Visa policy of Georgia

Visitors to Georgia must obtain a visa from Georgian diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries or one of the countries whose citizens may obtain an e-Visa.

All visitors must have a passport. However, citizens of certain countries may enter without a visa with an ID card in lieu of a passport.

In Georgia, as of 2024, the Agreement on Visa-Free Movement of Citizens of the Commonwealth of Independent States across the Territory of its Participants signed on 09 October 1992 and the CIS Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases signed on 22 January 1993 remain in force.

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Visa exemption Ordinary passports Georgia adopted a new law of on Legal Status of Alien and Stateless Persons that went into effect on 1 September 2014. It was amended on 9 June 2015 when the maximum allowed stay was extended to 1 year.

The list of countries whose citizens have the right of visa-free entry to Georgia is no longer provided in the new law, it is determined in the separate ordinance of the Government of Georgia. The visa-free list was re-approved on 9 June 2015.

Citizens of the following countries and territories may enter Georgia without a visa for the following period:

1 year European Union member statesID ID*IDID

ID*

90 days 1 11 11

45 days

30 days B 1B 1B 1

ID - May enter with an ID card (including Irish passport card). ID* - May enter with an ID card if arriving directly from the country of nationality. A - Also applies to holders of passports issued by Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Turks and Caicos Islands. B - For Chinese citizens with People's Republic of China passports, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passports or Macau Special Administrative Region passports only. 1 - No more than 90 days within any 180 days.

Date of visa changes 11 September 2023: China 1 April 2024: Peru

Cancelled: 1 September 2014: Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Guatemala, Iraq, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

All visitors may enter without a visa if they meet one of the following conditions:

Holders of United Nations laissez-passer (1 year) Holders of Interpol Travel Document (1 year) Georgian diaspora member (30 days) Persons with refugee status in Georgia

Substitute visa Holders of valid visas or residence permits of the following countries may enter Georgia without a visa for a maximum of 90 days within any 180-day period:

All European Union member states All European Free Trade Association member states All Gulf Cooperation Council member states2 1

1 - Except Anguilla, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. 2 - For citizens of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen, the document must be valid for at least one year prior to arrival.

Non-ordinary passports In addition to countries whose citizens are visa-exempt, holders of diplomatic/official/service passports of Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia and Pakistan may enter Georgia without a visa.

Electronic visa (e-Visa)

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may obtain a visa online.

90 days within a 180-day period

30 days within a 120-day period

Entry to Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Entering Abkhazia and South Ossetia (considered by Georgia and a major part of the international community to be Russian occupied territories) through border crossing points other than located in Georgia's Zugdidi Municipality and Gori Municipality is an act punishable under Georgian law. However, entering South Ossetia from the territory controlled by Georgian government is currently impossible.

Admission restrictions Entry and transit is refused to citizens of Kosovo, Palestine and Taiwan (visas can still be obtained on a case-by-case basis for holders of passports of Taiwan, including for participation in international conferences and sports events held in Georgia), even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight. Georgia also does not recognize the passports of Abkhazia, the Sahrawi Republic, Somaliland, South Ossetia and Transnistria.

Mandatory travel insurance

Since 1 January 2026, foreign nationals entering Georgia are required to hold travel medical insurance valid for the duration of their stay, with a minimum coverage limit of 30,000 GEL (approximately 11,000 USD). The requirement was established by Decree No. 602 of the Government of Georgia, adopted on 26 December 2025.

Visitor statistics Most visitors arriving in Georgia were from the following countries of nationality (dynamic table including 2014):

Country20232022202120202019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 1396660 925561 326494 335580 1156513 1312129 1247082 1254089 1391721 1442695 199835 152969 82718 295132 1526619 1807068 1695084 1523075 1393257 1283214 962540 742593 164698 260965 1365048 1725163 1718243 1496246 1468888 1325635 1418464 1087257 212979 208677 1471558 1705142 1392842 1037564 926144 811621422227 272916 139157 65117 447518 355755 260920 214002 197427 186879 146931 168915 144901 42414 207667 204952 193127 172631 141734 143521 217065 210178 100686 25731 205051 173366 125320 92213 59487 42385 126282 102877 18549 17053 141997 339462 322898 147915 25273 47929 167492 120494 66787 13779 103611 68452 56801 48809 36777 28394 130203 130046 53698 13340 66174 68360 32939 42149 25724 16577 91210 41917 30988 10691 88300 71668 48913 41609 39309 44415 68824 48548 21194 9338 89051 74131 43090 33469 30481 27073 84688 52841 24992 8364 54606 73458 59738 36410 12114 467946735 35319 19470 7384 46558 41863 33569 27304 24978 22545 30732 21407 7936 5625 37478 29406 22392 15470 16142 15732 72953 119921 63437 4960 75155 65560 56247 21257 9850 548548304 7380 3468 4363 48071 31855 18179 10847 6849 5919 Total 7072220 5426903 1881271 1747110 9357964 8326252 7556339 6360503 5901.094 5515559

Visa policy of Georgia

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