A foreigner holding an Armenian residence document and a Public Service Number can register an LLC on e-register.moj.am in 10 to 15 minutes, and the state registration duty is zero. A founder living abroad without those documents cannot sign in to the portal at all, and registers through a representative in Armenia acting under a power of attorney.
At a glance
- Portal: e-register.moj.am. The former site is archived at old.e-register.am and its data stops at 25 December 2025.
- Sign-in: the national Yes Em system, using an Armenian ID card with a smart card reader or a SIM-based Mobile ID.
- Mobile ID eligibility: an Armenian residence card or work permit, plus a Public Service Number.
- EKENG ARX Cosign: a desktop and tax-portal signing certificate. It does not sign you in to the company register.
- Cost of registration: no state duty on an LLC or closed joint-stock company.
- Speed: 10 to 15 minutes to complete the form; registration is immediate on the model charter.
- Living abroad: a representative in Armenia files under a power of attorney.
The register moved to e-register.moj.am
Armenia’s State Register of Legal Entities now files through e-register.moj.am, the Ministry of Justice digital services platform. The previous portal is archived at old.e-register.am, where the data stops at 25 December 2025, so anything you filed or looked up there needs re-checking on the current platform. The interface runs in Armenian, English and Russian, with an English FAQ and a video guide.
Beyond incorporation, the platform handles amendments to LLC details and ownership transfer agreements online. Liquidation is further behind: the platform exposes a state registration of exit service for sole proprietors, and no equivalent online module for LLC liquidation was visible at the time of writing.
Signing in: Yes Em, Mobile ID and the ID card
The portal authenticates through Yes Em, Armenia’s unified national identification system. Yes Em recognises two credentials: an Armenian ID card read by a smart card reader, and a SIM-based Mobile ID. Whether the LLC incorporation workflow itself currently exposes both of those or only one is not documented on the service page, so check which option appears at the sign-in screen before you buy a card reader.
Mobile ID eligibility for a foreign national depends on two documents you must already hold: a valid Armenian residence card or work permit, and a Public Service Number. Viva-MTS, Team Telecom and Ucom all issue Mobile ID SIMs. You collect the SIM in person at a branch with your residence card and PSN, and the central Yerevan branches are the reliable ones. Ucom has been reported to offer Mobile ID on eSIM at some branches, though EKENG’s stated requirement is a physical SIM.
Before a Mobile ID is issued, your identity has to be verified in person at the Migration and Citizenship Service, in the Unified Office for Public Services at 3 Vazgen Sargsyan Street in Yerevan. That step is in force as of September 2026. Armenia’s residence permit regime changes on 1 November 2026 and the effect on this step has not been published.
Where EKENG ARX Cosign fits
EKENG issues the ARX Cosign certificate for signing documents on the desktop and for authenticating to the tax portals. It is not a sign-in method for e-register.moj.am. Buying one will not open the company register to a founder who holds no Armenian residence document, and that is the most expensive misunderstanding available on this topic.
Pricing changed on 1 February 2026. The certificate is now issued for one year at AMD 10,000 (about USD 27.50 at the CBA rate of 363.70 on 7 September 2026). The former three-year certificate at around AMD 30,000 is no longer the standard product.
Applications go to cosign@ekeng.am with a scan of your residence card or passport, your PSN or TIN reference, and the payment receipt. The current procedure for foreign citizens also requires a document upload and personal identification in Yerevan, so the certificate is not issued to an applicant who stays abroad.
What it costs
| Item | Fee | Approx. USD | Paid to |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLC or closed JSC state registration duty | Free | 0 | State Register |
| Mobile ID SIM replacement | AMD 500 | 1.37 | Mobile operator |
| Mobile ID annual e-signature service, foreign nationals | AMD 3,000 | 8.25 | EKENG |
| ARX Cosign certificate, one year, since 1 Feb 2026 | AMD 10,000 | 27.50 | EKENG |
| Apostille, per document | AMD 7,000 | 19.25 | Ministry of Justice or Foreign Affairs |
| Beneficial ownership default penalty | AMD 30,000 to 100,000 | 82 to 275 | State budget |
Government and third-party fees, verified as of 8 September 2026. USD figures use the Central Bank of Armenia rate of 363.70 on 7 September 2026.
Registering through a representative under a power of attorney
A founder who lives outside Armenia, holds no residence document and has no Public Service Number cannot obtain a Mobile ID, and therefore cannot sign in to the portal. The working route is a power of attorney to someone in Armenia who can.
Armenian registration law allows any legally capable authorised person to file a registration application, and a power of attorney issued for registration filings does not itself require notarisation. A power of attorney drawn up in Armenian, or bilingually including Armenian, needs no notarisation or legalisation at all. One signed abroad in another language must be apostilled or consularly legalised, translated into Armenian by a certified translator, and the translation notarised.
Your representative completes the filing on the portal under their own Yes Em credentials and their own e-signature. The founder needs no Public Service Number and no Mobile ID of their own — the representative’s credentials carry the filing.
One well-drafted power of attorney can carry the whole formation: naming the director, signing the charter, the beneficial ownership declaration and the tax regime election. The bank account is where the remote path usually stops. A power of attorney satisfies some banks on paper, and most still require a live video interview or an in-person visit for anti-money-laundering checks.
Documents a foreign founder must legalise
A foreign corporate founder files a trade register extract, a good standing or status document, the constitutional document, the resolution authorising the investment, a certificate of incumbency or signatory authority, and a beneficial ownership register with an ownership chart down to natural persons. Each document is apostilled or consularly legalised, then translated into Armenian by a certified translator.
An individual foreign founder files a passport with an Armenian translation, and the translation is notarised.
Armenia is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention. Since 8 January 2026 an apostille is issued within two working days, extendable to five where the e-apostille system lacks the underlying data, at AMD 7,000 per document (about USD 19.25 at the CBA rate of 363.70 on 7 September 2026). Issued apostilles can be verified online at verify.e-gov.am.
An electronic document carrying a qualified electronic signature has the same legal force as a signed paper document, under the Law on Electronic Document and Electronic Signature (2004), Articles 3 and 4. Armenia’s Court of Cassation has applied the same principle, holding that electronically signed documents have equal force to handwritten-signature documents where authenticity is established.
Filing the application
- Sign in at e-register.moj.am through Yes Em.
- Enter the company name, registered address, activity and charter capital. There is no minimum charter capital and nothing has to be paid in before registration.
- Enter the founder and director details.
- Upload the founding decision or minutes and the charter. The portal supplies templates.
- Review and submit.
The registered address is mandatory at the point of application. Non-residents ordinarily buy a registered address or virtual office service, which the State Register accepts.
Completing the form takes 10 to 15 minutes. Registration itself is immediate where you adopt the model charter, within one working day on a custom charter, and within two working days where one of the founders is a legal person (Registration Law, Article 35). The tax identification number is assigned at registration. Our 48-hour LLC guide sets out the document pack in more detail, and the business registration page covers the routes we file ourselves.
The first 40 days after registration
The beneficial ownership declaration is due within 40 days of registration, filed at bo.e-register.am, with an annual confirmation each year by 20 February. Default draws a warning or a fine of 30 to 100 statutory units, which is AMD 30,000 to AMD 100,000 (about USD 82 to USD 275 at the CBA rate of 363.70 on 7 September 2026). Filing before the penalty decision is taken removes the liability.
The tax regime election is due within 20 days. Miss it and the company sits on the general regime for the remainder of the year, which means 20% VAT and 18% profit tax. The alternatives are the 10% turnover tax and the 1% rate, and the 1% rate is confined to the high-technology activities listed in Government Decision 142-N. A business that describes itself as IT does not automatically qualify. Our page on taxes in Armenia sets out how the regimes compare.
