If the employer hires foreign personnel to provide equipment set up, maintenance services, it has the right not to issue a permit for official employment. This right is also granted to foreigners visiting Armenia to work in the framework of journalistic and other public activities, in order to attend events (conferences, business meetings and forums), diplomats and their family members. A work permit is not issued when attracting foreign employees in the field of IT and innovation, as well as when supplying equipment, electronic systems to the territory of Armenia. All specialists hired on the basis of a short-term contract do not require a work permit.