United Kingdom or Georgia
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| United Kingdom | Georgia | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | $ 93 202 | $ 17 070 |
| Citizenship | 6 years | 10 years |
| Partner can work | yes | yes |
| Parents | difficult | doable |
| Pets | difficult | no trouble |
| Pet limit | 5 | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 3 596 | $ 797 |
| Basket | $ 37,8 | $ 24,4 |
| Life expectancy | 81.39 | 74.66 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.12 | 2.03 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: United Kingdom — 45, Georgia — 15. Types present in both: work, study and family. United Kingdom adds: startup, talent, job seeking and working holiday. Georgia adds: investment and repatriation.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
United Kingdom: fees range from 206 to 3,635 GBP. Routes with no fee: 5. Routes stating an income threshold: 8; the lowest is 25,000 GBP a year. Routes with a published decision deadline: 36; the shortest is 21 days. Georgia: fees range from 300 to 500 GEL. Routes with no fee: 5.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: United Kingdom after 5 years, Georgia after 6 years. Citizenship: United Kingdom after 6 years, Georgia after 10 years. United Kingdom allows a second citizenship, Georgia does not.
United Kingdom in brief
A developed IT labour market in an English-speaking environment, with no employer tie for Global Talent and HPI visas — but the main route (Skilled Worker) needs a sponsor and restricts changing jobs. Reuniting with parents, your own or a partner's, runs through the same hard-to-use ADR route with a high bar for proving a care need. Dual citizenship is allowed; naturalisation takes about 6 years.
Georgia in brief
Georgia offers a quick and inexpensive start: visa-free stay of up to a year for around a hundred passports, territorial taxation with a 1% regime for sole traders, and simple business registration. The constraints: the country is not in the EU, local salaries are low, work permits were introduced in 2026, banks have been markedly stricter about opening accounts for non-residents since 2023, dual citizenship is effectively unavailable, and naturalisation requires 10 years and knowledge of Georgian. High seismicity and political tension complete the picture.
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