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Armenian Citizenship
Submitted by Spurkahye
on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 11:20.
on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 11:20.
In 2007, the Armenian parliament passed the dual citizenship law. This opened the door for all Diasporans to apply for the Armenian citizenship.
Starting June 2008, the Embassies all over the world started accepting applications for the Citizenship.
The embassies were very active in explaining to the public the procedures to apply. Seminars were organized in several countries for the same.
The requirements for applying to the Citizenship are:
- An application which can be collected at the Embassy
- Personal CV
- Local passport (with a copy)
- Health Certificate
- A document from the local court showing the applicant's legal status (this differs from one country to another- it's always better to check with the local embassy)
- A document proving the applicant has Armenian origin (the baptism certificate will do the job)
- Work Certificate issued by the applicant's company
- Official Birth Certificate (with a copy)
- 35 X 45 mm passport photos ( Quantity 6)
Note that all documents should be submitted in Armenian. There is a test that's done in the Embassy. It constitutes of list of questions related to the Armenian Constitution.
The Citizenship is given in Armenia where the applicant is invited for the Oath (Yertum).
Carrying the Armenian passport has been Diaspora's dream for ages and now it's a golden opportunity to accept the partnership offer from Armenia and start contributing effectively to the local economy and politics.
My personal account at the UAE Embassy:
The people at the Embassy were very helpful and provided all necessary information. The process is organized to be very smooth and takes 6 to 12 months depending on the paperwork. I encourage every Armenian to grab this golden opportunity and apply for the long - awaited Citizenship.
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Life in Armenia
I am fully back in the swing of things now. After a 3 hour nap yesterday and seven hours of sleep last night I hope my jet lag is now totally behind me. Today I go to OVIR to finally apply for my 10 year visa. Now that my current visa is running out I may as well get the ten year. It looks just like the Armenian passport, except for a rubber stamp in it that says "special residency status". It is not dual citizenship, but it is easy to get and costs $300 or so. When I moved here almost 3 years ago, they were going through a period where they were not issuing the ten years which really pissed me off. Well anyways, I thought I would be clever and work around the system... I would apply for Armenian citizenship! In America when you get your green card you can live there the rest of your life without taking the final step and taking on American citizenship. Not that I don't want Armenian citizenship, I just don't want to give up my American citizenship which you have to do in Armenia which does not allow dual citizenship. Aaaanyways... to make a long story short, the guy in the citizenship office tells me that ordinarily the citizenship process takes a long time, but he thought he could process mine in an unheard of two weeks! Unheard of efficiency for Armenia. All I had to do was bring my US Passport with a stamp in it from the US Embassy saying that I have renounced my US Citizenship. Well, needless to say I thanked him and haven't returned to the citizenship office since. I believe that the only reason that the government here is not allowing dual citizenship is out of fear of the diaspora. They do not want to give any power or strength to this outside force. The diaspora might finally do something about the corruption which enriches those in government so much. As children of genocide however, the diaspora really ought to be able to maintain dual citizenship.
I need more informations
Dear Friends
I am born in Syria, and wanna apply to the citizenship passport but i am currently working in Qatar and there's no Armenian embassies here .. and there's no way i can have a vacation now .. how can i apply ?! which authority will do the armenian works in Qatar .. or where to apply .. please feed me back i need to know ASAP
Regards
Citizenship Application from Qatar
Dear Heigy,
The Armenian Embassy in UAE covers the whole gulf including Qatar so you have to apply there.
If you have your papers ready, it will require a one trip from you to Abu Dhabi to submit your application.
Once the application is approved and the citizenship is issued, you need to show up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hayasdan to receive the documents.
I'm going through the process and believe me it's very simple esp if you compare it to other citizenship processes (Canada, Australia, US, etc..)
The Embassy can be contacted at: +971.2.4444128 during their working hours.
If you need further help, send me a private message.
Good Luck
Very useful information!
Very useful information! Thank you :) I agree, the opportunity for dual-citizenship is a dream come true for many of us and we need to take action in obtaining Citizenship with our Hyrenic.
Hypothetically speaking, if someone has Special Residency Status and their 10 years has not ended, can they still apply for Citizenship?
SRS and Citizenship
This information comes from the Embassy:
SRS is not related to the Citizenship. You can have SRS and still apply for citizenship.
The Citizenship takes more processing time and once it's granted it will supercede the SRS as it can be used to enter the country anytime, start a business and buy/register property.
Arayjm
Spurkahye
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