The Law of the Republic of Armenia

On amendments and changes to the Law of RA

On the Citizenship of the Republic of Armenia

Article 1 To amend Article 11 under the Law on Citizenship of RA with the new reduction as follows.

          "If a child born to citizens of the RA acquires the Armenian citizenship parallel with the citizenship of other state in the manner prescribed by the laws of the foreign State given, the parents of the child shall undertake adequate measures to address the problem as regards to removal of dual citizenship within a 1(one) year period following his/her birth, choosing either the citizenship of RA, or the citizenship of the foreign State. Otherwise, after reaching a one year age the child automatically shall loose the Armenian citizenship other than in the cases when he/she on any other ground has been deprived of the citizenship of other state before that".

Article 2 To change Paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 13 as follows.

          "Without preserving the requirements specified under this Article, the citizenship of the RA can be granted to the celebrated persons or persons having rendered obvious or exceptional services to the Republic of Armenia provided that relevant documents confirming such services are available as established by the law."

          If the person, who has applied for the RA citizenship in accordance with this Article is a citizen of other State, he/she may acquire the Armenian citizenship only after rejecting the citizenship of the other State."

          In the cases prescribed by this Article the application for the RA citizenship may be rejected if prior to the final decision on the case the person has committed a criminal crime or other offence or refrained from duly performance of its property duties to the Armenian citizens or entities acting on the territory of the Republic of Armenia relevant to a court verdict.

Article 3 To amend Article 15 of the Law as follows:

          "In the cases prescribed by this Law the volunteer principle shall be preserved and the person shall be granted the Armenian citizenship in the event of immigration or any other cases prescribed by the Law within the terms established by the decree of the President of the RA from the date of submitting the application to the authorized body. If within the specified period the person submitting the application remains as the citizen of other State, he/she shall acquire the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia upon presenting relevant documents confirming that he/she is no longer the citizen of that country."

Article 4 To amend Article 18 of the Law with a new reduction as follows:

          "In cases prescribed by this Article the adopted child can not acquire the citizenship of the RA, if such may result in his/her dual citizenship".

Article 5 To amend Article 19 of the Law as follows:

          "If in the cases specified in this Article the child shall obtain a dual citizenship status and such status shall not cease in conformity by the law within one year from the date it is obtained, the child shall lose the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia ".

Article 6 To amend Article 25 of the Law with a new reduction as follows:

          "In cases prescribed by Subsections 1 and 2 under this Article the cessation of the citizenship of the Republic of Armenia shall take place in accordance with Article 26 on the basis of the RA President's Decree, and in cases covered by Subsection 3 under this Article the Armenian citizenship shall automatically cease for the person once he/she has acquired the citizenship of other State".

Article 7 The present Law shall enter into force after its official publication.

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Article 7 The present Law shall enter into force after its official publication.

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Article 7 The present Law shall enter into force after its official publication.

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