Household staff for families in Andorra, selected in Spain
Escaldes-Engordany and La Massana
Live-in housekeepers, domestic couples and nannies for families in Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra la Vella, La Massana and Ordino, two hours from Barcelona and outside the EU. Every foreign worker, Spanish nationals included, needs an immigration authorisation within the Principality's annual quota, and the family applies as employer: we explain it plainly before the search.
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- One-off fee · 6-month guarantee
Why families in Andorra hire household staff through a Spanish agency
Andorra is the closest of our destinations and the most particular. It sits two hours from Barcelona, it is Spanish-speaking, and its families moved there from Catalonia, Madrid or abroad for the mountains and the tax regime. It feels like a Spanish hire until the paperwork starts: the Principality is not in the EU, applies no free movement, and every foreign worker, Spanish nationals included, needs an immigration authorisation that the Govern issues within an annual quota. Families who have tried to do it alone come to us for the candidate and for the order of the steps.
The homes are in Escaldes-Engordany and the upper streets of Andorra la Vella, in the chalets of La Massana and Ordino, and in Anyós and Els Vilars: large houses with staff quarters, a garage full of cars and snow for four months. The request is almost always a live-in housekeeper or a couple who can drive in winter and keep a house with grounds, and for families with young children a Spanish- or English-speaking nanny.
We include Andorra because families with a house in Barcelona ask us, and because its rules are the clearest case for reading the country page before the map: the quota, the employer's application, the medical check and the CASS registration are all part of the timeline, and they change the profile of candidate we look for. Our Barcelona pool, used to the Pyrenees, is the natural source.
Escaldes-Engordany and La Massana
Two parishes concentrate the residences we are asked about, with Andorra la Vella and Ordino as their extensions.
Escaldes-Engordany
The parish that joins the capital, with the residential slopes above the Valira and the Caldea thermal centre, where many of the families who relocated to Andorra in the last decade live in apartments and houses with views of the valley. The request is a live-in housekeeper who cooks and, often, a nanny for children in the British or French schools.
La Massana
The road up to the Vallnord ski areas, with chalets in Anyós, Sispony and Els Vilars owned by families who chose Andorra for the mountains. Houses with grounds, garages and snow to clear, where a couple living in a separate flat, driving in winter and keeping the property, is what owners ask for.
Andorra la Vella and Ordino
The capital's upper streets and the quiet villages of the Ordino valley, at the two ends of the country. Families here ask for a housekeeper for a large apartment or a house, and for a nanny who travels with them to Barcelona and the coast in summer.
The profiles families in Andorra ask us for
Housekeepers and nannies in Escaldes and the capital, couples for the chalets of La Massana and Ordino.
Live-in housekeeper
Runs an Escaldes or Andorra la Vella home, laundry and cooking; Spanish or Catalan for the house, English welcome for international families.
Domestic couple
For chalets in La Massana, Anyós and Ordino with a staff flat: housekeeper and houseman who drives in snow and keeps the property.
Live-in nanny
For families with children in the British, French or Andorran schools; Spanish or English, first aid, summers in Barcelona or on the coast.
Chauffeur
Mountain roads, snow and frequent trips to Barcelona and Toulouse airports: a driver, often combined with maintenance, is a frequent request.
Immigration authorisation, quota and rules for household staff in Andorra
Andorra is not in the EU and has no free movement agreement: everyone who is not Andorran needs an immigration authorisation to live and work there, granted within an annual quota. The family is the employer and applies for it.
Everyone needs an authorisation, Spanish nationals included
A Spanish, Portuguese or any other foreign candidate needs an immigration authorisation of residence and work (autorització de residència i treball) issued by the Immigration Service of the Govern d'Andorra. It is requested by the employer, the family, with the employment contract, and granted within the general quota the Govern approves by decree: 800 authorisations in the current general quota, 624 for residents and 176 for cross-border workers, extended by 250 in June 2026 (Decree 231/2026). The candidate must not have been resident in Andorra before, passes a medical examination and provides a criminal record certificate.
Non-EU candidates: same procedure, same quota
Because Andorra applies its own immigration law to everyone, a Filipino or Latin American candidate resident in Spain follows the same route as a Spanish one: the family's application within the quota. Her Spanish permit does not transfer and Andorra does not recognise it, but neither does it disqualify her; nationality plays a smaller role here than in EU destinations, and the quota and the file decide.
CASS registration and minimum wage
The family registers as employer with the Caixa Andorrana de Seguretat Social (CASS) and declares the employee from the first day; domestic employment is regular employment in Andorra. The interprofessional minimum wage is €1,568.67 gross per month, or €9.05 per hour, since the extraordinary update of 1 July 2026, and the contract states board, lodging, hours and rest days. Spain and Andorra coordinate social security under a bilateral convention, which matters for a candidate's future pension.
Who employs, and under which law
The employer is the family, in the country where the home is. We are a placement agency: we select and present, we are neither the employer nor a temp agency, so the Posting of Workers Directive (written for companies) does not apply. The contract is governed by the law of the place where the work is habitually done, even if the parties choose another (Rome I Regulation, art. 8).
Data protection when sending profiles
Profiles travel with the candidate's informed consent. Within the EEA there is no international transfer; to Switzerland, the UK and Andorra there is, covered by a European Commission adequacy decision (GDPR arts. 44-45). Monaco has no adequacy decision: we rely on appropriate safeguards or the explicit consent of art. 49.
Checked on 12 September 2026 against the Govern d'Andorra immigration pages (residence and work authorisation, general quota and Decree 231/2026), the Govern's minimum wage notices of 2026 and EUR-Lex. Andorra does appear on the European Commission adequacy list.
What you need to know before starting, not legal advice: each case is confirmed by the family with its adviser or the country's authorities. We keep these notes reviewed and tell you what we have checked and where.
Languages, currency and cost of living
Catalan (official); Spanish, French and Portuguese spoken everywhere
A Spanish-speaking candidate works from day one; Catalan helps with suppliers and schools.
Euro (EUR)
No exchange risk on the salary or on our fee.
Housing expensive and scarce; everyday goods cheaper than in Spain
Live-in accommodation is a real advantage in a country with very little rental housing.
CASS, registered by the family from the first day
A bilateral convention coordinates Spanish and Andorran contributions for the candidate's pension.
From €1,568.67 gross per month (interprofessional minimum wage, July 2026)
Legal floor, €9.05 per hour. Live-in staff for the families we serve, especially couples for chalets with grounds, earn above it; the market range is agreed case by case and we give it to you with the quote.
Figure pending confirmation from an official sourceSalari mínim interprofessional after the extraordinary 2.8% update of 1 July 2026 (Govern d'Andorra); revised each January.
An Andorra placement, step by step
Andorra is the destination where the paperwork sets the pace, not the distance. We start with the quota and the family's file, then the candidate.
Brief and quota check
We confirm that the family can apply as employer within the current quota, whether the candidate will live in or cross the border daily, and the role: housekeeper, couple with a driver, or nanny.
Selection in Spain
Interviews in Barcelona, Madrid or by video, references called, and a candid talk about mountain winters, snow driving and life in a small country; our Barcelona pool, used to the Pyrenees, is the natural source.
Interviews and trial
Video calls from your client portal and, given the distance, an in-person interview in Barcelona or a two-day trial in the house, before the immigration file is submitted.
Application, CASS and move
The family files the residence and work authorisation with the contract and the candidate's documents we provide, the candidate passes the medical examination, the family registers with the CASS, and we agree the start date around the authorisation and the notice period in Spain.
One-off fee and a 6-month guarantee, outside Spain too
You pay nothing during the search. Only once you take the person on and you're happy do you pay a single fee: the equivalent of one month of the agreed salary, plus VAT where applicable depending on where the job is. No subscriptions or lock-in.
One-off fee: one month's salary (+ VAT where applicable)
A single payment, only once you take the person on. We confirm the exact amount upfront, in euros or in your country's currency.
6-month guarantee
Replacement at no cost if the person isn't the right fit, and a 50% refund of the fee if you're not satisfied during the first month.
Relocation and trial
The family covers the relocation trip; before that you can interview by video and, if you travel to Spain or the candidate to your city, run a two-day trial.
Hiring household staff in Andorra from Spain
Yes. Andorra is not in the EU and applies no free movement: every foreign worker, Spanish nationals included, needs an immigration authorisation of residence and work, requested by the family as employer within the annual quota approved by the Govern.
The Govern approves a general quota by decree, 800 authorisations in the current one (624 residents, 176 cross-border), extended by 250 in June 2026. The family applies within it with the contract; when the quota is exhausted, applications wait for the next decree. We check availability before starting a search.
She follows the same procedure as a Spanish candidate: the family's application within the quota, a medical examination and a criminal record certificate. Her Spanish permit does not transfer, but nationality matters less here than in EU destinations; the quota and the file decide.
€1,568.67 gross per month, or €9.05 per hour, since the extraordinary update of 1 July 2026. Live-in staff for the families we serve are paid above it, and the family registers the employee with the CASS from the first day.
Yes. A couple living in a separate flat, driving in winter and keeping a house with grounds, is what owners in La Massana, Anyós and Ordino ask for. We look for them in our Barcelona pool, used to the Pyrenees.
Domestic couplesFirst profiles in days; the start date depends on the immigration authorisation, which the family requests once the candidate is chosen, and on quota availability. Count two to three months from your decision, more if the quota is exhausted.
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