Citizenship denials to forcibly displaced persons impossible - Head  of the RA Presidential Administration

ArmInfo.During 2025, 805 applications for Armenian citizenship were rejected. This was announced by Khachatur Poghosyan, Acting Head of the RA Presidential Administration, during a joint session of the RA National Assembly  committees.

According to him, the process of granting RA citizenship is regulated  by the Constitution and the Law "On Citizenship." Citizens apply to  the authorized body, the Migration and Citizenship Service, which  conducts the relevant research and then issues a conclusion to the  president. Specifically, 805 applications for citizenship were  rejected during 2025.

When asked how many refusals affect Artsakh residents, Poghosyan  noted that no such statistics are kept, but, according to his  information, such cases are practically excluded. "The Migration and  Citizenship Service processes the cases of our compatriots forcibly  displaced from Artsakh under the special regime as quickly as  possible, and to my knowledge, there has not been a single case of  such refusal," he said.