Right to the Benefit
The parent, adopter, or guardian (hereinafter referred to as the parent) of a child (in connection with whose birth the right to the lump-sum birth benefit has arisen, hereinafter referred to as the newborn child) shall be entitled to the lump-sum child birth benefit, provided that:

1. the parent and the newborn child are registered at a residential address in the Republic of Armenia,
2. the newborn child does not have the status of a child left without parental care, except in cases involving the child's guardian (when the lump-sum child birth benefit is assigned to the child's guardian),
3. the newborn child is not under full-time (around-the-clock) care in institutions or organizations defined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as a social protection institution).
4. in the event that the newborn child was born in a foreign state, the state registration of the child's birth was performed by a diplomatic service body of the Republic of Armenia, and as of the day of application for the assignment of the lump-sum child birth benefit, the parent and the newborn child are located within the Republic of Armenia,
5. in the event that the newborn child was born in a foreign state, the state registration of the child's birth was performed by a competent authority of the foreign state, and as of the day of application for the assignment of the lump-sum child birth benefit, the newborn child holds a passport of a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, and both the parent and the newborn child are located within the Republic of Armenia,
6. a parent who is a foreign citizen has been registered at a residential address in the Republic of Armenia for at least three consecutive years as of the day of the newborn child's birth, and as of the day of application for the assignment of the lump-sum child birth benefit, both the parent and the newborn child are located within the Republic of Armenia, and no lump-sum benefit has been assigned (paid) in a foreign state in connection with the birth of that child.

Procedure for Assignment
To be assigned the lump-sum child birth benefit (to acquire the right to receive the lump-sum child birth benefit), an application and the necessary documents shall be submitted to the territorial center.
The benefit shall also be assigned (paid) on the basis of information submitted online, except in cases where:
1. the benefit is assigned to a parent holding foreign citizenship, or
2. the state registration of the birth of the newborn child, or of a child taken into account to determine the birth order number of the newborn child, was performed by a civil status acts registration authority of a foreign state, or
3. the newborn child died within the perinatal period defined by Decision No. 949-N of the Government of the Republic of Armenia dated June 16, 2005, and the state registration of birth was not performed.