Georgia

Salary in IT

—

Median

$ 17 070

Visa speed

days to weeks

Degree required

no

Language at work

Russian or English is enough in the relocation community

Changing employer

From 2026 the work permit is tied to the employer; check the rules

Visa types: Visa-free stays of 365 days · Work residence (with a special work permit from 2026) · Residence by investment (from $100k) · Residence through property ownership (threshold ~$100k)

Employers: TBC Bank, Bank of Georgia, relocated international and Russian tech companies

Georgian fees are set not by the agency's page but by the annex to Resolution No. 508 of the Government of Georgia of 29 December 2011, and it is built in two parts: a service fee plus a separate expediting fee. The field holds only the first part — the unconditional rate for the ordinary deadline; 300 GEL for ten days instead of thirty becomes 300 + 300, and adding them together would pass the surcharge off as the price of the permit. Five permits — the stateless person's residence permit, all three special ones and the temporary permit for victims of domestic violence — are exempt from payment under paragraphs 23¹ and 23², rather than costing 300 GEL as was recorded earlier by analogy with neighbouring routes. On 3 September 2026 the Agency rewrote the page of permits: it added a route for the spouse of a Georgian citizen with a single rate of 500 GEL, raised the IT permit to the 500/750/1000 scale under the new wording of paragraph 23³, and removed the amounts for the permanent and the unlimited residence permit, leaving only their deadlines. The figures for those two survive only in the tariff act itself, and that is where their source address now points.

Permanent residence after

6 years

Citizenship after

10 years

Language

Georgian (B1) for citizenship

Dual citizenship

not allowed

Absence limits: Naturalisation requires continuous residence; visa-free stays run to 365 days within a calendar year

Permanent residence is usually available after 6 years of temporary residence. Naturalisation comes after 10 years of continuous residence (5 years when married to a citizen), with exams in Georgian (B1), history and law. Dual citizenship is effectively prohibited.

Document certification

apostille

The country is party to the 1961 Hague Convention: a degree or certificate is authenticated with a single apostille in the country that issued it.

Limit

no limit

Quarantine

no

Antibody titre test

not needed

Preparation

~1 months

Cost per animal

$ 114 – $ 455

A microchip (ISO 11784/11785), rabies vaccination 21 days to 11 months before entry, additional vaccinations for dogs and cats, and an international veterinary certificate. There is no quarantine where the requirements are met. No antibody titre test is required, which is simpler than bringing an animal into the EU. Check the current rules with the NFA.

Situation

tension

About 20% of the territory (Abkhazia, South Ossetia) is outside Tbilisi's control. Domestic political polarisation and the protests of 2024.

Crime: Street crime is very low. The main questions are not crime but institutions and the political situation.

The main risks are earthquakes and the landslides and mudflows they cause, along with flash floods in mountain areas.

Type

Varied: humid subtropical in the west (the coast), moderately continental in the east

The climate varies greatly by region: a humid subtropical coast (Batumi is very rainy), dry hot valleys in the east and harsh mountains. The monthly figures are national averages.

Life expectancy

74.7 years

Migration

inflow

Healthcare: A universal healthcare programme is in place; the state system is weaker than in the EU, and private clinics are accessible and inexpensive.

Air: In central Tbilisi air pollution from traffic is noticeable.

Flows: A significant inflow of relocators after 2022, some of whom left in 2023-2024. At the same time locals continue to emigrate for work.

Bread, 500 g

$ 0,59

Milk, 1 l

$ 2,04

Eggs, 12

$ 2,55

Chicken breast, 1 kg

$ 6,19

Cheese, 1 kg

$ 8,10

Rice, 1 kg

$ 1,32

Potatoes, 1 kg

$ 0,74

Apples, 1 kg

$ 1,40

Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 l

$ 1,44

Total

$ 24,4

The same set for every country, so the comparison is fair.

Rent, 1 bedroom

$ 519 a month

Rent, 3 bedrooms

$ 948 a month

Utility bills

$ 76,8 a month

Home internet

$ 16,4 a month

Monthly transport pass

$ 13,6 a month

Single transport ticket

$ 0,35

Petrol, litre

$ 1,18

Cold medicine

$ 8,92 for a week

Country averages. City prices, where collected, are shown above and are more precise.

Life expectancy

74,7 years2024

Homicides

2 per 100k2019 · data lags behind

Road deaths

12,7 per 100k2021

Unemployment

12,1 %2025

Unemployment, ages 15–24

30,3 %2025

Inequality (Gini)

33,92024

Health spending per person

$ 554 a year

Air pollution, PM2.5

18,6 µg/m³2023

Access to clean water

97,3 %2024

Internet, fixed line

50,8 Mbit/s2026

Internet, mobile

168,8 Mbit/s2026

Governance

Political stability

below average · -0,6

Control of corruption

above average · 0,4

Rule of law

above average · 0,2

Government effectiveness

above average · 0,5

World Bank estimates on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale, higher is better.

Natural hazards

Earthquakes

7,2 out of 10

River floods

6,1 out of 10

Coastal floods

6 out of 10

Tropical cyclones

0 out of 10

Droughts

5,5 out of 10

Tsunamis

0 out of 10

Each value carries the year it refers to. “Data lags behind” means this country's figure was collected noticeably earlier than the rest. Natural hazards use one 0–10 scale and are meant to be compared against each other.

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