{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"SL","name":"Sierra Leone","slug":"sierra-leone"},"destination":{"code":"AM","name":"Armenia"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-22","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"armenia-invitation-only-ordinary-passports-advance-mission-visa","title":"Invitation-only ordinary passports: advance visitor visa at an Armenian mission or consular post","summary":"The current MFA schedule expressly places every listed passport nationality in an invitation-only visitor-visa route at Armenian diplomatic representations or consular posts abroad.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["This is an ordinary short-visitor passport classification. The MFA schedule applies to the citizens and holders of travel documents of these countries; it requires an invitation and application only at Armenian diplomatic representations or consular posts abroad.","The current official legal procedure reserves electronic entry visas for nationals outside the invitation-only list. This cohort is therefore advance mission/consular visa required, not eVisa or visa on arrival.","A qualifying foreign residence permit creates a separate conditional temporary exemption through 1 July 2027; it does not replace this ordinary-passport baseline. Diplomatic, official, service, work, residence, transit, asylum, and final-admission routes remain separate."],"sourceIds":["armenia-mfa-current-visa-framework","armenia-mfa-current-invitation-only-schedule","armenia-arlis-current-foreigners-law","armenia-arlis-current-evisa-procedure"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"armenia-mfa-current-visa-framework","title":"Visa requirements for foreigners","url":"https://www.mfa.am/en/visa/","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia","jurisdiction":"Armenia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"armenia-mfa-current-invitation-only-schedule","title":"Countries whose citizens can apply only at a mission or consular post and with invitation","url":"https://www.mfa.am/en/invitation_only","publisher":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia","jurisdiction":"Armenia","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"armenia-arlis-current-foreigners-law","title":"Law of the Republic of Armenia on Foreigners","url":"https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/176676","publisher":"Official Legal Information System of Armenia (ARLIS)","jurisdiction":"Armenia","kind":"law","language":"Armenian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"},{"id":"armenia-arlis-current-evisa-procedure","title":"Current procedure for Armenian entry-visa applications and issuance","url":"https://www.arlis.am/hy/acts/208498/latest","publisher":"Official Legal Information System of Armenia (ARLIS)","jurisdiction":"Armenia","kind":"law","language":"Armenian","reviewedAt":"2026-08-22"}]}