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Temporary Residence — Institutional or Protection-Linked Family Member

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Which family relationships qualify?

This route covers two distinct family links named on the official fee-exemption list: family members of staff of foreign diplomatic missions and consular institutions in Armenia, and close relatives of a person who has been granted refugee status and is arriving in Armenia.

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  • Service fee and Payment procedure
    persons entering Armenia with diplomatic passports, as well as staff of foreign diplomatic missions and consular institutions in Armenia and their family members

Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?

The sponsor is either the staff member of the foreign diplomatic mission or consular institution in Armenia, or the person who has been granted refugee status in Armenia; the official source does not state which document evidences the sponsor's own status.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not specify the document that must evidence the sponsor's own diplomatic/consular posting or refugee status.
  • Service fee and Payment procedure
    persons entering Armenia with diplomatic passports, as well as staff of foreign diplomatic missions and consular institutions in Armenia and their family members

What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?

The general document set includes the birth certificate, copies of the parents' passports and a copy of the parents' marriage certificate; the official source does not describe a specific document proving the family link to diplomatic/consular staff or to a refugee-status holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not describe the specific document proving the family relationship to a diplomatic/consular staff member or to a refugee-status holder.
  • Required documents
    birth certificate, copies of parents’ passports, and a copy of the parents’ marriage certificate

What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities for this route.

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Limits of the record
  • 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.

How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?

Application is in person at the Migration and Citizenship Service (14 Tairov Street); the resulting card is valid for up to one year, with the possibility of extension, and is normally issued within 30 days (extendable by a further 30 days). The official source does not state the family member's rights or what happens to the status if the sponsoring diplomatic posting ends or the refugee status is withdrawn.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not describe what happens to this family member's status if the sponsoring diplomatic posting ends, or if the sponsor's refugee status is withdrawn.
  • Page intro
    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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