VisaAndorra opens 5,100 winter work permits with a 31 March application deadline
The 2026–2027 seasonal quota has different end dates for hospitality and other sectors; workers must also prepare legalised documents and resolve travel through Schengen.
Official source date: 2026-10-21
Edited and checked by the VisaWand editorial team
Applications are open for the 2026–2027 winter season
Andorra’s government approved 5,100 seasonal immigration authorisations on 21 October 2026, with applications opening on 22 October and closing on 31 March 2027. Employers and prospective winter workers should now identify the relevant sector and prepare the matching temporary immigration application. The announcement concerns a seasonal quota, rather than unrestricted permission for every foreign jobseeker to enter and start work.
The initial allocation includes 3,363 hotel-sector permits, 1,064 for ski-slope workers, 480 for general commerce, 111 for cleaning and eighty-two for travel agencies. The government says an exceptional thirty-percent increase could bring the total to 6,630; that possible expansion is not an additional allocation already available. These are quota ceilings, not a guarantee of an individual vacancy or approval. Use the government’s winter-quota announcement to establish the sector allocation before discussing a particular job.
The application deadline differs from the permitted working period
Hotel-sector and associated cleaning and laundry permissions can run until 15 June 2027, while other covered sectors end on 2 May. The later hospitality date should not be applied automatically to a ski-slope or retail position. The 31 March submission deadline is another separate date: it does not mean a worker can begin immediately on filing or remain indefinitely after the seasonal authorisation expires.
The G.1 temporary immigration procedure explains that permission authorises work and temporary residence only while it remains valid. Applicants must come within the regulated quota, have a fixed-term contract with a legally established Andorran company and establish temporary residence in the principality. An employer should therefore identify the job’s actual activity and immigration category before promising a start date. Workers should check that their intended arrival, contract and accommodation periods can be reconciled with the approved permission.
Build the document file with the employer
The G.1 checklist is the practical resource for the application documents and linked forms. It calls for the completed application, original and copy of a valid passport, criminal-record certificates from relevant countries, a sworn declaration, a recent photograph, civil-status evidence and accommodation documentation. European Union and European Economic Area nationals may alternatively present the specified valid national identity document. The list also includes the employment contract, curriculum vitae and qualifications, medical forms and other immigration paperwork.
Foreign official documents require a Hague apostille or appropriate legalisation. This can become the preparation bottleneck: a job offer does not itself produce a correctly authenticated criminal-record certificate or civil-status record. The checklist is expressly non-exhaustive, so applicants should use its individual forms and establish what their circumstances require. Where someone else holds the accommodation, the published procedure also calls for the additional domicile certificate rather than assuming that an informal promise of a room is sufficient.
Non-EU seasonal workers should separate temporary work from settlement
The government’s winter information note for non-EU applicants adds that they must demonstrate lawful status within the Schengen area and have the application signed by both worker and hiring company. It describes relevant training or two years of occupational experience for the seasonal file. The note expressly says this temporary authorisation does not permit family reunification. A worker planning to bring dependants should resolve their independent legal position before committing to family travel.
The same note discusses substantially different experience evidence for a later residence-and-work application, including how qualifying previous seasons may count. Seasonal service should not be treated as automatic conversion to ordinary residence. Use the winter note for the non-EU seasonal requirements, then the appropriate ordinary residence procedure if the intention changes. This distinction prevents an applicant from confusing preparation for a winter contract with a promise of permanent employment or family sponsorship.
Budget for the permit and check the journey through neighbouring states
The official immigration tariff lists EUR190.96 for issuing a temporary immigration authorisation and EUR5.73 for the application receipt. Consult that tariff when confirming the charges for the actual procedure; translation, legalisation, travel and housing are separate costs and no complete package price has been verified. An intermediary’s payment demand should therefore be checked against the named government charge and its specific purpose.
Andorra’s foreign-affairs travel guidance explains that access is through France or Spain and that Andorra lies outside Schengen. Where a Schengen visa is required, the journey may require two or multiple entries to return through the neighbouring country. Use the relevant French or Spanish consular procedure to confirm transit and return rights. An Andorran seasonal approval does not, by itself, resolve every travel-document question for the journey to the workplace.
