Passport

RENEWAL OR OBTAINING OF PASSPORT FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A MINOR UNDER THE AGE OF 16  A passport of a citizen of the Republic of Armenia is issued to citizens under the age of 16 upon request, based on the application submitted by one parent or a legal representative in person. Passports are issued for a 3-year validity period to minors under the age of 6, for a 5-year validity period to mino

Special residency status

General Information The Law on Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Armenia, enacted in 1994, and then the revised Law on Aliens allow foreign citizens to receive a Special Residency Status in the Republic of Armenia. The Special Residency Status is granted by the Prime Minister of Armenia to the foreign citizens of Armenian ancestry and also to other distinguished individuals

Consular fees

FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIONS AND CONSULAR OFFICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ABROAD(Fees are valid from January  1, 2025)    HOW TO PAY FOR CONSULAR SERVICES № Name of provided services Fee AMD USD EUR RUB  PART 1. CONSULAR SERVICES  1. CONSULAR SERVICES ON PASSPORTS, RETURN CERTIFICATES AND CONS

Confidentiality and Data Protection Policy

The current data protection policy can be found at www.mfa.am. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs website publishes information from all Ministry departments. The IT group and Media and Public Diplomacy Department are in charge of the editorial, graphic and technical maintenance of the website. The IT group is its host. SPIP, Open Source Software distributed under the GNU General Pu

ACCELERATED ACCREDITATION FOR FOREIGN MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

All international media representatives wishing to enter Artsakh to cover the current conflict must be accredited by both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh.  In order to do so, please carefully follow this step-by-step guide. 1. In an email addressed to media@mfa.am and press@mfa.nkr.am, send the following attachments: a) Letter addre

Citizenship

1. Where should the applications to obtain or renounce the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia be submitted? Applications to obtain or renounce the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia should be submitted personally by the applicant to: The Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, if the application is submitted in the Republic of A

Opening speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan at the Yerevan Dialogue 2025

It is with great honor that I welcome you to Yerevan for the second edition of the Yerevan Dialogue. We are deeply proud to host you in our capital for a forum that aspires to be more than a conference - a platform for reflection, cooperation, and foresight.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on the abduction of persons transported from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia

Today, on August 28, at the illegal checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh Alen Sargsyan, Vahe Hovsepyan and Levon Grigoryan were abducted by Azerbaijan’s law enforcement agencies. The transportation was agreed in advance and was carried out accompanied by the Russian peacekeeping forces, which, in accordance with point 6 of the Trilateral Statement of November 9, 2

Joint Statement on digital technologies and hate speech

On October 4 during the general debate entitled “Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action” held in the course of the 51st Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Armenia delivered the Joint Statement on digital technologies and hate speech.

Statement by the Foreign Ministry of Armenia

We urge Azerbaijan to undertake steps towards finding constructive solutions, protecting the rights and welfare of all the peoples of the region.