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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS. The Cabinet has approved a bill on increasing the fees for citizenship applications.
The fee for applying for Armenian citizenship will be raised from the current 1000 drams to 50,000 drams, while the fee for renouncing citizenship will increase from the current 25,000 drams to 150,000 drams.
Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe Ghazaryan said the regulation will not cover refugees, including the forcibly displaced persons of Nagorno-Karabakh who have temporary protection status. Furthermore, all refugees applying for citizenship will be exempt from paying the fee.
An electronic application procedure will be introduced.