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Temporary Residence — Humanitarian, Technical, Diplomatic or Official Assignment

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What exactly is the official special programme/status and why does it exist?

This is a set of fee-exempt categories of temporary residence status for people in Armenia on a humanitarian, technical, diplomatic or official capacity, rather than for ordinary study/work/family/business reasons.

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Which specific population, role, circumstance or historical/legal situation does it cover?

It covers persons arriving in Armenia to provide humanitarian or technical assistance; foreign specialists and their family members invited to work by the President, the National Assembly or the Government of Armenia; persons entering with diplomatic passports and staff of foreign diplomatic missions/consular institutions in Armenia, and their family members; and officials and delegation members visiting upon invitation of the President, Speaker of the National Assembly, President of the Constitutional Court, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs or Human Rights Defender of Armenia.

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What circumstance, event, relationship, nomination, invitation or status activates access?

Access is triggered by: an assignment or arrival to provide humanitarian or technical assistance; an invitation to work issued by the President, National Assembly or Government (for foreign specialists); a diplomatic or consular posting to Armenia; or an invitation to visit issued by the President, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the President of the Constitutional Court, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, or the Human Rights Defender.

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  • The page does not describe the documentary form the humanitarian/technical assistance assignment or the invitation must take.

What sponsor, authority, nomination, certification, evidence or other step must occur before the status can be obtained?

Before the status is granted, the qualifying invitation, diplomatic posting, or humanitarian/technical assignment must exist (e.g. an invitation from the President, National Assembly, Government, or the other named senior officials, or a diplomatic/consular appointment); the official source does not describe a separate certification or nomination step beyond that triggering circumstance.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not describe any certification, verification or nomination procedure for these categories beyond the underlying invitation, posting or assignment itself.

What immigration status and rights result, how long do they last, can family be included, and what happens if the special qualifying circumstance ends?

The result is temporary residence status (a card valid for up to one year, with the possibility of extension), granted free of charge for these categories; family members are included for the diplomatic-staff and invited-specialist categories. The official source does not state what happens to the status if the underlying assignment, posting or invitation ends.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state what happens to the temporary residence status if the underlying humanitarian/technical assignment, diplomatic posting or invitation ends.
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    After submitting the application for temporary residence status, the foreign national receives a document certifying their residence – a temporary residence card. It is issued for a period of up to one year, with the possibility of extension.

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

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