Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Armenia visa: Bundle A, Bundle B or visa-free

What the Armenia checklist asks for

• Bundle B e-Visa: an air ticket reservation with a return flight.
• Bundle B e-Visa: an invitation from a party in Armenia, and proof of funds.
• Travel medical insurance for the whole stay, on every visa route.
• Bundle A e-Visa: your qualifying foreign visa or residence permit, with no ticket listed.
• Embassy visa: an air ticket reservation (mandatory) and a hotel reservation (listed, not mandatory).

Four ways in for Indian passport holders

The embassy’s page for Indian citizens says a visa is required for ordinary passports, then offers three ways to get one. The e-Visa at evisa.mfa.am is processed in three working days. A visa at the border is open to holders of a valid residence permit or visa of the EU or Schengen states, the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, Canada, Russia or Japan, and to holders of a residence permit of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain or Oman. The third is the embassy in New Delhi, which takes 10 working days; its FAQ says “In India it is only the Embassy of Armenia in New Delhi that provides consular services”.

The fourth route needs no visa. From 1 July 2026 to 1 July 2027, India is one of 111 countries whose nationals are exempt if they hold a US, EU, Schengen or GCC residence permit valid for at least six months from entry. A classic visa on arrival is not available: the FAQ limits it to Maldivian and Malaysian citizens.

Bundle A or Bundle B: what the e-Visa asks for

The e-Visa splits applicants into two bundles. Bundle A is for Indians who hold a qualifying foreign visa or permit: it asks for travel insurance and a copy of that document, and lists no ticket. Bundle B is for everyone else and asks for travel insurance, an air ticket reservation with return, an invitation from a party in Armenia and proof of funds. A footnote accepts a one-way ticket for people arriving to study or work, or in other justified cases; a tourist should show the return.

The word on the list is reservation. The desk’s flight reservation is a held airline booking in your name with the return leg included, which is what Bundle B describes, and it pays nothing towards the fare. Do not upload anything invented or altered. The e-Visa fee is non-refundable, and a false document is fraud that can follow you into later applications.

Indians in the Gulf: visa-free until July 2027

The temporary exemption is the most useful change for Indians living in Dubai, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat, Kuwait or Bahrain. With a GCC residence permit valid for at least six months from the day you enter, you can stay in Armenia without a visa for up to 180 days within a year. The permit must be a physical card or a sticker in the passport, with its details in Latin script.

UK residence permits are not on the exemption list, although a UK visa still opens the visa-at-the-border route. The window closes on 1 July 2027, so check the foreign ministry’s list again if your trip falls near that date. If your permit has less than six months left on arrival, the border visa or the e-Visa is the way in.

Timing the reservation, and pairing Armenia with Georgia

For the e-Visa, order the return reservation for the day you file Bundle B, check the names and dates straight away, and upload it the same day. Three working days is short, but an unpaid hold can still lapse first, since the airline can release it whenever it chooses. The decision rests on what you submitted. For an embassy application, order it for the day you take the file to Anand Niketan; ten working days is far longer than any hold.

Yerevan and Tbilisi are often combined on one trip. Georgia has its own entry rules, including a visa-free route for some visa and permit holders, so if you visit both, build one route with one set of dates and buy insurance that covers the whole journey, not only the Armenian days.

Flying from India to Armenia

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Armenia application

• Filing Bundle B when a qualifying US, UK or Schengen visa puts you in Bundle A, which lists no ticket.
• A one-way reservation on Bundle B; the list marks the air ticket reservation “with return”.
• Leaving out travel insurance, which the embassy makes mandatory on every visa route.
• Assuming a UK residence permit counts for the 2026–27 exemption; it is not on the list.
• Entering on a Gulf residence permit with less than six months left on the day you arrive.
• Ordering the reservation days before you file, so it lapses before you upload it.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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