When to Pay a Lawyer at the Public Service Hall, and When You're Paying for a Queue
Which Georgian immigration paperwork is genuinely do-it-yourself, which cases are worth a professional fee, and four questions to ask before you agree.
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Staying-Legally
The IT Residence Permit: Who It Is For, and Whether You Are One of Them
Georgia's IT residence permit: the two tests that decide eligibility, who it covers, and why it is not the digital nomad visa people keep searching for.
Temporary Residence Permits: The Grounds, and Which One You Actually Qualify For
Georgia's residence permit types, the PSDA fee ladder and the 40-day deadline with its exceptions — and which ground a freelancer or remote worker actually has.
Overstaying in Georgia: The Fines, the Database, and the Day It Stops Being Cheap
Georgia's overstay penalties changed on 1 October 2025: fines from 1,000 GEL, entry bans attached, and a ministry database of illegal presence.
The Insurance You Now Need at the Border: 30,000 GEL, and What Counts
Georgia has checked insurance at entry since 1 January 2026: the two coverage minimums, the format the border accepts, and the mistakes that turn people back.
The 365 Days: How Georgia Counts Them, and What the Border Run Still Does
What Ordinance No. 255 says about Georgia's visa-free year, what it pointedly does not say, and why a border run no longer solves the problem it used to.
Staying in Tbilisi Legally: Every Route, Ranked by What It Costs You
The routes to a legal long stay in Georgia, ranked by what each one costs in fees and in effort — and why the visa-free year is no longer a plan on its own.