Visa procedure changes for Egyptian, Iraqi and Indian nationals aimed at effective management of migration flows
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YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian government made the decision to change the visa procedures for citizens of India, Egypt and Iraq after studying the migration processes, Director of the Migration and Citizenship Service Armen Ghazaryan told Armenpress.
Ghazaryan was asked to explain why the government decided to introduce stricter visa procedures for the citizens of India, Egypt and Iraq. “The word strict sounds a bit harsh, because we’ve simply introduced one small regulation on the way the citizens of these countries can obtain visa,” Ghazaryan said. “It’s not like there was a visa waiver before or the visa costs have increased, the only change is the methods of obtaining visa for the citizens of these countries. We came to that decision by studying the migration processes, and the substantiation of the government decision mentions them in detail. The current migration flows have brought us to the conclusion that this small regulation will have significant importance in improving the management of migration flows.”