Armenia Reciprocity Schedule

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Visa Classification	Fee	Number of Applications	Validity Period
A-1	None	Multiple	36 Months [A]
A-2	None	Multiple	36 Months [A]
A-3 [1]	None	Multiple	24 Months
B-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
B-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
B-1/B-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
C-1	None	Two	1 Month
C-1/D	N/A	N/A	N/A
C-2	None	One	3 Months
C-3	None	One	3 Months
D	None	Multiple	3 Months
E-1 [2]	No Treaty	N/A	N/A
E-2 [2]	None	Two	3 Months
F-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
F-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
G-1	None	Multiple	36 Months [B]
G-2	None	Multiple	12 Months
G-3	None	Multiple	12 Months
G-4	None	Multiple	24 Months
G-5 [1]	None	Multiple	24 Months
H-1B	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-1C	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-2A	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-2B	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-2R	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-3	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
H-4	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
I	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
J-1 [4]	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
J-2 [4]	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
K-1	None	One	6 Months
K-2	None	One	6 Months
K-3	None	Multiple	24 Months
K-4	None	Multiple	24 Months
L-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
L-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
M-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
M-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
N-8	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
N-9	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
NATO 1-7	N/A	N/A	N/A
O-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
O-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
O-3	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
P-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
P-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
P-3	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
P-4	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
Q-1 [6]	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [3] [C]
R-1	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
R-2	$50.00	Multiple	12 Months [C]
S-5 [7]	None	One	1 Month
S-6 [7]	None	One	1 Month
S-7 [7]	None	One	1 Month
T-1 [9]	N/A	N/A	N/A
T-2	None	One	6 Months
T-3	None	One	6 Months
T-4	None	One	6 Months
T-5	None	One	6 Months
TD [5]	N/A	N/A	N/A
U-1	None	One	1 Month
U-2	None	One	1 Month
U-3	None	One	1 Month
U-4	None	One	1 Month
U-5	None	One	1 Month
V-1	None	Multiple	120 Months
V-2	None	Multiple	120 Months [8]
V-3	None	Multiple	120 Months [8]

Documents

Civil documents, except as noted below, are available in Armenia. Certified copies of available documents may be exported. Certified copies of original documents can be obtained at a local notary office upon presenting the original documents. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the apostille of certified copies.

Note: Except as indicated, each of the documents mentioned below is available only to the individual concerned or to his/her duly empowered agent. A local legal representative may obtain the document on behalf of the individual concerned on the latter’s written power of attorney.

Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Adoption, Paternity, Change of Name Certificates

Available. All the abovementioned certificates are issued by the Ministry of Justice’s Civic Status Registration Department (also known as ZAGS) having jurisdiction over the locality where the individual resides or lived. There is one exception: In Yerevan, death certificates may be obtained at the Civic Status Registration Department at the “Public Special Service” CJSC (also known as the funeral bureau) of the Municipality of Yerevan located at 18 Arshakunyats Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia. It is also possible to get duplicates of these certificates.

Potential adoptive parents are granted the right to apply for an adoption certificate upon the basis of a court decision. If the adoptive parent/s so desire, the Civic Status Registration Department will issue a new birth certificate for the adopted child that shows them as the parents and does not indicate the child was adopted. Please see the country specific adoption sheet for more details.

Persons 18 years old and over can apply to the appropriate Civic Status Registration Department for a Change of Name certificate. Applicants can change their first, last and father’s name. Persons 16 to 18 years of age need their parents’ consent.

Police certificates

Available. Requests for Armenian police records should be made to the Migration Section of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, at Republic Square, Governmental 2^nd building, Yerevan 0010, Armenia, phone number (+37410) 54-40-41, ext. 3-02. The requestor should apply in person, or s/he can make her/his request through a third party, giving a power of attorney to that person, and a copy of her/his passport. The MFA checks the person’s data with the Information Center of Police of Armenia. The process takes two weeks and the applicant must pay a fee at a local bank. Applicants residing outside of Armenia can make their requests through Armenian embassies or Consulates General; the process takes from 1 week to 10 days. The MFA of Armenia also issues police certificates to residents of Armenia who need police records from the Russian Federation, as well as many other nations. Such requests are addressed to the State Information Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or the counterpart organization in the respective country. This process takes up to a month and also requires a fee be paid.

Court Records

Available. Court records, usually a certified copy of a judgment of the court, can be obtained from the court where the decision was made.

Under Armenian law, prior criminal records are expunged after a certain period of time has passed since the end of the sentence; in the case of suspended sentences, after the expiry of the probation period after parole; in the case of a sentence other than imprisonment, one year; in the case of a not grave or medium-gravity crime, after three years; in the case of a grave crime, five years; in the case of a particularly grave crime, eight years. Thus, if a person committed, for instance, a grave crime and more than five years have passed since the completion of her/his sentence, the MFA’s police certificate will not show a record regarding this crime.

Military Records

Available. All male citizens of Armenia, aged 16 to 18 are issued a military registration card. The military registration cards of persons aged 18 to 27 who have not yet served in the Army contain information on the legal basis of their deferment of military service.

All male citizens of Armenia, except as noted above, over age 20 should have a military booklet, (a military service document, also known as voyenni billet in Russian) which contains information on the terms of service and/or discharge. After turning 27, persons holding registration cards with legal deferment stamps will also be issued a military booklet.

Passport and Travel Documents

There are three types of documents that allow individuals to reside in Armenia:

1. Armenian passport,
2. Refugee passport, internal and external,
3. Residence permits for aliens: a) temporary-valid for one year, with the possibility to extend for an additional year, b) permanent-valid for five years, with the possibility to extend for an additional five years, c) special residency passports-valid for ten years with the possibility to extend for another ten years.

All Armenian citizens 16 and older are issued a regular passport by the passport agency of their local police department. This passport is for internal as well as external use and is valid for ten years. In order to travel abroad, the passport should have an exit permit stamp (round) on the fourth page. Passports can be extended for five additional years with a date stamp (rectangular) on the page immediately following the biometric data page. The passport verifies the identity and nationality of the bearer and may have stamps indicating the bearer’s residential address and marital status. Every Armenian citizen can apply at any time to renew, change, or extend his/her passport or exit permit stamp, regardless of passport condition or validity period.  Armenian citizens generally must turn in their old passports to the passport agency before receiving a new passport, but this rule is not always enforced.

Armenian citizens under the age of 16 are issued passports to travel abroad. These passports are valid for three years. Armenian citizens under the age of 16 need to have only one parent’s consent to apply for a passport.  

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia issues Armenian diplomatic passports valid for five years, which can be extended for an additional five years. In some cases, diplomatic passports can be extended for a period of one to five years through the authorization of the President.

Special Clearance and Issuance Procedures for Official Travel

• Visas Bear SAO Requests: The cases of official and diplomatic visa applicants who otherwise require security advisory opinions, such as DPT-00 CLASS entries or possible ineligibility under INA 212(a)(3), must be submitted by means of a Visas Bear telegram unless the Visas Pegasus procedure applies. (See below).
• Visas Pegasus Name Check Requests: Applicants who are DPT-00 CLASS entries and who are coming to attend pre-ministerial, ministerial, pre-summit, summit, and White House meetings may be issued visas without prior clearance from the Department, provided that a Visas Pegasus telegram is sent to the Department immediately upon issuance.

Visa Issuing Post

Yerevan (Embassy)

Visa Services

All visa categories for all of Armenia

Country Specific Footnotes

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