Andorra Active Immigration Hits 56,090, Up 3.5% in 2025

Andorra's active immigration authorisations reached 56,090 as of 30 September 2025, up 3.5% from the previous year, with prorogable permits totalling 55,206, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Statistics.

Residence and work permits numbered 43,024, a 3.4% annual increase, while residence-only permits stood at 10,143, reflecting a 4.3% rise. Cross-border work permits totalled 1,915, an addition of 40 over 2024 and a 2.1% gain.

In the third quarter of 2025, authorities issued 1,658 initial authorisations, down 1.1% year-on-year. Residence and work permits made up 801 of these, up 2.6% from 781. Residence-only initials rose 15.6% to 429 from 371, and cross-border initials increased 6% to 71. Initial work permits without residence dropped 17.6%.

Temporary work initials fell 11.1% to 224 from 252. Foreign company temporaries declined 50.7% to 73, with 188 active overall, down 47.3% annually. Research, studies, training, and sports temporaries grew 15.4% to 45, while summer-season permits surged 38.9% to 639. Prorogable authorisations reached 1,315, up 6.4% year-on-year.

By occupation, initial authorisations showed strongest growth for business and public administration managers (+29%) and hospitality, personal services, protection, and retail workers (+8%). Declines hit facility and machinery operators hardest (-32.3%) and administrative staff (-21.8%). Among active authorisations, technicians and support professionals expanded 6.9%, followed by managers at 6.7%.

"Other nationalities" accounted for 51.6% of initial permits, led by Colombians, Argentinians, and Peruvians, with Spaniards at 37.3%.

Departures totalled 304 in the quarter, up 12.6% from 2024, primarily residence and work permits and affecting nearly half Spanish nationals.

Separately, the government has exhausted the quota for passive residents set in March 2023, communicating to agents that no new applications should be submitted as they will be denied. The 600-permit quota—490 for residence without lucrative activity, 30 for professionals with international projection, 50 for scientific, cultural, or sports interests, and 30 for private geriatric or medical care facilities—ran nearly two years before depleting.

Officials are awaiting entry into force of the recently approved Law on Consolidation and Continuity of Measures for Sustainable Growth, expected within three weeks pending co-princes' sanction. The law raises requirements, mandating a minimum €1 million investment in Andorran assets and a non-refundable €50,000 deposit to the Andorran Financial Authority. A new quota is likely, though the number remains undecided, amid efforts to curb recent population growth.