Visa policy of Georgia

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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^[1] and the CIS Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Cases signed on 22 January 1993^[2] remain in force.

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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:^[5][6][7][8]

_{ID - May enter with an ID card.
ID* - May enter with an ID card if arriving directly from the country of nationality.
PB - For holders of biometric passports only.
1 - Also applies to holders of passports issued by Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Turks and Caicos Islands.
2 - No more than 90 days within any 180 days.}

All visitors may enter without a visa if they meet one of the following conditions:^[16]

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:^[17][18]

_{1 - Except Anguilla, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha.
2 - There have been many cases where those holding valid residency of GCC countries have been denied access without assigning any reason, especially if they are citizens of India, Pakistan and Palestine.^[19][20]}

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.^[21]

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.

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.

Most visitors arriving in Georgia were from the following countries of nationality (dynamic table including 2014):^[22]

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

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Georgia.

• Visa policy of Abkhazia
• Visa policy of South Ossetia
• Visa requirements for Georgian citizens

• Visa Information for Foreign Citizens
• Georgia Visit Planning Calculator
• Citizens and stateless persons permanently residing in the countries that may enter Georgia without a visa for short-term visit (Not exceeding 90 calendar days in any 180-day period)
• Official Website of Georgia E-visa