Citizenship by adoption — adopted child of RA citizen acquires RA citizenship
Adoption with child consent (age 14-17 requires both parental and child consent)
Collective acquisition procedural category (Decision No. 192 of 1996 + presidential decree batching)
Ethnic minorities of Armenia — citizenship via standard naturalization (no sui-generis pathway)
Yazidi minority — largest non-Armenian ethnic group (~35K) — standard naturalization
Historical NKR citizenship framework (~1996-2024) — internally operative, no international recognition
Republic of Artsakh (NKR) dissolution event — 28 Sep 2023 decree, effective 1 Jan 2024 (contested validity)
Facilitated naturalization procedure for forcibly displaced Karabakh persons (operative since Oct 2023)
RA-issued code-070 passports for NKR residents (bilateral travel-document arrangement 1999-2023)
October 2023 Government Decision — forcibly displaced Karabakh persons declared 'temporary protection' (code-070 passport reclassification)
Commonwealth of Independent States — multilateral coordination only, no citizenship conferral
Council of Europe membership + ECHR jurisdiction
CSTO membership — DE FACTO SUSPENDED 23 February 2024 per Pashinyan announcement (formal exit instrument TBV)
EAEU membership — free movement of workers (NOT sub-citizenship, NOT pathway to nationality)
EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (signed 2017-11-24, EIF 2021-03-01)
Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens)
Birth in Armenia to stateless or unknown-nationality parents (statelessness prevention)
Deprivation for fraud (Art 25 ground 2)
Constitutional protection from deprivation (Art 47 §5)
Voluntary renunciation (Art 24)
Cessation cannot result in statelessness (Art 23 parts 3-4, codified by HO-4-N 2025 EIF 2026-01-01)
Birth (in or outside Armenia) to one RA-citizen parent — constitutional right to acquire
Birth outside Armenia to RA-citizen parents
Dual citizenship acquisition / retention (post-26 February 2007 HO-75-N reform)
First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920) nationality — historical reference only, no modern recognition
Former ArmSSR citizens permanently resident in RA at constitution enactment (1995) — automatic conferral (transitional clause 1, deadline-exhausted)
Former ArmSSR citizens outside RA without other nationality (transitional clause 3, OPEN)
Stateless or former-USSR-republic citizens resident in RA — CLOSED-WINDOW naturalization (deadline 2003-12-31)
1991 independence transition + 1992 UN membership
Spousal route via marriage to RA citizen (Art 13 part 2 clause 1 first prong)
Parent of RA-citizen child (Art 13 part 2 clause 1 second prong)
Standard naturalization — 3-year residence + Armenian language + Constitution familiarity
Consular naturalization — applications via RA consular missions abroad (now via mcs-citizenship.am)
Pending 2026 reform package (specific draft + scope + EIF date TBV)
Electronic citizenship case management system (mcs-citizenship.am) — mandatory channel from 2026-01-01
Presidential decree authority for citizenship matters (Art 26 of HO-16 + Constitution)
PVS (Police) + MCS (MoIA Migration & Citizenship Service) administrative authority
Restoration after post-1995 renunciation (Art 13 part 2 clause 4 simplified procedure)
General restoration under Art 14 (post-HO-75-N 2007 reform)
Diplomatic protection of RA citizens abroad (Constitution Art 47 §8)
Genocide-descendant recognition via general ethnic-Armenian repatriation pathway (no separate statute)
Outstanding services to RA — full waiver (Art 13 part 3)
Repatriation of Armenian-by-origin (ethnic Armenian) — simplified procedure (Art 47 §3-4 constitutional + Art 13 part 2 clause 3 statutory)
