Yerevan/Mediamax/. Starting November 9, 2015, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia will be changing its visa procedures to make it easier for approved visa applicants to pick up their visas and for certain current visa holders to renew their visas.

According to the U.S. Embassy, starting on November 9 all approved applicants will pick up their passports with their visas from UMAKS, the DHL representative in Armenia, located at 27 Amiryan St. in Yerevan.

Applicants told during their visa interview that they were approved, will later receive an e-mail notification that their visa is ready for pick up at the Amiryan location. Applicants can also designate third parties to pick up their passports for them.

“We know it can be difficult to get to the Embassy, we hope our visa applicants will find this process easier. For no additional fee, they will be able to stroll over to the DHL office on Amiryan and pick up their approved visas. We aim to make the visa application procedure as simple and easy as possible”, Consul Frank Tu said.

Those applicants, who come to the Embassy for an interview and are asked to provide additional documents, will be able to submit those documents via the DHL location.