The new biometric passport in Armenia will cost 28,650 drams, and an ID card will cost 5,950 drams. The reasons for the tariff setting were explained by Nelly Davtyan, Head of the Migration and Citizenship Service of the Republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to her, the main objectives of the updated system are to strengthen personal data protection, improve the reliability of citizen identification, and minimize the likelihood of document forgery.

The need to introduce biometrics is also linked to the issue of matching personal details. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 200 pairs of citizens have been identified in Armenia whose surname, first name, patronymic, and date of birth match completely. The use of biometric data will reliably distinguish such individuals and prevent errors in identity verification.

Socially vulnerable citizens will be able to obtain ID cards free of charge. However, no similar benefit is provided for biometric passports: the state will not subsidize their cost from the budget. Thus, citizens will have to pay for the issuance of passports themselves at the established tariff, while certain categories of the population will be able to receive an identity card for free.