{"question":{"passport":"CAF","destination":"ARM","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, 120 days","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":120,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 120 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Since the invitation-only list (N 329-Ն) was repealed by Government Decision N 643-Ն of 14 May 2026 (in force 16 June 2026), the entry visa for these nationalities is obtained as an e-visa through the E-VISA system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"mfa-visa-main","url":"https://www.mfa.am/en/visa","passage":"Holders of all other national passports and travel documents, including UN Laissez-Passer, are required to obtain an entry visa.","explanation":"The MFA states that holders of all passports and travel documents not covered by a visa-free regime must obtain an entry visa before travel; the e-visa route applies because the invitation-only restriction was repealed, so these nationalities use the E-VISA system.","publisher":"Visa - mfa.am … Holders of all other national passports and travel documents, including UN Laissez-Passer, are required to obtain an entry visa. … Armenian visas are issued for a maximum of 120 days … Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government House #2, Vazgen Sargsyan 3, Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[{"headline":"Visa-free, 180 days","conditions":[{"kind":"HOLDS_RESIDENCE_PERMIT","text":"Exemption applies only if the traveller holds a valid residence permit issued by the United States, an EU member state, a Schengen-area state, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Oman, valid for at least six months from the date of entry into Armenia, presented as a physical card or passport sticker in Latin script."},{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"For issuers also on the border-visa list (row-voa), two durations stack: the unconditional border visa (up to 120 days) and the temporary residence-permit exemption (up to 180 days). The counter uses the more generous in-force entitlement: a holder who meets the residence-permit condition is entitled to 180 days, and every other holder is entitled to 120 days under the border visa."}],"source":{"documentId":"mfa-temp-111-list","url":"https://www.mfa.am/filemanager/consular/visa/2025/2026-06-30-LIST-OF-COUNTRIES-TEMPORARY-VISA-EXEMPTION.pdf","passage":"The list of 111 countries which nationals who hold a valid residence permit issued by the United States of America, European Union Member States, Schengen Area States, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, or the Sultanate of Oman, and whose residence permit is valid for at least six months from the date of entry into the Republic of Armenia, are exempt from the visa requirement starting from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2027. They can stay in the territory of the Republic of Armenia without a visa for up to 180 days within a one-year period. … Algeria … Angola … Antigua and Barbuda … Bahamas … Belize … Benin … Bhutan … Bolivia … Bosnia and Herzegovina … Botswana … Brunei Darussalam … Burkina Faso … Burundi … Cabo Verde … Cambodia … Cameroon … Canada … Central African Republic … Chad … Chile … Colombia … Comoros … Congo … Costa Rica … Côte d'Ivoire … Cuba … Democratic People's Republic of Korea … Democratic Republic of the Congo … Djibouti … Dominica … Dominican Republic … Egypt … El Salvador … Equatorial Guinea … Eritrea … Eswatini … Ethiopia … Fiji … Gabon … Gambia … Ghana … Grenada … Guatemala … Guinea … Guinea-Bissau … Guyana … Haiti … Honduras … India … Indonesia … Iraq … Israel … Jamaica … Jordan … Kenya … Kiribati … Lao People's Democratic Republic … Lebanon … Liberia … Libya … Madagascar … Malawi … Malaysia … Maldives … Mali … Mauritania … Mauritius … Mexico … Micronesia … Mongolia … Morocco … Mozambique … Namibia … Nauru … Nepal … Nicaragua … Niger … North Macedonia … Pakistan … Palau … Paraguay … Peru … Philippines … Rwanda … Saint Kitts and Nevis … Saint Lucia … Saint Vincent and the Grenadines … Senegal … Seychelles … Sierra Leone … Solomon Islands … Somalia … South Africa … Sri Lanka … State of Palestine … Suriname … Syrian Arab Republic … Thailand … Timor-Leste … Togo … Trinidad and Tobago … Tunisia … Turkmenistan … Tuvalu … Uganda … United Republic of Tanzania … Vanuatu … Venezuela … Viet Nam … Zambia … Zimbabwe","explanation":"The MFA's temporary-exemption list names all 111 countries and states that their nationals who hold a qualifying residence permit are exempt from the visa requirement from 1 July 2026 to 1 July 2027 for up to 180 days in a one-year period.","publisher":"TEMPORARY VISA EXEMPTION … 30.06.2026 … Consular Department … Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia"}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}