On September 19, 2023, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were forced to leave their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh, becoming forcibly displaced. As a result of these tragic events, many families faced complex legal issues, one of which was the loss of documents. While many of their stories were similar, each had its own peculiarities.

In September 2023, amid the military onslaught unleashed by Azerbaijani armed forces against Artsakh, Sinara Mkrtchyan and her two minor children found themselves among the forcibly displaced. Like tens of thousands of fellow Artsakh Armenians, they were compelled to abandon their hearth and home, seeking sanctuary in the Republic of Armenia.