Right to Benefit
The right to maternity benefit for a non-working person shall be granted to an individual who is registered at an address of a place of residence in the Republic of Armenia and who, as of the first day of the period of entitlement to pregnancy and maternity leave, is neither an employee nor a self-employed person (hereinafter referred to as a non-working person). An individual who is not an individual entrepreneur but is considered exclusively a subject of micro-enterprise, a person who receives income from an employer in return for the performance of work (provision of services) based on a civil law contract, as well as a volunteer performing volunteer work in the manner prescribed by the Law "On Voluntary Work" shall also be considered a non-working person.

Procedure for Allocation
Maternity benefit shall be allocated to a non-working person if the information (data) regarding her pregnancy and maternity (being in a state of temporary disability) has been received within the period of entitlement to pregnancy and maternity leave (140 days), and as of the first day of the period of entitlement to pregnancy and maternity leave, she is registered at an address of a place of residence in the Republic of Armenia.

Maternity benefit shall be allocated to a non-working foreign citizen if, as of the first day of the period of entitlement to pregnancy and maternity leave, she has been registered at an address of a place of residence in the Republic of Armenia for at least three consecutive years.

In the event of premature childbirth on or after the 154th day of pregnancy and prior to the first day of the period of entitlement to pregnancy and maternity leave, the maternity benefit shall be granted to a non-working person for 70 days, solely for the period of maternity leave (including cases where the child is stillborn).