365-day visa-free stay (Georgia (Country)): Requirements
Georgia (Country) residence route
365-day visa-free stay
Anyone who wants to try living in Georgia without any application at all.
- Income threshold
- No income test
- Minimum age
- None
- Validity
- One year from each entry.
- Permanent residence
- None. Time spent visa-free does not count toward residence.
- Processing
- Immediate
The financial test in detail
No requirement of any kind. U.S. citizens receive 365 days on arrival.
What the status gives you
- Renewal
- In practice by leaving and re-entering, which resets the clock. This is tolerated but it is not a residence right.
- Work rights
- Georgia permits foreigners to work and register businesses without a separate work permit, which is unusual.
- How much time you must spend there
- Not applicable.
- Citizenship
- Not a route.
- Government fees
- Visa: 0 USD.
Your document checklist for this route
1 documents in total, of which 0 need authentication: 0 through the U.S. Department of State and 0 through a Secretary of State.
- U.S. passport Identity and the physical book the visa is placed in. Lead time: Routine renewal takes weeks; check current published times
Why applications on this route fail
- It is a stay, not a status. You cannot build permanent residence on it, and the policy could be changed at any time.
- Extended presence still creates Georgian tax residence at 183 days, which matters even though the territorial system means foreign income is generally untaxed.
Apply here
- Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: visa information Current visa-free country list and conditions.
- 1 Obtain the record Order certified copies from the issuing authority. Do not use photocopies, scans or hospital souvenir certificates.
- 2 Notarise if required Letters and affidavits need a notary acknowledgement before any state can authenticate them. Government-issued vital records do not.
- 3 County clerk (some states) A handful of states require the county clerk to certify the notary commission before the Secretary of State will act.
- 4 Authenticate State-issued documents go to the Secretary of State of the issuing state. Federal documents go to the U.S. Department of State Office of Authentications.
- 5 Apostille or legalise Hague Convention destination: an apostille finishes the chain. Non-Hague destination: the document then goes to that country embassy or consulate for legalisation. For Georgia (Country) the apostille ends the chain.
- 6 Certified translation Translate the document together with its apostille. Translating first means paying twice.
- 7 File with the consulate Book the appointment at the consulate with jurisdiction over your state of residence and bring originals plus copies.
The expensive mistake: translating before the document is authenticated. The apostille or legalisation certificate is itself part of what the receiving government reads, so it has to be inside the translation. Do it the other way round and you pay for the same translation twice.
365-day visa-free stay: common questions
How much income do I need for the 365-day visa-free stay?
There is no published income test on this route. No requirement of any kind. U.S. citizens receive 365 days on arrival.
Can I work on this visa?
Georgia permits foreigners to work and register businesses without a separate work permit, which is unusual. This is the field applicants most often misread, and in several countries remote work for a U.S. employer counts as work performed locally.
What documents need an apostille?
For this route we count 0 documents needing authentication: 0 federal, through the U.S. Department of State, and 0 state-issued, through the Secretary of State of the issuing state. Georgia (Country) is a Hague Convention country, so an apostille completes the chain.
How long does it take?
Immediate The visa-free year requires no process at all. A residence permit typically takes one to three months.
How much time must I spend in the country?
Not applicable.
Does it lead to permanent residence?
Permanent residence: None. Time spent visa-free does not count toward residence.. Citizenship: Not a route..
Verified Sep 7, 2026
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This resource is provided free by Federal Apostille as an educational tool. It is not legal, tax, immigration or financial advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by using it. Immigration rules, income thresholds, fees and processing times change frequently and often without notice, and consulates apply them differently. Always confirm current requirements with the official government source and the specific consulate that has jurisdiction over your U.S. state of residence before you act. Every figure on this site carries the date we last verified it and a link to the primary source.
