Entitlement to the Benefit

One of the parents or an adoptive parent (hereinafter referred to as the parent) of the third and each subsequent newborn child in the family (hereinafter referred to as the beneficiary child) shall be entitled to the benefit for the third and each subsequent child, provided that the parent is a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, the beneficiary child has not yet reached the age of six years, and the beneficiary child, as well as the children taken into account for determining the child’s birth order:

1. Do not have the status of a child left without parental care;
2. Are not accommodated in a social protection institution.

The parent of a beneficiary child born in a foreign state shall be entitled to the benefit for the third and each subsequent child, provided that the conditions specified in Part 1 of this Article are met, and the state registration of the birth of the beneficiary child was conducted by:

1. A diplomatic service body of the Republic of Armenia, or
2. A competent authority of a foreign state, provided that, as of the date of application for granting the benefit for the third and each subsequent child, the beneficiary child holds a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Armenia.

Procedure for Allocation

The benefit for the third and each subsequent child shall be granted and paid to the parent for the beneficiary child (the parent shall acquire the entitlement to receive the benefit for the third and each subsequent child), provided that as of the date of application, the parent, the beneficiary child, and the children taken into account for determining the child's birth order (except for individuals studying at a military educational institution, conscripted into compulsory military service, or serving a sentence in a place of imprisonment) are registered at a residential address in the Republic of Armenia in the State Population Register of the Republic of Armenia, and as of the date of application, the parent and the beneficiary child are located within the Republic of Armenia.

The benefit for the third and each subsequent child shall be granted and paid until the month in which the beneficiary child reaches the age of six, inclusive, in the monthly amount of AMD 50,000, but not longer than until the termination of the entitlement to receive the benefit for the third and each subsequent child.

To be granted the benefit for the third and each subsequent child, the application and the necessary documents (data) defined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall be submitted to the territorial center․

The benefit for the third and each subsequent child shall be granted from the 1st day of the sixth month preceding the month of submission of the application, but not earlier than from the 1st day of the month following the month in which the conditions set forth by the Law are met (including the month of the beneficiary child's birth).

To ensure the continuation of the benefit payments, the parent entitled to the benefit for the third and each subsequent child is obliged to appear in person at the bank at least once a year, no later than the last working day of the twelfth month following the month of their last appearance at the bank (or the month of application to receive the benefit for the third and each subsequent child in a cashless manner), and sign a declaration confirming their presence in the Republic of Armenia.