{"id":4223,"date":"2021-09-09T18:18:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T16:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andorrainsiders.com\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:40:22","slug":"pareja-de-hecho-andorra-union-estable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andorrainsiders.com\/en\/common-law-couple-in-andorra-stable-union\/","title":{"rendered":"De facto couple in Andorra: registration before a notary"},"content":{"rendered":"

In many of our articles we have mentioned the common law or stable union of a registered partner in Andorra. Specifically, in our articles where we talk about the ways of living in Andorra<\/a> or the different types of residence permit<\/a> Andorrans, we mention this category of the marital status of two people based on non-marital coexistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00daltima actualizaci\u00f3n:<\/strong> mayo de 2026. La informaci\u00f3n de este art\u00edculo se contrasta regularmente con fuentes oficiales del Govern d’Andorra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be noted that for this formality to be valid in the Principality of Andorra, it must have been formalized in this same country, therefore it is not valid that the formalization has been done in a foreign country, even if it is Spain or France. Thus, in order to process the residence permit for family reunification, this procedure must be completed, which we are going to detail in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stable union of couple, origin and definition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The legislation governing civil partnerships in Andorra is currently regulated in the Llei 30\/2022, qualified person and family<\/strong><\/a>, approved on July 21, 2022 and in force since August 18, 2022. This law expressly repealed the previous Law 4\/2005 qualificada de les unions stabs de parella. Unions already registered under the previous law remain fully valid under the new legal framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article 147 of Law 30\/2022 defines a stable partnership or de facto partnership as a lasting union formed by two people, of legal age or emancipated minors; without a direct line of kinship by consanguinity or adoption and in the collateral line by consanguinity up to the third grade<\/strong> (the previous Law 4\/2005 excluded up to the fourth degree); who live together as a couple and are registered in the corresponding Registry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law 30\/2022 maintains the Register of Stable Partnerships under the responsibility of the civil registrar, in order to initiate the preliminary proceedings for declaring the partnership and to certify this partnership as well as its dissolution. To formalize the partnership, neither member can be married or in another stable partnership. Furthermore, at least one member must have Andorran nationality or legal, effective and permanent residence<\/strong> in the Principality (requirement introduced by Law 30\/2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration of a stable couple union in Andorra<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be legalized as a common-law partner in the Principality of Andorra, the interested parties must appear at the offices of the Civil Registry and prepare a prior file that must be evaluated and authorized in order to register it. The purpose is to demonstrate in a documentary way that the applicants are effectively a civil union of a couple and it consists of an application, which must be delivered duly signed and filled out, and the rest of the documentation provided for in the Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Documentation necessary for the file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n