# 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 are entitled to visa-free entry 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.

## Visa exemption

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:
| Albania  Andorra  Antigua and Barbuda  Argentina  Armenia$^{ID*}$  Australia  Azerbaijan  Bahamas  Bahrain  Barbados  Belarus  Belize  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Botswana  Brazil  Brunei | Canada  Colombia  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador  Honduras  Iceland  Israel  Japan  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Liechtenstein$^{ID}$ | Malaysia  Mauritius  Mexico  Moldova  Monaco  Montenegro  New Zealand  Norway  Oman  Panama  Qatar  Russia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  San Marino  Saudi Arabia  Serbia | Seychelles  Singapore  South Africa  South Korea  Switzerland$^{ID}$  Tajikistan  Thailand  Turkey$^{ID}$  Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom$^1$  United States  Uzbekistan  Vatican City |
| Chile$^2$  Fiji$^2$ | North Macedonia$^2$  Paraguay$^2$ | Peru$^2$  Uruguay |
| China$^2$ | Hong Kong$^2$ | Macau$^2$ |
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* 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, were not reinstated on the list.
All visitors may enter without a visa if they meet one of the following conditions:
* Holders of diplomatic/official/service passports of Egypt, Guyana, Indonesia, Peru Pakistan, visa-exempt countries.
* 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
Holders of valid visas or residence permits of following countries may stay in Georgia for a maximum of 90 days within any 180-day period:
| Australia  Canada  Israel  Japan | New Zealand  South Korea  United Kingdom$^1$  United States |
$_{1-ExceptAnguilla,Montserrat,Pitcairn,SaintHelena,AscensionIslandandTristandaCunha.}$ $_{2-TherehavebeenmanycaseswherethoseholdingvalidresidencyofGCCcountrieshavebeendeniedaccesswithoutassigninganyreason,especiallyiftheyarecitizensofIndia,PakistanandPalestine.}$

## Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

Holders of passports of the following countries and territories may obtain a visa online. Alternatively, for certain countries, it is possible to enter Georgia with the visa for one of the visa-free countries.
| Bolivia  Cuba  Dominica  East Timor  Grenada | Guatemala  Kiribati  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Palau | Paraguay  Peru  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Samoa | Solomon Islands  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  Tuvalu  Vanuatu |
| Angola  Benin  Bhutan  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Cambodia  Cape Verde  Central African Republic  Comoros  Djibouti | Egypt  Equatorial Guinea  Eritrea  Eswatini  Ethiopia  Guinea-Bissau  Guyana  Haiti  India  Indonesia | Jamaica  Laos  Lesotho  Madagascar  Malawi  Maldives  Mongolia  Mozambique  Myanmar | Namibia  North Korea  Papua New Guinea  Philippines  Rwanda  São Tomé and Príncipe  Togo  Vietnam  Zambia  Zimbabwe |

## 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.

## Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving in Georgia were from the following countries of nationality (dynamic table including 2014):
| Country | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
| Turkey | 1396660 | 925561 | 326494 | 335580 | 1156513 | 1312129 | 1247082 | 1254089 | 1391721 | 1442695 |
| Azerbaijan | 199835 | 152969 | 82718 | 295132 | 1526619 | 1807068 | 1695084 | 1523075 | 1393257 | 1283214 |
| Armenia | 962540 | 742593 | 164698 | 260965 | 1365048 | 1725163 | 1718243 | 1496246 | 1468888 | 1325635 |
| Russia | 1418464 | 1087257 | 212979 | 208677 | 1471558 | 1705142 | 1392842 | 1037564 | 926144 | 811621 |
| EU-27 | 422227 | 272916 | 139157 | 65117 | 447518 | 355755 | 260920 | 214002 | 197427 | 186879 |
| Ukraine | 146931 | 168915 | 144901 | 42414 | 207667 | 204952 | 193127 | 172631 | 141734 | 143521 |
| Israel | 217065 | 210178 | 100686 | 25731 | 205051 | 173366 | 125320 | 92213 | 59487 | 42385 |
| Iran | 126282 | 102877 | 18549 | 17053 | 141997 | 339462 | 322898 | 147915 | 25273 | 47929 |
| Kazakhstan | 167492 | 120494 | 66787 | 13779 | 103611 | 68452 | 56801 | 48809 | 36777 | 28394 |
| Belarus | 130203 | 130046 | 53698 | 13340 | 66174 | 68360 | 32939 | 42149 | 25724 | 16577 |
| Poland | 91210 | 41917 | 30988 | 10691 | 88300 | 71668 | 48913 | 41609 | 39309 | 44415 |
| Germany | 68824 | 48548 | 21194 | 9338 | 89051 | 74131 | 43090 | 33469 | 30481 | 27073 |
| India | 84688 | 52841 | 24992 | 8364 | 54606 | 73458 | 59738 | 36410 | 12114 | 4679 |
| USA | 46735 | 35319 | 19470 | 7384 | 46558 | 41863 | 33569 | 27304 | 24978 | 22545 |
| UK | 30732 | 21407 | 7936 | 5625 | 37478 | 29406 | 22392 | 15470 | 16142 | 15732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 72953 | 119921 | 63437 | 4960 | 75155 | 65560 | 56247 | 21257 | 9850 | 5485 |
| China | 48304 | 7380 | 3468 | 4363 | 48071 | 31855 | 18179 | 10847 | 6849 | 5919 |
| Total | 7072220 | 5426903 | 1881271 | 1747110 | 9357964 | 8326252 | 7556339 | 6360503 | 5901.094 | 5515559 |