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Andorra Residence for Entrepreneurs

Andorra Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

If you are accepted into a foreign-entrepreneur program run by Andorra's economy ministry, you may qualify for residence through that program. This route depends on joining the approved program; simply owning a business is not enough.

Program place
Acceptance into an approved economy-ministry program for foreign entrepreneurs
Business evidence
Your project, founder role, and program approval
Personal records
Civil records, criminal-record certificates, and medical documents

Summary

Andorra has a residence route for people participating in an approved foreign-entrepreneur program promoted by the economy ministry. It is best treated as a targeted innovation route rather than a general startup visa.

For ordinary business owners who want to live and operate in Andorra, the self-employed residence-and-work authorization is usually the more direct route.

Program selection comes before the residence application
  1. Identify the approved program Confirm the economy ministry's foreign-entrepreneur program and prepare evidence of the project and founder role.
  2. Obtain the program evidence Secure the required favorable resolution or selection evidence.
  3. Prepare and file for residence Document support, housing, coverage, identity, background, and medical requirements.
  4. Complete local registration If approved Register with the parish Comú and maintain the applicable presence and permit conditions.

This is a targeted entrepreneur-program route. An ordinary business plan does not replace selection for the approved program.

Could this pathway work for you?

Eligibility

You may be a fit if:

The official page also requires quota availability, apostille (a certificate verifying an official signature or seal for use abroad) or legalization (official checks confirming a document's origin for use abroad) of foreign official documents, and registration with the local Comú within one month after the immigration authorization.

What This Route Allows

This route can let selected foreign entrepreneurs reside in Andorra while participating in a program promoted by the ministry responsible for the economy. The initial authorization is one year and can be renewed in successive one-year periods if the person remains eligible. The applicant and covered dependents commit to at least 90 days of principal and effective residence per calendar year and to maintaining the required insurance.

What This Route Is Not

This is not Andorra's general business-owner or self-employed route. A normal local business plan usually belongs under the self-employed residence-and-work authorization, not this entrepreneur-program category. It is not enough to call oneself a founder: participation in the economy ministry's foreign-entrepreneur program, favorable classification of the work, quota availability, housing, financial means and insurance must all be shown.

Next Steps

  1. Identify the relevant Andorran entrepreneur program before treating this as viable.
  2. Prepare pitch materials, company records, product information, and proof of founder role.
  3. Obtain the required favorable resolution or program evidence from the economy ministry.
  4. Arrange housing, proof of economic means, and private coverage in Andorra.
  5. File the residence application with the required civil, criminal-record, and medical documents.
  6. Apostille or legalize foreign official records, and register with the parish Comú within one month after approval.

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