Armenia Digital Nomad Visa

What the permit actually is

Armenia has no digital nomad visa. The permit that remote workers use is a temporary residence permit granted for entrepreneurial activity, issued under the Law on Foreigners and administered by the Migration and Citizenship Service. The holder is a registered business person in Armenia rather than a visitor working from a hotel room. The card is issued for up to one year and can be extended.

The capital and turnover test

A sole proprietor applying on this ground must show at least AMD 1 million in an Armenian bank account, or the same sum of turnover, in the 60 days before filing. The window runs backwards from the filing date, so the balance has to sit in the account before the file is submitted. The test looks at the business rather than at a salary, so a worker paid abroad has to bring money into the local system or invoice through the Armenian entity to meet it. A new proprietor with no trading history meets it through the balance.

Registering the business

The State Register of Legal Entities registers a sole proprietor on the day of filing. The state duty is AMD 3,000, paid with a passport and a notarised Armenian translation. Registration produces the extract and the tax identification number on which the residence application rests, and the extract has to be in hand before the file is submitted.

Documents in the file

The Migration and Citizenship Service lists an application form, three colour photographs of 35 x 45 mm, the passport with a notarised Armenian translation, documents proving the entrepreneurial ground, a medical certificate and the state duty receipt. Where family members apply, birth and parents’ documents are added to the same file.

Fee and decision time

The state fee rose to AMD 150,000 on 1 November 2026. The service decides within 30 days of a complete file. Filing moved to a unified electronic platform under the same changes, and card collection stays in person at the service’s office in Yerevan.

Duration, renewal and family

The card can be extended on renewal, and the extension keeps the same entrepreneurial basis. A spouse, parents and children of the temporary resident can hold cards on the strength of the relationship, so a household can be covered from one qualifying business.

Long absences, permanent residence and the tax position

An absence of 183 days or more has to be notified through the platform within 10 days. Permanent residence on entrepreneurial grounds opens after three years of temporary status within the previous five years. Armenia taxes residents on worldwide income and non-residents only on Armenian-source income, so a holder’s tax position follows tax residence rather than the residence card.