Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Georgia is known as the Peach State, but it’s also the country’s top producer of pecans, peanuts, and vidalia onions. The state’s onions are considered some of the sweetest in the world. People who want to visit Georgia must obtain a visa, except for some exempt countries.
GEORGIA VISA FREE COUNTRIES
The following is the list of the countries whose citizens have the right to enter and stay in Georgia without visa, for one full year:
Albania
Andorra
Antigua and barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba and netherlands antilles
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda Islands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Turks
Kazakhstan
Korea
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Caicos Islands, Gibraltar
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Costa rica
Croatia
Czech republic
Cyprus
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San marino
Saudi arabia
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
Estonia
Faroe islands and Greenland
Finland
France
French Polynesia and new Caledonia
Germany
Greece
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Ireland
Israel
Jersey, Guernsey, mann islands
Japan
Slovakia
Slovenia
South africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United arab emirates
United kingdom
United States of america
Uzbekistan
Foreigners holding a visa and/or residence permit of any country listed below may enter and stay in Georgia without visa for 90 calendar days in any 180-day period:
Australia
Austria
Aruba and netherlands antilles
Bahrain
Belgium
France
French Polynesia and new Caledonia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man
Korea
Bermuda Islands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Gibraltar
Bulgaria
Canada
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Faroe islands and Greenland
Finland
Romania
Saudi arabia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
TYPES OF GEORGIA VISA
Georgian visa has the following categories:
A1 category visa is issued to the top officials of foreign legislative and executive authorities, members of top- and high-level delegations, and accompanying family members, arriving in Georgia on state, official, business, friendly or unofficial visits;
A2 category visa is issued to employees of diplomatic and equivalent missions accredited to Georgia; consular officials and their family members; to employees of representation offices of international organizations located in Georgia who have been granted diplomatic status by Georgia, and to their family members;
A3 category visa is issued to diplomatic couriers and individuals arriving in Georgia on a special diplomatic mission;
A4 category visa is issued to honorary consuls of Georgia and their family members, if they are citizens of a foreign country;
A5 category visa is issued to individuals holding a business/official or ordinary passport and entering Georgia on various missions, in the national interests of Georgia, including persons having diplomatic passports coming to Georgia for working visits
B1 category visa is issued to members of foreign delegations, persons having service passports coming to Georgia for working visit, their accompanying family members and other accompanying persons;
B2 category visa is issued to administrative, technical and service personnel of foreign diplomatic missions, consular employees and service staff of consular offices, their family members and household workers; employees of international and humanitarian organizations located in Georgia and their family members as well as domestic workers accompanying the persons having A2 diplomatic visa;
B3 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia under international bilateral and multilateral treaties of Georgia, members of peacekeeping forces, and other military contingents deployed in Georgia under an international treaty and their family members;
B4 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia as members of different missions, which are in the national interests of Georgia.
C1 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia for tourism purposes;
C2 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia to visit relatives and friends, and to freelancers;
C3 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia to hold business meetings and negotiations, participants of scientific workshops, conferences and other research, pedagogical, cultural or sports events; persons arriving in Georgia to perform journalistic activity; crew members of the ships standing in Georgian harbours, unless visa-free movement of the crew members is provided by an international treaty; to the drivers and co-drivers performing international cargo / civil transportation;
C4 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia to receive or provide humanitarian assistance during life-threatening situations and situations hazardous to life and health, to carry out charity activities; a guardian or caregiver of a Georgian citizen, persons under guardianship or care of a Georgian citizen; persons arriving in Georgia for treatment; persons visiting graves of relatives and friends, persons arriving with the purpose of pilgrimage.
D1 category visa is issued to persons arriving in Georgia to work; representatives and consultants of companies coming to Georgia to perform their official duties; foreigners coming to Georgia for contracted work, and persons coming Georgia for carrying out entrepreneurial activity according to the Law of Georgia on entrepreneurial activity;
D2 category visa is issued for persons coming to Georgia to carry out scientific, sports, cultural or educational activity; freelancers; foreigners coming to Georgia as interns or volunteers; press workers coming to Georgia to carry out their professional activity;
D3 category visa is issued to persons coming for study or do research at an authorized educational institution or to those coming to Georgia as part of an international educational programme;
D4 category visa is issued to persons who come to Georgia for family reunification;
D5 category visa is issued to the person - and his/her family members - who, according to the rule established by Georgian legislation have the right to immovable property (except for agricultural land), with the market price above USD 35 000 equivalent in GEL.
T category visa is issued to foreigner who pass through Georgia to enter a third country. The maximum length of transit visa is 10 days.
General required documents for Georgia visa application including:
Depending on the purpose of travel, types of visa, some additional may be required to submit along with below common documents.
Tourist visa
Business visa
To obtain a Georgia visa, you should consider the following steps:
Make a check list of the documents that you need to submit along with your application form. Gather all the documents and keep them ready for submission.
Submit your completed visa application form in person or through a representative or travel agent at the Georgian Embassy or Consulate nearest to you, along with all the required documentation. Pay the applicable fee for your visa application at the time of submitting your application form.
After your visa is issued you will be notified about it. Collect your visa on time.
Typically, a visa takes anywhere from 2 days to 15+ days to process in the Georgia Embassy/Consulate depending on the consulate that we need to send the application. The processing time for a visa is dependent on several factors and can change without notice at the consulate’s discretion. Please contact to local embassy/consulate for the most up-to-date processing times for Georgia visas.
All applicants must download the visa application form, fill in the required details and submit it with mandatory documents to start the process for a Georgia visa.
You can download Georgia visa application form from internet or get directly from the embassy or consulate. It is recommended to contact nearest Georgia embassy or consulate before starting prepare all required documents for application process. If there is no Georgian Embassy in your country, then you can apply to the one in the closest neighbouring country.