Visa requirements for Armenian citizens

Armenian citizens need a Schengen visa, which covers all member states for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

Of the 198 countries whose entry rules are known in both directions, Armenia and 33 of them let each other’s citizens in without a visa obtained in advance (visa-free, on arrival or with an ETA; an e-visa counts as a visa).

57 countries ask holders of the Armenian passport for a visa beforehand, although their own citizens enter Armenia without one: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain and 52 others.

The reverse holds for 34 countries: holders of the Armenian passport get in without a visa obtained in advance, but their citizens need one for Armenia (Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros and 29 others).

90 countries ask holders of the Armenian passport for a visa obtained before travel from an embassy, a consulate or a visa centre. 18 of them have an embassy or consulate on record in Armenia.

72 countries have no embassy or career consulate on record in Armenia, so the application usually goes to one of their posts in another country. Counting the post an official diplomatic list names for Armenia, or else the nearest one within 2,000 km, those posts are most often in Turkey (14), Iran (6), Azerbaijan (5) and Iraq (5).

The United States refused 56% of visitor-visa (B1/B2) applications from citizens of Armenia in fiscal year 2025, by the State Department’s adjusted refusal rate. 155 of the 197 nationalities with a published rate had a lower one and 41 a higher one; the middle value was 32%.

Schengen consulates in Armenia refused 11% of short-stay visa applications in 2025 (all Schengen consulates worldwide: 15%). Among the 74 countries where they received at least 10,000 applications, that is the 50th highest rate. The figure counts every nationality applying there, not only citizens.

Visa-free travel with the Armenian passport

By continent, the Armenian passport is visa-free in 13 countries in Asia, 11 countries in the Americas, 6 countries in Europe, 2 countries in Africa and 1 country in Oceania. The longest visa-free stays for Armenian citizens are allowed in Georgia (360 days), Antigua and Barbuda (180 days), the United Arab Emirates (90 days), Albania (90 days), Argentina (90 days) and Brazil (90 days).

Visa on arrival

Armenian citizens can get a visa at the airport or land border of Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt and 24 others.

E-Visa and electronic travel authorisation

An e-Visa, applied for online before the trip, is how Armenian citizens enter Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 34 others. Ivory Coast, Kenya and Suriname ask instead for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA), a lighter online check than a visa.

Where Armenian citizens are not admitted

According to the visa data used here, Armenian citizens are currently not admitted to Azerbaijan.

Armenia’s neighbours

Georgia and Iran admit Armenian citizens without a visa. For the other neighbours, the rules are: Azerbaijan (no admission) and Turkey (visa on arrival for up to 30 days).

How the passport compares

Among neighbouring passports, the Georgian passport ranks 72nd (120 destinations), the Turkish passport ranks 86th (112 destinations), the Azerbaijani passport ranks 118th (72 destinations) and the Iranian passport ranks 186th (40 destinations). Of the 198 passports in the data, 69 can enter visa-free, 21 get a visa on arrival, 50 need an e-Visa, 57 need a visa from an embassy or consulate and 1 is not admitted for Armenia.