Work Residence Permit — Entrepreneurial Activity

Work  residence permit is issued to a labour immigrant registered with the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia or to an alien carrying out entrepreneurial activities in Georgia in a manner prescribed by the legislation of Georgia .

d) Document proving employment or entrepreneurial activity in Georgia (labour contract or any other proof of employment document);

f) Document issued by the LEPL Revenue Service proving that annual turnover of an alien’s employer/an enterprise founded by an alien (except for educational institutions or medical facilities) is not less than GEL 50 000 per alien seeking a work residence permit, and annual turnover of an educational institution or a medical facility is at least GEL 35 000 per each alien seeking a work residence permit;

e) Document confirming that an alien’s monthly income/remuneration earned from entrepreneurial or labour activities in Georgia is not less than the fivefold amount of the minimum subsistence level for the average consumer in Georgia. If the legal income of an alien cannot be proven with the documents of entrepreneurial or labour activities in Georgia (labour contract or any other proof of employment document), money deposited to an alien’s personal bank account may also be considered as an income (including a reference issued by a bank); taking into account the validity term of the work residence permit, the monthly amount of the money in an alien’s personal bank account should not be less than the fivefold amount of the minimum subsistence level for the average consumer in Georgia;

f) Document issued by the LEPL Revenue Service proving that annual turnover of an alien’s employer/an enterprise founded by an alien (except for educational institutions or medical facilities) is not less than GEL 50 000 per alien seeking a work residence permit, and annual turnover of an educational institution or a medical facility is at least GEL 35 000 per each alien seeking a work residence permit;

Work  residence permit is issued to a labour immigrant registered with the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia or to an alien carrying out entrepreneurial activities in Georgia in a manner prescribed by the legislation of Georgia .

Aliens in Georgia may carry out investment and business activity under the legislation of Georgia. In that case they shall have the same rights and duties as the citizens of Georgia, unless otherwise provided for by the legislation of Georgia.

c) a residence permit for the purpose of family reunification to be issued to family members of an alien holding a residence permit;

d) he/she terminated the activity or relations based on which he/she obtained a residency permit in Georgia;

To obtain a work residence permit, a labour immigrant registered with the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia or an alien carrying out entrepreneurial activities in Georgia in a manner prescribed by the legislation of Georgia shall submit the following documents to the Agency:

Processing times and fees 30 th calendar day                   GEL 300 20 th calendar day                   GEL 450 10 th calendar day                   GEL 600