Georgia's One-Year Visa-Free Stay

Citizens of the countries on Georgia's visa-free list may stay for one full year per entry. That is the country in the Caucasus, not the US state, and the year works differently from almost every other visa-free allowance.

Last verified: August 2026

In short: citizens of the countries on Georgia's visa-free list may enter and stay in Georgia without a visa for one full year. The year is a continuous per-entry allowance counted from the day you enter, not a rolling window and not a calendar-year quota. Crossing the border out and back in starts a new year in practice, but re-entry is always at the border officer's discretion.

Limit: One full year (365 days)
Window: Per entry, from the day you arrive
Applies to: Citizens of listed visa-free countries
Reset: Exit and re-entry starts a new stay in practice
Longer stays: Require a visa or residence permit

The rule

Georgia runs one of the most generous visa-free regimes anywhere: the ordinance behind it says citizens of the listed countries may enter and stay without a visa for one full year. Three points decide most real cases:

The year is continuous and per entry. It runs from the day you enter. There is no 90/180-style arithmetic and no annual bank of days to manage; the only number that matters is how long the current stay has run.
Eligibility is by citizenship. The allowance belongs to nationals of the countries on the government's visa-free list, and a few entries on that list carry their own shorter terms. If your country is not listed, you need a visa, and this rule does not apply to you.
The list can change. The visa-free list is set by government ordinance and gets amended; a country's term can be shortened. Check the current list before relying on the full year.

How to count it

Note the day you entered Georgia. That day starts the clock.
Count forward one year. Your stay must end, or be interrupted by an exit, before the year is full.
After an exit and re-entry, count from the new entry date.

Example. You enter Georgia on 13 August 2026 and settle in for a long stretch of remote work.

You may remain until 12 August 2027 without any visa paperwork. If you fly out for a week in January, the clock restarts when you return: the new stay may again run up to a year from that entry date.

The border-run pattern, honestly

Because the year restarts on entry, many long-term visitors leave once a year and come straight back. That pattern is real and widely used, but it is not a written guarantee: admission is decided at the border each time, and an officer can question a pattern that looks like permanent residence conducted on visitor terms. If Georgia has become your base, a residence permit is the durable answer.

Beyond the day count

Staying long enough to enjoy the visa-free year has a tax edge worth knowing: spending 183 or more days in Georgia during any 12-month period can make you a Georgian tax resident. That is a separate rule with its own article: see Georgia's 183-day tax residency rule. And if you were looking for the US state instead, that is Georgia (the US state).

Official source: "Citizens of the countries listed in the annex may enter and stay in Georgia without visa for one full year," per Government of Georgia Ordinance No 255 (Legislative Herald of Georgia).

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FAQ

How long can you stay in Georgia visa-free?

Citizens of the countries on Georgia's visa-free list may enter and stay for one full year per entry, counted from the day of arrival. A few listed countries carry shorter terms.

Does leaving Georgia reset the visa-free year?

In practice yes: the year is a continuous per-entry allowance, so a new entry starts a new stay. Admission is still decided at the border each time, so a long-running border-run pattern is not a guarantee.

Is this the same as Georgian tax residency?

No. Immigration and tax are separate: spending 183 or more days in Georgia during any 12-month period can make you a tax resident even though your immigration status is a simple visa-free stay.