Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens)

Rights conferred / regime under AM-BTH-01 (Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens)):

Substantive entitlement: Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens). RA citizenship rights flow from the operative HO-16 1995 + HO-75-N 2007 + HO-4-N 2025 framework plus the constitutional anchor (Const Art 14 nationality framework + Art 30 dual-citizenship + Art 47 ethnic-Armenian repatriation rights + diplomatic-protection guarantee).

Substantive rights chain: full RA passport rights; voting rights in RA elections per Const Art 48-49; protection abroad per Const Art 47 §8 diplomatic-protection guarantee; dual-citizenship permission post-2007 HO-75-N reform; pension and social-security access per RA framework; equal access to RA employment and property-rights frameworks.

Substantive conditions for AM-BTH-01 (Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens)):

Statutory anchor: Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens). Conditions vary by track within the BTH bucket:

For standard naturalization (Art 13 part 1): minimum 3-year residence in RA + Armenian language proficiency + Constitution familiarity (test). For accelerated spousal (Art 13 part 2 clause 1 first prong): marriage to RA citizen — track-specific residence reduction; PARENT-of-RA-citizen-child (second prong) operates as a parallel statutory branch.

For ethnic-Armenian simplified procedure (Art 47 §3-4 constitutional + Art 13 part 2 clause 3 statutory): ethnic-Armenian descent verification (no language requirement; no residence threshold); operationalised through repatriation procedure. Cilician dynasty / Holy See of Cilicia framework — historical Armenian polity (1198-1375) preserved in modern Armenian Apostolic Church canon law via the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Antelias, Lebanon, since 1930). Genealogical-descent pathway frequently surfaces in repatriation under Art 47 §3-4 constitutional + Art 13 part 2 clause 3 statutory (ethnic-Armenian simplified procedure).

For derivative/automatic acquisition (jus sanguinis Art 11-12 + adoption Art 17 + foundling Art 13 part 1 statelessness branch): no application required; constitutive at birth/adoption/finding.

For restoration (Art 14): post-HO-75-N 2007 reform; for post-1995-renunciation restoration via Art 13 part 2 clause 4 simplified procedure. HO-75-N (26 February 2007) — Dual-citizenship reform trigger keyed to Genocide-recognition arc (April 24 1915 commemoration). Pre-2007 dual-citizenship was constitutionally prohibited (Const 1995 Art 14(2)); HO-75-N constitutionally permitted dual citizenship through reform of Const Art 30 and lifted the renunciation requirement. Cohort-second reform-arc with diaspora trigger (paralleling IS L. 9/2003 EEA + diaspora liberalization).

Authority: PVS (Police of RA) + MCS (Migration and Citizenship Service of MoIA) — bifurcated administrative authority. President signs naturalization decrees (Art 26 of HO-16 + Constitution Art 132 powers). E-system mcs-citizenship.am mandatory channel from 2026-01-01.

Timeline anchors for AM-BTH-01 (Birth in Armenia to RA-citizen parents (jus sanguinis via parents both RA-citizens)):

Key dated anchors for the BTH bucket framework: 1995-11-28 HO-16 (Law on Citizenship of RA, EIF); 2003-12-31 closed-window deadline for stateless / former-USSR-republic-citizens-resident-in-RA naturalization; 2007-02-26 HO-75-N dual-citizenship reform (Genocide-arc trigger); 2015 Const revision (multiple constitutional citizenship-references modernized); 2023-09-28 Republic of Artsakh dissolution decree; 2023-10 RA Government facilitated-naturalization decision; 2024-01-01 effective date of Artsakh dissolution; 2025 HO-4-N statelessness-prevention codification (EIF 2026-01-01); 2026-01-01 e-system mcs-citizenship.am mandatory channel; 2026-02-01 — Decision 97-N of 2026 (Government of RA Decision 97-N, EIF 2026-02-01) replaces the prior Decision arc on consular registration and mcs-citizenship.am electronic case management. Critical post-2026-01-01 procedural anchor.

Constitution 1995 transitional clauses (Const 1995 + 2005 + 2015 revisions): Clause 1 — former ArmSSR citizens permanently resident in RA at constitution enactment (1995) automatically conferred (DEADLINE-EXHAUSTED). Clause 3 — former ArmSSR citizens outside RA without other nationality (OPEN, no deadline). Closed-window naturalization for stateless or former-USSR-republic citizens resident in RA — DEADLINE 2003-12-31 (CLOSED).

• Constitution of RA Art 47 §1 (post-2015): "A child born to citizens of the Republic of Armenia shall be a citizen of the Republic of Armenia." [src: ]
• HO-16 Art 11 (Law on Citizenship of RA, adopted 1995-11-06, EIF 1995-12-10) — implements constitutional jus sanguinis foundational rule [src: ]
• Article 11 amended via: HO-157/1997, HO-5/1999, HO-157/2001, HO-313/2002, HO-33-N/2003, HO-75-N/2007, HO-34-N/2010, HO-319-N/2011, HO-58-N/2013, HO-33-N/2015, HO-251-N/2017, HO-393-N/2021, HO-408-N/2023