Residency and visas in Georgia

Residency in Georgia is separate from owning a company there, and a founder should treat them as two projects. The State Services Development Agency issues the permits, and the categories include work permits for entrepreneurial activity, investment permits and short-term permits tied to real estate. A foreign owner who wants to live in Georgia needs to know which route applies. The Agency says an application should be filed 40 calendar days before the lawful stay expires for most permit types, which is earlier than people expect.

Law firms and corporate service providers handle most of this work. Ask the firm which permit types it files for, whether it has handled applicants from your country, and what documents it needs from you before you travel. Check who attends the Agency appointment and what the quote covers if the application is returned.

Thirty-eight firms in Georgia offer residency and visa help: 16 law firms, 16 corporate service providers and six accounting firms. Thirty-three are small. Applicants can use English with 35 firms, Russian with 26 and Georgian with 19. IT, real estate and crypto are the sectors named most often, and 21 firms publish prices. The Tbilisi and Batumi pages show the firms by city.