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On October 22, 2012, the RA National Assembly passed in its first reading the draft bill on adopting the amendment to the RA Tax Law.

In the draft bill the Government proposes to exempt “foreign citizens of Armenian descent, who are permanent residents of a foreign country and whose lives and health are threatened by an emergency situation created in the given country” from the taxes imposed for the visa terms extension or acquisition of the resident status.   

At the end of the last NA four-day session, held on October 4, 2012, the RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan said that many Syrians of the Armenian origin had recently come to Armenia to stay either for 21 days, or for one or two months. The majority of the Syrian-Armenians, however, have no intention to return to Syria because of the unfavorable situation caused by the hostilities in the country. And here the issue of visa extension arouse.

H. Hakobyan informed that the visa extension per day costs 500 drams, and in case they decide to stay in Armenia for 10 months, they will have to pay a tax of at least 150.000 AMD, and the average family of 4 persons will have to pay 600.000 AMD.

The Minister also noted that the same applies to the extension of the resident status. According to the RA Tax Law the state tax amounts from 105.000 to 150.000 AMD.

“This legislative amendment has been proposed to create more accessible and convenient conditions for our fellow citizens, however, the law makes this privilege possible not only for the Syrian-Armenians, but also other people of the Armenian descent who live in different countries and whose lives might be threatened in those countries,” explained by H. Hakobyan.