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Visa-Free Entry — Ordinary Passports

ArmeniaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

No advance visa is needed for a traveller whose country is on Armenia's list of countries unilaterally exempted from the visa requirement, or with which Armenia has a visa-free regime under a bilateral or multilateral agreement; holders of all other national passports and travel documents must obtain an entry visa. The official source does not itemise the unilaterally exempted list.

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  • This page links to, but does not itself enumerate, the list of countries unilaterally exempted from the Armenian visa requirement, so a full nationality matrix could not be confirmed from this page alone; use the visa-search tool or the linked list for a specific country.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which short-visit purposes visa-free entry covers.

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  • This records that the checked official-source captures did not establish the requested detail; it does not establish that a legal rule or right is absent.
  • Armenia — MFA, Visa page — visa-free lists
    List of countries whose nationals are unilaterally exempted from the requirement of obtaining a visa. List of countries , with which Armenia has a visa-free regime according to bilateral and multilateral agreements. Holders of all other national passports and travel documents are required to obtain an entry visa.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Citizens of countries for which a visa-free regime is set can stay in Armenia for no more than 180 days during one year, unless a different term is set by an international agreement of Armenia.

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  • Visa requirements for foreigners
    Citizens of foreign countries for whom a visa-free regime is set can stay on the territory of the Republic of Armenia for no more than 180 days during one year if no other term is defined by the international agreements of the Republic of Armenia.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

For entry, a foreigner must have a valid passport and either an entry visa or a document of residency status, unless Armenian law or an international agreement provides otherwise; a valid passport is still required where no visa is needed under a visa-free regime. The official source does not state funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • Arrival to Armenia
    Foreigners enter the territory of the Republic of Armenia through border-control points. For entry, a foreigner must have a valid passport, entry visa or a document of residency status unless Armenian laws or international agreements define no other procedure.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Nationals of countries on Armenia's list of countries unilaterally exempted from the requirement of obtaining a visa, or on the list of countries with which Armenia has a visa-free regime under bilateral and multilateral agreements, do not need an entry visa; holders of all other national passports and travel documents are required to obtain an entry visa. The official page describes an extension procedure for visas (contacting the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and submitting a visa extension application giving the reason for extending the stay); the official source does not state how a visa-free stay can be extended or changed.

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Limits of the record
  • The official page describes an extension procedure for visas (contacting the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and submitting a visa extension application giving the reason for extending the stay); the official source does not state how a visa-free stay can be extended or changed.
  • https://www.mfa.am/en/visa/
    List of countries whose nationals are unilaterally exempted from the requirement of obtaining a visa. List of countries , with which Armenia has a visa-free regime according to bilateral and multilateral agreements. Holders of all other national passports and travel documents are required to obtain an entry visa.
  • https://www.mfa.am/en/visa/
    To extend the visa duration, it is necessary to contact the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and submit the visa extension application, providing the reason for extending the stay in Armenia.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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