A total of 359 people obtained Andorran nationality during the second quarter of 2026in accordance with the different cases provided for in the Qualified Nationality Law, as published Statistics. The Government granted the Andorran passports in 186 cases with full political rights, while the remaining 173 were provisionally granted.
The 186 people who acquired nationality with full political rights are divided into 116 acquisition by origin, 67 for naturalization i 3 by virtue of the functions they exerciseStatistics details. The first group, the most common casuistry is of born in Andorra of parents with more than ten years of residence, with a total of 50 cases. There are 37 people born in Andorra by parentage, 25 new Andorrans born abroad to parents from the Principality; two adopted people with more than ten years of residence and two people born in Andorra to a father or mother with an Andorran passport.
Acquisitions by naturalization are headed by 46 foreigners who have met the requirement of more than twenty years of residence; 13 have obtained a passport to marry a national and have been residing in Andorra for more than 3 years; 7 are foreigners who have spent more than a decade in the country and have completed compulsory schooling; and a nationality has been given by the second generation born abroad.
The 173 provisionally granted nationalizations correspond to people who have pending compliance with the requirements provided for by current legislation. A total of 123 people are waiting to certify their resignation to their nationality or nationalities of origin, while the The remaining 50 will have to confirm Andorran nationality when they reach the age of majoritya procedure they can formalize until they turn 19, specifies the second quarter report.
The main route of access to provisional nationality has been for foreigners with more than twenty years of residence in the country, with 64 cases. The second most frequent route is article 6, applicable to people born in Andorra to parents with less than ten years of residence, with 45 cases.
Among the people waiting to renounce their nationality of origin there are also 29 cases corresponding to foreigners with more than ten years of residence and compulsory schooling; 15 people married to an Andorran citizen with more than three years of residence; and 15 minors with more than ten years of residence and schooling. As for pending cases of confirmation of nationality, they are added five people accidentally born abroadaccording to the Statistics collection.
