Special Residence Permit — Compatriot Living Abroad

b) compatriot residing abroad – a citizen of Georgia who has been living in another state for a long time or a citizen of another state who is of Georgian origin and/or whose native language belongs to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages;

and to a foreign citizen who has a status of compatriot living abroad;

c) Georgian origin – the attribution of a person or his/her ancestor to any ethnic group residing in the territory of Georgia and the recognition of Georgia by such person as the country of his/her origin.

d) ancestor – five ascending lineal generations of a person;

e) close relatives – a spouse or a child of a compatriot residing abroad;

10. Close relatives of an applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad shall also be eligible to obtain the status of a compatriot residing abroad. The obligation of confirming the Georgian origin and/or the attribution of their native language to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages shall not apply to close relatives of the applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad.

2. The Georgian origin of an applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad or the attribution of his/her native language to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages shall be verified by an appropriate opinion issued by the relevant state authority. For the purposes of verifying the Georgian origin of a compatriot residing abroad or the attribution of his/her native language to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages, the relevant state authority shall be authorised to use a document or evidence submitted by an applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad, that verifies the Georgian origin of the person or the attribution of his/her native language to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages, and also to use the testimony of witnesses who are citizens of Georgia or a document submitted by social organisations that are interested in the matters related to compatriots residing abroad.

2. The documents referred to in the first paragraph of this article may be appended to the birth certificate of an applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad or a document that substitutes for the birth certificate, a characterisation and recommendation made by a social organisation of which the applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad is a member, and a document or evidence verifying the Georgian origin of the applicant for the status of a compatriot residing abroad, and the attribution of his/her native language to the group of the Georgian-Caucasian languages.

a copy of the document confirming the status of the compatriot living abroad;

A special residence permit is issued to an alien who is reasonably suspected to be a victim of, or affected by, the crime of trading in persons (human trafficking) in the cases provided for by the Law of Georgia on Combating Trading in Persons (Human Trafficking), to an alien in respect of whom a member of the Government of Georgia submits a written initiative on the issuance of a temporary Georgian residence permit, to persons referred to in Article 60 of this Law, and to a foreign citizen who has a status of compatriot living abroad.

) Georgian temporary residence permit provided for by Article 15(f) of this Law (except as provided for by subparagraph (d) of this paragraph) shall be issued for a term of one year for the first time;

3. The validity period of temporary residence permits provided for by paragraph 1 (except for paragraphs 1(d 1 ), (e) and (h)) and paragraph 2 of this article may be extended for up to not more than 12 years

d) a compatriot residing abroad has returned to Georgia to live;

2. A person shall have his/her period of stay in Georgia terminated if a decision is made to terminate his/her status of statelessness or his/her status of compatriot living abroad.

c) pay the service fees on concessional terms for filing an application to obtain the Georgian citizenship as provided for by the ordinance of the Government of Georgia.