What does emigrating to Andorra cost?

Aanvraag en papieren

• Your residence permit from the Servei d'Immigració€ 25 – € 3.100
• VOG, certificates, apostilles and passport photos(estimate)€ 100 – € 400

  The amount depends on your route and the number of documents. Every route asks for a criminal record certificate from every country where you lived, no older than three months, with an apostille: in the Netherlands the VOG, plus the apostille at the court, per document. On top of that come proof of your marital status (single can be done with your own sworn statement), for family reunification the marriage and birth certificates younger than three months, and passport photos of 35 by 45 millimetres, younger than six months. For the work route your diplomas and proof of 365 days worked come on top. The apostille is needed: Andorra has been party to the Apostille Convention since 1996. The translation is listed separately below.

• A sworn translation into Catalan(estimate)€ 100 – € 500

  The Servei d'Immigració may ask for a translation by a sworn or recognised translator of every document that isn't in Catalan, French or Spanish (Decret 447/2025, article 14). Whether an English or multilingual certificate is accepted without translation isn't confirmed: ask the desk in advance. A sworn Dutch-Catalan translation is scarce and costs more per page than a translation into Spanish; count on a few tens of euros per page, with a minimum per order. A VOG, a certificate and a diploma together quickly add up to four to eight pages. A family with certificates for everyone sits at the top.

De verhuizing

• The journey to Andorra(estimate)€ 100 – € 400

  Andorra has no airport. You come by road, through France or Spain: from the Netherlands that's about 1,300 kilometres, with tolls in France and one or two overnight stays. Or you fly to Barcelona or Toulouse and take the bus or a hire car; the small airport at La Seu d'Urgell has only a few scheduled flights. The amount is per person for one single journey; whoever drives their own car shares the fuel and the tolls and sits at the bottom.

De eerste maanden

• Healthcare, first year(estimate)€ 1.500 – € 7.000

  Andorra isn't on the CAK's list of treaty countries: your Dutch healthcare doesn't continue. If you're employed, you're insured with the CASS, the Andorran social security, and your employer withholds 6.5 percent from your pay (he pays 15.5 percent himself). With your own business you pay 22 percent on a base you choose yourself: in the first year that may be 25 percent of the average wage, 146.99 euros a month; the full base costs 587.95 euros a month. Your partner and children usually fall under your CASS as dependants. Whoever has passive residence or the nomad route doesn't pay into the CASS and must have a private policy covering 100 percent of healthcare costs in Andorra (over 60 only medical costs). The bottom is an employee, the top a couple over 60 with a private policy. Through your regular GP the CASS reimburses 75 percent of a consultation and 90 percent of a hospital stay; the rest you insure on top or pay yourself.

• The first months(estimate)€ 4.000 – € 12.000

  This item consists of the deposit, the first month's rent, furnishing what didn't come along, and the months in which you still have double costs. A rental contract for a home in Andorra lasts at least five years, the deposit is at most two months' rent and the rent may rise by at most inflation per year (Llei 15/2022). We didn't find an official comparison of rents; the housing market is tight and the government compulsorily extends running contracts until 2027. When registering with your comú you immediately pay the municipal taxes for the current year. A family with three bedrooms sits at the top.

• Bank, phone, passport photos, tax adviser and the first desks(estimate)€ 150 – € 700

  Small money, but it all comes at once in the first weeks. It's about an Andorran bank account (the banks ask for a passport, proof of address, proof of the origin of your money and usually an interview), a mobile contract with Andorra Telecom (from 6 to 18 euros a month; ask your Dutch provider whether your bundle works in Andorra, because it isn't an EU country), the passport photos and copies for every desk, and a conversation with a tax adviser who knows the treaty with the Netherlands. If you bring 10,000 euros or more in cash, you declare it to Andorran customs, and when leaving the EU also on the French or Spanish side.

• Exchanging your driving licence, without an exam€ 0 – € 70