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- Since 1 November 2026, every temporary or permanent residence application, including a renewal, goes through the Migration and Citizenship Service’s electronic platform, mcs-permits.am, and nowhere else (Law on Foreigners, Article 14(3)).
- The Service decides within 30 days. If it asks you to fix something and you do not act within five days, the file is suspended automatically; a file left suspended for a month is closed (Article 17(4), (9) and (10)).
- An application filed before 1 November 2026 is processed under the old rules even if the decision comes later. A booking is not a filed application.
- State duties: AMD 150,000 to consider a temporary residence application and AMD 250,000 for permanent residence, plus AMD 5,950 to issue the card, so AMD 155,950 and AMD 255,950 in all (about USD 432 and USD 708 at the CBA rate of 361.36 on 19 October 2026).
- Work-based residence has moved too: workpermit.am has stopped accepting applications and sends applicants to the new platform.
- A resident who spends 183 days or more outside Armenia must notify the Service through the platform within 10 days; failing to do so is a ground for revoking the status.
Since 1 November 2026 a residence permit is renewed online, through the Migration and Citizenship Service’s electronic platform at mcs-permits.am. The Law on Foreigners, as amended by HO-11-N with effect from that date, says the procedure runs only through that platform. This page sets out what the changeover means for a file already lodged, the deadlines and duties that now apply, and the points the Service has not yet settled.
Temporary residence status is granted for up to one year, and permanent residence status for five years (Articles 15(2) and 16(2)). The Service decides an application within 30 days of submission. If it notifies you of something to correct and you do not do it within five days, the platform suspends the file automatically, and if nothing is done to resume a suspended file for a month, the platform closes it (Article 17(4), (9) and (10)). Watch the platform account closely once a file is in.
已提交的续期申请将沿用旧规则。
凡在2026年10月31日或之前提交并被受理的续签申请，即使移民局在11月或之后作出决定，仍继续适用改革前的程序。受保护的事件是提交申请的日期，依据是改革法HO-11-N第30条第4款的规定。决定日期不影响续签的适用。
已预约的面谈不受该保护条款的约束。移民局于2026年6月19日发布的通知指出，migration.e-gov.am网站和“提前预约”应用程序将于2026年11月1日停止处理居留事宜，包括该日期之后的预约，相关用户将迁移至新系统。已预约面谈并不意味着您的申请已纳入《移民法》第30条第4款的保护范围。
已提交的案件是否仍需缴纳原有的州税和使用原有的文件集，目前尚无定论。本事务所自身的程序说明也指出该问题尚未解决，而本文查阅的所有资料均未对此作出解答。我们不会就此向有待处理案件的客户提供具体数字；答案取决于税务局如何将新的收费标准应用于已受理的案件。
情况发生变化后续约
Residence for work activity no longer has a channel of its own. The workpermit.am site now states that it has stopped working and that, from 1 November 2026, applications for residence status or for a certificate of lawful residence are filed through the new platform at mcs-permits.am. Employers file for their staff there, and the employee signs in through an invitation link. Under the rules in force since 1 November 2026 an employee has 15 working days after a contract ends to be covered by a new one, and from day 16 the stay counts as an overstay; mandatory digital employment contracts give the Service immediate sight of the gap.
Applications based on family, business activity or study, together with their supporting documents and any corrections the Service asks for, are filed through the same platform. Filing does not require a visit to the Service in Davtashen: documents are attached online, and deficiencies recorded in a submitted file are cured the same way. The grounds themselves are unchanged by the platform move and are set out on our 居留许可页面.
When to file. Apply at least 30 days before your current status expires. That is the rule in Government Decision 134-N, which ARLIS still shows in force, and no replacement deadline under the new procedure has been confirmed. The Government’s plan of 16 October 2026 (Prime Minister’s Decision 1024-A) schedules a new decision on residence procedures that would repeal 134-N; the draft, published on e-draft.am as project 10700, proposed that a renewal be filed no earlier than 60 days before expiry. We could not confirm that the decision has been adopted, so treat the 60-day window as a proposal and keep to the 30-day rule. We will update this page when the adopted text is published.
对于新护照，我们找不到已公布的在新平台上将新护照与现有许可证关联进行登记的程序。
丢失或损坏的卡片
A replacement card is issued on application to the Service. Since 1 November 2026 that application, like every other residence matter, goes through the electronic platform. Damage is handled in the same administrative way as loss.
The old AMD 12,000 duty for a replacement card ended when the reformed fee schedule took effect on 30 October 2026. The Service has not published the duty that now applies to a replacement residence card, and the Law on State Duty can be read more than one way on the point, so confirm the amount with the Service, or with us, before you pay.
补办适用于许可证本身仍在有效期内但卡片遗失或损坏的情况。过期的许可证不能通过缴纳补办费来恢复。续期需要单独申请。
新国家职责
The new duties apply from 30 October 2026, when HO-215-N took effect. The Law on State Duty (Article 14(8), on a base duty of AMD 1,000) now charges two separate amounts: AMD 150,000 to consider a temporary residence application or AMD 250,000 for permanent residence, and AMD 5,950 to issue the card. In all that is AMD 155,950 for temporary and AMD 255,950 for permanent residence (about USD 432 and USD 708 at the CBA rate of 361.36 on 19 October 2026). The certificate confirming lawful residence, used for example by EAEU citizens, costs AMD 30,000 to consider plus AMD 5,950 to issue, AMD 35,950 in all (about USD 99).
If the application is refused. The Law on State Duty (Article 38) allows a full or partial refund where the authority refuses the action applied for, unless a law provides otherwise. No rule was found that answers how this applies once the Service has considered and refused a residence application, so do not count on getting the consideration duty back. The card duty pays for a card that a refusal never produces, so ask the Service whether it can be returned.
Citizens of the United States pay different amounts, set on a reciprocal basis by Government Decision 300-N of 29 March 2019: AMD 85,000 for temporary residence, AMD 1,000 for a repeat grant or extension within five years, and AMD 90,000 for permanent residence (about USD 235, USD 3 and USD 249). Decision 300-N is still in force and shows no amendment; a change was planned for late October 2026, but no adopted amendment has been found. Whether the AMD 5,950 card duty is added to those amounts since 1 November 2026 has not been confirmed, so check the figure for your nationality before you pay.
HO-215-N took effect on the tenth day after the Service’s announcement of the platform, which ARLIS records as 30 October 2026. There is no period in November or December 2026 in which the reformed procedure runs at the old prices: the reading that placed the fee change on 1 January 2027 fell away when HO-213-N repealed the provision it rested on. Current figures for each permit type sit on our 居留许可费用页面.
如果您的停留期限在2026年6月15日至10月31日之间到期
根据《行政违法法典》第201条，逾期居留属于行政违法行为，无论逾期时间长短，都将处以50,000至100,000亚美尼亚德拉姆（按2026年10月19日CBA汇率361.36计算，约合138至277美元）的罚款。我们的逾期居留页面详细说明了罚款的评估和缴纳方式。
为适应这一过渡，移民局表示，对于在2026年6月15日至2026年10月31日期间合法居留期满的外国人，如果同时满足以下两个条件，则不会根据第201(1)条对其追究责任：
- 获得居留身份的理由在2026年11月1日之前产生；
- 合法居留申请将于 2026 年 11 月 1 日至 2027 年 1 月 1 日期间通过新平台提交。
该措施仅适用于身处亚美尼亚境内并在规定时间内提交申请的人员。在提交申请前越过国界线的人员将恢复适用普通行政处罚，处罚将在离境时进行。
此项规定依据的是税务局于2026年8月14日致本公司的信函（编号42/94/4/252505-26），而非任何已公布的法律、法令或税务局命令：第201条最近一次修订是在2021年，并未规定此类期限。请将其视为税务局既定的执法方式，并在将其用于您自己的案件之前咨询专业人士的意见。
该部门还确认，许可证到期至提交新申请之间的这段时间不属于合法中止期。如果这构成行使权利的障碍，该部门将根据附有证明文件的合理申请逐案审理。
常见问题
2026年11月1日之后我还能亲自递交申请吗？
My permit expired between 15 June and 31 October 2026. What now?
预约还有意义吗？
我已经提交的申请会怎么样？
新州税是否适用于变更前提交的续期申请？
如果许可证仍然有效，我可以补办丢失的卡吗？
这些情况会对工作许可产生影响吗？
How early should I file my renewal?
I am away from Armenia for months at a time. Do I need to tell the Service?
我的续约被拒了。变更类型会影响申诉吗？
现在做什么
Check the expiry date printed on the card and count back at least 30 days: that is when the renewal should be on the platform. Assemble the supporting documents in scannable form, register on mcs-permits.am, and keep an eye on the account after you file, because a correction left for more than five days suspends the file. If your stay lapsed between 15 June and 31 October 2026, the window that carries the Article 201 relief closes on 1 January 2027.
如果申请已提交，请保留提交收据。如果许可在2026年6月15日之后失效，请留在亚美尼亚直至申请提交；提前离开将导致该措施失效，并在边境恢复正常的逾期居留评估程序。
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