, points from the CASS or Vida Laboral, the documentation with the foreign investment or freelancer and the Certificate of Residence of the Commune.
You will have to make a deposit of €50,000 to the Andorran Financial Authority. You will get this deposit back when you leave the country.
The renovations you will have to make are simple. The first authorization lasts for one year. You will then have to renew three times over two years. Once this period has passed, renewals must be every 10 years.
At ICOB we will help you throughout this process of coming to live in Andorra. Contact with us!
The documentation they will ask you to live in Andorra working on your own account the passport, criminal record, civil status, document that verifies your accommodation, curriculum vitae, points from the CASS or Vida Laboral, the documentation with the foreign investment or freelancer and the Certificate of Residence of the Commune.
Approximately 4500 places are allocated annually for temporary residences, which require a pre-contract with an Andorran company. The validity of the residency is limited solely to the season for which the hire is made, although it can be extended with appropriate advice from us.
The renovations you will have to make are simple. The first authorization lasts for one year. You will then have to renew three times over two years. Once this period has passed, renewals must be every 10 years.
At ICOB we will help you throughout this process of coming to live in Andorra. Contact with us!
This type of residence is aimed at all new arrivals who do not require a specific geographical location to carry out their work and use telecommunications and technology. If this is your profile we will ask you:
This type of residence may conflict with tax residence following OECD criteria. The grant of residence is subject to the control of the Ministry of Economy.
As a strong point, it asks you to be in Andorra 3 months a year and a capital deposit in the AFA is not necessary.
This type of residence is aimed at all new arrivals who do not require a specific geographical location to carry out their work and use telecommunications and technology. In addition, it will be necessary to participate in one of the programs for foreign entrepreneurs promoted by the Ministry.
If this is your profile we will ask you:
This type of residence may conflict with tax residence following OECD criteria. The grant of residence is subject to the control of the Ministry of Economy. These are residences that will be granted in a few cases related to projects that have economic viability and are supervised by business incubators.
As a strong point, it asks you to be in Andorra 3 months a year and a capital deposit in the AFA is not necessary.
Passive residence in Andorra gives you the right to reside in Andorra without having to carry out any activity in the country. To have this passive residence permit, you can do it in three different ways. Depending on your profile you can do it in one way or another.
You will obtain authorization to reside in Andorra without having the obligation to have an employment contract or a company, during the validity of the permit.
You will have to comply with the established regulatory quota and effectively live in Andorra for a minimum period of 90 days a year, without having to have any work contact or exercise any professional activity. A deposit of €47,500 is also required for the family member who initiates the process and €9,500 for each family member who wishes to regroup (spouse and/or minor children).
To acquire your passive residence permit in Andorra, you must have your passport or DNI in force, bring your criminal record, accommodation documents and your civil status, curriculum vitae, document proving that your annual income and the certificate of residence of the Commune.
When renewing your passive residence permit in Andorra, you must do so two years after the first authorization. Once these two years have passed, the second renewal will last for three years. After this period, renewals will have to be done every ten years.
If you have any doubts, at ICOB we will accompany you throughout the process of coming to live in Andorra.
To obtain the residence permit without gainful activity, you must invest at least €600,000 in Andorran assets to be able to show your commitment to the Principality of Andorra. These Andorran assets can be the following:
Finally, to obtain the residence permit without gainful activity you will have to make a deposit to the Andorran Financial Authority of €47,500, this amount will be returned to you if at some point you decide to stop residing in Andorra. On the other hand, for each person who is dependent on you with the status of resident without gainful activity, the holder of this person or persons must pay €9,500 per person to the deposit of the Andorran Financial Authority.
You can bring your family depending on the income you have.
For example, in 2024 the minimum wage in Andorra was €1376.27. Apart from the minimum wage, you must prove income worth:
If we wanted to regroup a couple and a child, we would have to have a gross salary on the payroll of at least €3715.92. In the case of employers, the necessary incomes are determined through bank certification.
The residence for professionals with international projection for reasons of scientific, cultural and sporting interest is perfect for professionals who establish their headquarters or base of activity in Andorra. To obtain this type of residence you must:
When obtaining this residence permit you must meet certain requirements:
Prove that you have sufficient financial means.
If this is your profile we will ask you:
Also with this type of permit you will pay taxes in Spanish or French territory. You will NOT have the right to approve your permit or to have a vehicle with Andorran registration. There is a distance criterion with Andorra that marks the possibility of being a border (approx. 30 km)
Contact us and explain your case.
Work permit without residence
It is a fact that after 2020 and with the help of technologies, many of us, workers and employers; we saw that it was not necessary to live close to where we work to go to an office.
Countless professions that start from both telephone and mostly digital media. The idea that we can hold an online team meeting or offer workers the possibility to live where they want taking into account their vital/personal needs has revolutionized the world of work.
Andorra also offers the possibility of working for a company in the country, from wherever you want. Next to your loved ones or in a paradisiacal environment.
If this is your case, we will ask you:
With this type of residence, the distance criterion disappears.
Contact us to find out more about this new type of work permit.
come down
It is a reality that every year new people arrive in Andorra but there are also those who leave. Regardless of the reason that leads you to leave the country, we want to make it easier for you, managing all those obligations you have and so that you can face new projects in your life.
We will need/manage:
We can help you close this chapter of your life in any procedure or management you have to do in Andorra. Contact us.
To define and determine which is the country in which a natural or legal person is resident for tax purposes, we must assess some criteria that define that person's tax residence. These criteria are based on the OECD model and are as follows:
And finally, if none of the aforementioned criteria is met, an agreement is attempted by both parties.
Obtaining a residence permit in Andorra is a process that requires several procedures. These procedures can be expedited with the help of experts in these types of procedures. At ICOB we are professionals who will help you speed up and successfully complete your residence permit in Andorra.
The process for obtaining the residence permit and its relevant renewals depends on the type of residence you need. With the support of professional consultants like those of our ICOB team you will be able to get your residence permit in the best possible way.
We recommend that you leave the renovations in our hands, as our "know-how" will make the renovation a success.
The Andorran authorities have recently established that when making foreign investments, with the permit to work on your own account as a company administrator, and for passive residence permits, a deposit must be compulsorily deposited in the'Financial Authority of Andorra (AFA).
This amount that must be paid to the Financial Authority of Andorra can be a problem when deciding to invest and live in the Principality of Andorra. But this amount is fully recovered without any problem once you deregister in the Principality of Andorra. The only drawback you may encounter in returning this bond is if you have debts with the Andorran administrations or similar.
This bond has been established in the country due to the large number of problems due to false self-employed persons and natural or legal persons who left their residence in Andorra leaving debts to the administrations. In order to combat this problem, it was decided to make this bond mandatory to demonstrate the commitment of new residents in the Principality of Andorra.
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