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Citizens of the countries listed in Government Ordinance No 255 of 5 June 2015 may enter and stay without a visa for one full year. Article 10(3) of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons is the rule that points to that ordinance. There is no application, fee, or income test. The ordinance does not create a renewal. A later entry is a new admission, decided at the border. From 1 January 2026, Ordinance No 602 requires tourists to hold health and accident insurance of at least GEL 30,000 for the whole stay, on paper or electronically, in Georgian or English, from a Georgian or foreign insurer. At the National Bank of Georgia rate of 2.6019 lari per US dollar on 9 October 2026, GEL 30,000 is about USD 11,530. The Law on Tourism defines a tourist as a visitor staying overnight for not more than one year, other than to be employed by a resident entity. The Law on Labour Migration does not apply when the person works or provides services for a non-resident and that work relates to the non-resident's activity outside Georgia (article 1(4)(k), as amended by Law No 1509 of 15 April 2026). Work for a Georgian employer or Georgian clients is not covered by this stay and needs a right to work. A family member does not derive a stay from the principal. Each person uses their own passport. This stay is not a residence permit. Spending 183 days in any continuous 12-month period that ends in the tax year makes the person a Georgian tax resident for that whole year. Income that is not Georgian-source is exempt. Employment and services actually performed in Georgia are Georgian-source, and the place the money is received does not matter. The ordinary rate on that income is 20 percent. An individual entrepreneur who is granted small-business status is taxed at 1 percent on Georgian-source turnover, or 3 percent from the month gross income from economic activity exceeds GEL 500,000. Salary is outside the small-business base.
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Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source
no longer shown as giving access to a bank account. No official source confirms that this stay includes a right to open an account (matsne.gov.ge).
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