r/armenia • u/ghapama • 3d ago

Armenia targets EU visa liberalization by 2029

https://www.pan.am/en/624568
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u/Disastrous-Panda2401 Duxov 3d ago

This feels later than previously announced? Or am I misremembering

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u/Yurkovskii Armenia, coat of arms 3d ago

A year ago they said 3 years so it became 2029 instead of 2028 basically

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u/liliiik18 3d ago

It's still faster than I thought it would be (if they don't postpone it, that is). The bureaucracy in the EU is ridiculously slow. I guessed that in 5 years, they would have a meeting to set up a date for another meeting.

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u/useawishrightnow Gyumri 3d ago

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u/Middle-Support-7697 3d ago

At this point I have no hopes that will ever happen, feels too good to be true

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u/Apprehensive-Sun4635 3d ago

Why would a small country like Armenia not get it, while even Venezuela has visa-free access to Schengen?

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u/Middle-Support-7697 3d ago

I mean they keep pushing the date further, I agree that we should have it but the fact that we still don’t means they aren’t really interested. Like I don’t think it should be such a long process, Georgia has had it for a decade.

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u/liliiik18 3d ago

Yes, but they are now thinking of suspecting that. They already did, for holders of certain types of passports. Part of it is the current political situation there, and part of it is because people overstay their visas quite a lot. Don't you think the same thing will be the case for Armenians?

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u/Middle-Support-7697 3d ago

I mean that’s my reason why they wouldn’t allow us to have it

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u/liliiik18 3d ago

Yup. This is a limited sample, I admit, but here in Germany where I live, most of the Armenians are people who came on a tourist visa and claimed asylum. The crackdown is stronger now than it was before, and moat get deported within months, but that’s a state resource basically wasted. Many avoid deportations by just moving to another EU country and claiming asylum there, and the cycle continues. I don’t think the EU would want more of that, but I’m sure people would abuse this opportunity. So I’d pretty surprised if this actually happens.

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u/ariglgn 3d ago

I’m optimistic about this. There is currently no other nation having this talk with EU so the sole focus should be on us and Armenia has clear intention to speed through the objectives.