INSTITUTE OF DOUBLE CITIZENSHIP TO BE INTRODUCED IN ARMENIA

Arminfo
2007-02-20 13:51:00

RA Parliament has passed today a bill on introducing changes and
additions to the Law on Citizenship.

As RA Justice Minister, David Haroutyunyan, noted in his speech,
the bill envisages that a citizen of Armenia is authorized to be a
citizen of another state as well. Three categories of citizens may
claim to receive a double citizenship. The first group includes the
citizens of foreign states, who have reached the age of 18, who have
been living in the Republic’s territory for the last three years,
who know the Armenian language and the bases of RA Constitution. The
second group includes the persons which married the citizens of
Armenia or have a child being a citizen of Armenia.

The third group includes persons who have earlier been the citizens
of Armenia or a person born in the RA territory who, upon reaching
the age of 18, was authorized to address the relevant bodies to get
the Republic’s citizenship.

The bill allows to give a citizenship to all the Armenians and to
all those who refused of RA citizenship after January 1, 1995.

The document also envisages to give a citizenship for exclusive
deserts before the country and then people. The citizens of Armenia,
who wish to get a citizenship of another state, have to notify the
relevant authoritative bodies about it. The positions in the Republic’s
territory are taken only by the citizens of Armenia. The bill lays
down that the persons who had lost the citizenship of Armenia before
January 1, 1995, receive privileges also at the receipt of the
Republic’s citizenship. The terms of considering the applications
for another categories of persons is fixed by 10 days.