Relocating to Yerevan requires securing a legal status. Staying in the country for more than 180 days without lawful grounds will inevitably lead to administrative issues and fines.
The main nuance of Armenian legislation today: grounds for legalization are checked strictly and cross-functionally. The Migration and Citizenship Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of RA checks your data with the State Revenue Committee (SRC) in real time. Fictitious employment contracts and “empty” sole proprietorships no longer work. The tax burden must be real. That is why professional migration and citizenship services focus on comprehensive support for relocants, rather than just technical form-filling.
Our experience shows: the most reliable paths for expats are business registration or proving ethnic descent.
A working tool for real entrepreneurs. Grants a one-year status with the possibility of extension.
In practice, we regularly deal with the consequences of self-submission. The main risk for the client lies in technical details.
Formalizing your status is a legal project. Strict deadlines. Strict forms. Quality migration services in Armenia protect you from wasting time in queues and sudden rejections due to an error in a power of attorney. If your case involves searching for foreign archival records, complex legalization of corporate documents, or appealing illegal actions of state bodies, doing it yourself costs too much. We recommend delegating the bureaucracy to a legal team. Focus on developing your business. We will do the rest.
Legalization in a new country always involves bureaucracy and hidden risks. A mistake in a single certificate can nullify months of waiting. We have compiled answers to the most frequent expat questions about obtaining a residence permit, an RA passport, and business checks.
Remember: there are no template cases. Our specialized migration lawyer will study your initial data and propose an optimal, 100% legal strategy.
We conduct the initial express audit of your grounds and documents for free. The exact cost depends on the legalization path (Sole Proprietorship, roots, marriage), the state of archives, and the volume of work. We work transparently. All conditions and fees are fixed in an official contract before the process starts. There are no hidden fees.
The rules are changing drastically. From November 1, 2026, the residence permit application process transitions to a fully digital format. We will upload the application, notarized passport translation, medical certificate, and business documents via the official migration.e-gov.am portal. How it works in practice: we register your company by proxy, form a digital dossier, and apply online. A personal visit to Yerevan is only required at the final stage to submit biometrics and receive the resident card. Citizenship applications are currently submitted strictly in person at the Migration Service.
There are no official mechanisms to speed up the signing of the Presidential Decree. The standard timeframe is up to 6 months. However, we dramatically speed up the preparation stage itself. We request certificates from foreign registry offices. We handle apostilles and translations. A correctly assembled dossier prevents the inspector from returning documents and wasting months on resubmission.
Do not panic. Migration Service rejections are often tied to technical flaws in translations or "zero" tax reports to the SRC (for business-based residence permits). We will officially request the reason for rejection, fix the legal defect, and either resubmit the documents or promptly appeal the inspector's decision administratively.
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