Temporary Residency for Georgia | TR for Georgia

The temporary residence permit is granted to an alien, who in pursuance of the Law of Georgia on the exclusion of Domestic Violence, Protection of and Support to its Victims, has been recognized as a victim of domestic violence.

Anyone, entering Georgian states with a valid passport and visa can ask for a temporary residence permit which can be extended up to a period of six years. The decision of granting the residence permit is totally up to the municipal government of the applicant’s residing area. Commonly, people coming for medical treatment or business are sincerely welcomed.

Citizenship for Georgia:

Anyone who has lived in Georgia for a total period of 5 years can apply for Georgian citizenship. The applicant must undergo a language proficiency test which will also test the general knowledge of the history of the applicant and the heritage of Georgia.

Foreign nationals can acquire Georgian citizenship after marrying a national of Georgia. While applying for nationality, the non-Georgian spouse must have a marriage anniversary certificate.

The Organic Law of Georgia on Georgian Citizenship defines 5 types of citizenship:

1) Granting citizenship under the regular procedure,

2) Granting citizenship under the simplified procedure,

3) Granting citizenship by way of exception,

4) Granting citizenship by way of its restoration,

5) Granting citizenship under special procedure.

Out of these 5 types, issuing Georgian citizenship by way of exception is the most in demand, which is issued to a foreigner who has made a contribution of exceptional merit to Georgia or who should be issued Georgian citizenship upon state interests.

Work Permit for Georgia

Aliens who intend to work in Georgia must apply for a work permit in Georgia. Aliens can also perform work activities in the country if they possess a visa, but it is important to know that the nationals of certain states have the right of going the country without obtaining a visa.

Visa for working in Georgia

A person who intends to work in Georgia must apply for a long-term visa, which will permit him/her to acquire a residence permit in the country. The long-term visa acquired by the aliens can also be used as a work permit when searching to enter the workforce of Georgia. The issuance of a short-term visa cannot be used for employment in Georgia, as stated by the local legislation.

Citizens of certain countries are exempt from acquiring a visa for entering the country. But even in this matter, such nationals can only stay in Georgia for a period of 1 year. This regulation is applicable to all nationals of one of the EU member states and to nationals who belong to other 64 states. According to the legislation of Georgia, the regulation is also available for individuals who have acquired the refugee status in the country. It is also applicable to holders of diplomatic passports from China, Egypt, Uruguay, or Peru.

Visa for Georgia

Types of visas:

There are 5 categories of Georgian visa:

• A category – diplomatic visa,
• B category – special visa,
• C category – ordinary visa,
• D category – immigration visa,
• T category – transit visa.

A – Diplomatic Visa

• A1 category visa is granted to the top officials of foreign legislative and executive authorities, members of top and high-level delegations, and accompanying family members arriving in the country on the state, business, friendly, official, or unofficial visits.
• A2 category visa is granted to employees of diplomatic and equivalent missions accredited to Georgia, officials and their family members, to employees of representation offices of international organizations that are placed in the country who have been assigned diplomatic status by Georgia, and also to their family members.
• A3 category visa is granted to diplomatic couriers and persons who arrive in the country on a special diplomatic mission.
• A4 category visa is granted to Georgian honorary consuls and their family members, in the case they are nationals of a foreign country.
• A5 category visa is granted to persons who have a business/official or ordinary passport and enter Georgia on different missions, in the national interests of Georgia, including individuals who hold diplomatic passports coming to the country for employment visits.

B – Special Visa

• B1 category visa is granted to members of foreign delegations, individuals who have service passports and arrive in Georgia for employment visit, their accompanying family members and other accompanying persons.
• B2 category visa is granted to technical, and service workers of foreign diplomatic missions, consular employees and service staff of consular offices, their family members and household employers, employees of international and humanitarian organizations that are placed in the country, their family members, and domestic employers that accompany the individuals who have A2 diplomatic visa.
• B3 category visa is granted to an individual who arrives in Georgia under international bilateral and multilateral treaties of the country, members of peacekeeping forces, and other military contingents used in Georgia under an international treaty and their family members.
• B4 category visa is granted to an individual who arrives in Georgia as a member of various missions, which are in the national interests of the country.

C – Ordinary Visa

C1 category visa is granted to individuals who arrive in Georgia for tourism purposes.

C2 category visa is granted to individuals who arrive in Georgia to visit relatives and friends, and to freelancers.

C3 category visa is granted to:

Individuals who arrive in Georgia to hold business meetings and negotiations, conferences and other research, participants of scientific workshops, cultural, pedagogical, or sports events,

Individuals who arrive in the country to perform a journalistic activity,

Crew members of the ships that stand in harbors of Georgia, unless the visa-free movement of the crew members is provided by an international treaty,

Drivers and co-drivers who perform international cargo/civil transportation.

C4 category visa is granted to:

Individuals who arrive in Georgia to obtain or provide humanitarian aid during life-threatening situations and situations dangerous to life and health, to carry out charity actions,

A guardian or caregiver of a Georgian national, individuals under guardianship or care of a Georgian national,

Individuals who arrive in Georgia for treatment,

Individuals who visit relatives’ or friends’ graves, individuals who arrive with the purpose of pilgrimage.

D – Immigration Visa

D1 category visa is granted to:

Individuals who arrive in Georgia to work,

Representatives and consultants of companies, who come to Georgia to perform their official duties,

Aliens, who come to Georgia for contracted work,

Individuals, who come to Georgia for carrying out entrepreneurial activity according to the Law of the country on entrepreneurial activity.

D2 category visa is granted for individuals who come to Georgia to carry out scientific, cultural, sports, or educational activity, freelancers, aliens, who come to Georgia as interns or volunteers, press workers, who come to the country to carry out their professional activity.

D3 category visa is granted to individuals, who come to Georgia to study or do research at an authorized educational institution or to those, who come to the country as part of an international educational program.

D4 category visa is granted to individuals coming to Georgia for family reunification.

D5 category visa is granted to the individuals and their family members, who, in pursuance of the rule established by the legislation of Georgia have the right to immovable property, with the market price minimum USD 35 000 equivalent in GEL.

T – Transit Visa

T category visa is granted to foreigners, who transit Georgia to enter the 3rd country. The maximum length of this visa is ten days.

Procedures for obtaining a visa

Georgian visas are granted by diplomatic missions of the country and consular offices abroad, while the electronic visa will be granted by Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign affairs to the alien abroad upon presenting the appropriate visa application through the website of the ministry − evisa.gov.ge. The ministry of Foreign affairs is also eligible to grant an immigration visa to the alien, who legally stays in Georgia.

Nationals of those countries where Georgia doesn’t have a diplomatic mission or a consular office can apply to diplomatic missions or consular offices of Georgia in the neighboring countries. Aliens don’t living in their home countries can apply to diplomatic missions and consular offices of Georgia in the countries of their residence. In such cases, a foreign national must have a multiple entry visa or a valid residence permit of the country of his residences.

All needed documentation for granting an immigration visa to an alien who legally stays in Georgia may be presented to the ministry of Foreign affairs and to the branches of Public Service Hall, regional agencies of the Public Service development and Community Centers. All above-mentioned institutions are eligible to stamp a visa into the travel document or grant an electronic visa.

Ministry of Foreign affairs of Georgia makes a decision on granting an immigration visa to alien, who legally stays in the country.

Extending visa

Aliens, who stay in Georgia may apply for an extension of short-term diplomatic(a) and special(b) visas and also d3 and d5 category immigration visas.

Documents that are needed for extending short-term diplomatic and special visas must be presented to the ministry of Foreign affairs of Georgia, while the documents for extending D3 and D5 category immigration visas may be presented to the ministry of Foreign affairs of Georgia and to the branches of Public Service Hall, territorial offices of the Public Service development agency and Community Centers.