Entry checker

At the border

What to carry: United States of America passport

Georgian passport control is quick: the officer takes your passport, may ask how long you are staying, stamps it and hands it back. These are the papers that make that true for you.

Count your days on the Interior Ministry's days calculator, not from memory. Since 1 October 2025 an overstay of up to three months costs 1,000 GEL, up to a year 2,000 GEL and beyond that 3,000 GEL, each with an entry ban. Our visa and entry guide has the full rules, the e-visa steps, residence permits and the 2026 labour law for anyone planning to work here.

Every passport, 8 October 2026

The rule for each passport

The ministry's answer for all 193 passports it lists, in four groups. Insurance applies to every one of them.

One full year without a visa

The government's visa-free list, Ordinance 255: 90 countries plus the British overseas territories and Crown Dependencies. A year from the day you enter, no registration, no fee; EU citizens may use a national identity card.

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British overseas territories and Crown Dependencies, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vatican City (Holy See).

Visa-free under an agreement (11)

Bilateral agreements, each with its own limit, as the ministry prints it.

Visa needed, e-visa available (32)

Apply at evisa.gov.ge, the only official e-visa site, for $20 plus a 2% service fee. Anyone charging $60 to $150 for the same document is reselling it. A valid visa or residence permit from the EU, Schengen area, UK, US or a similar country replaces the e-visa for 90 days in 180.

Days per stay. Single entry within 120 days unless marked multiple, which is multiple entry within 180 days.

Visa needed, apply at an embassy (59)

The e-visa portal did not issue to these passports on 8 October 2026; the application goes through a Georgian embassy or consulate, which the ministry's consular portal lists. A valid visa or residence permit from the EU, Schengen area, UK, US or a similar country lets you in without one for 90 days in 180. For the passports marked with an asterisk a Gulf visa or permit counts only if it is multiple-entry with at least a year left.

Afghanistan*, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh*, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon*, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic)*, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire*, Eritrea*, Eswatini, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana*, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco*, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria*, Pakistan*, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia*, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan*, Syria*, Tanzania*, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda*, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen*, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

The insurance rule

Under the Law on Tourism, every tourist entering Georgia since 1 January 2026 must hold health and accident insurance for the whole stay, arrival and departure days included, with a sum insured of at least 30,000 GEL (about $11,500). The policy can come from a Georgian or a foreign insurer, in Georgian or English, on paper or on your phone, and must name the parties, the territory, the dates, the risks, the limit and the premium. Airlines have started asking at check-in, and the Border Police can ask at the booth. Our insurance guide goes through policy wording that meets the rule.

Where each answer comes from

We read the ministry's answer for every passport directly, so the list is the government's, not a third-party visa site's. The page is rebuilt with each re-read, and the date at the top is the day of the last one.