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Georgia Investment Residence Permit

Georgia Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

Georgia's investment residence permit is based on at least USD $300,000 invested in Georgia or applicant-owned non-agricultural property whose certified market value exceeds USD $300,000. It can lead to an indefinite-stay permit after five years if the route-specific continuing conditions are proved.

Type
Five-year investment residence permit
Investment basis
USD $300,000+ Georgian investment or property certified above USD $300,000
Continuing conditions
Annual turnover milestones for the investment basis, or qualifying property ownership for five years
Later status
Separate indefinite-stay permit after five years if the route-specific evidence is complete
Minimum investment
USD $300,000 investment or property certified above USD $300,000
Investment choices
Georgia investment / applicant-owned non-agricultural property

Summary

Georgia's USD $300,000 route starts with a five-year investment residence permit. It is not immediate permanent residence. The principal applicant must use one of two official bases:

Each basis has a continuing five-year condition. The investment basis requires annual Georgian entrepreneurial-turnover evidence at rising levels. The property basis requires continuous qualifying ownership, with a tightly controlled replacement rule. If the condition is met for five years, the holder can make a separate application for a “residence permit for indefinite stay” before the five-year investment permit expires.

The file name for this page is historical. The current official title is “Investment Residence Permit,” followed later—if the requirements are met—by a separate indefinite-stay permit.

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Eligibility

USD $300,000 investment basis

The investment applicant needs evidence of at least USD $300,000 invested in Georgia under Georgia's investment legislation. The Public Service Development Agency (PSDA) specifically asks for an audit report from a certified auditor.

The official residence instructions do not say that simply holding USD $300,000 in savings, depositing it in any bank account, buying cryptocurrency, making an undocumented private loan, or purchasing any foreign asset qualifies. The applicant should obtain written confirmation that the proposed Georgian transaction is an accepted investment and that the auditor can issue the required report before transferring funds.

The PSDA also lists a written reference from either a member of the Government of Georgia or three Georgian citizens who are authorized to represent a Georgia-based business entity. This is a real application document, not an optional character reference.

USD $300,000 property basis

The property applicant needs registered title to immovable property in Georgia, other than agricultural land, whose certified market value exceeds USD $300,000 in GEL equivalent.

The applicant needs both the title document and a valuation from a certified assessor of a body accredited by the Georgian Accreditation Centre. The contract price, developer price, loan amount, or buyer's budget is not the legal valuation. “Exceeds” also means a value exactly equal to USD $300,000 does not satisfy the wording of the property test.

The official rule places ownership with the applicant. Company-owned property, a purchase contract without registered title, or unusual shared and beneficial ownership should not be assumed to qualify without a PSDA decision.

Other application documents

For the principal applicant, the PSDA currently lists:

Investment residence is expressly excepted from some of the restrictions that prevent other residence categories from being issued from ordinary C status or Georgia's special third-country visa/residence entry rule. It is also excepted from the PSDA's general 40-day-before-expiry instruction. The applicant must still meet the route's lawful-stay and filing rules and should confirm the exact filing basis with the PSDA.

Five-year obligation for the investment basis

An investment-permit holder who used the USD $300,000 investment basis must submit Revenue Service information each year showing annual turnover from entrepreneurial activity in Georgia of at least:

The law provides for termination of the investment residence permit if the holder fails to submit the information or the evidence does not prove the relevant annual threshold. The amount originally invested does not replace these yearly turnover duties.

Five-year obligation for the property basis

The property holder must maintain ownership of the qualifying property. A replacement can preserve the permit only if, before ownership of the original property ends, the holder submits to the PSDA a Public Registry extract showing ownership of replacement property with the same or greater value, supported by the required accredited appraisal.

Selling first and buying later risks termination. Before the fifth year ends, the indefinite-stay application needs a Public Registry certificate proving the required ownership over the five-year period, including a replacement made under the statutory rule.

Family members

For this permit, family members are defined as the investor's spouse, minor child, fully dependent beneficiary of support or disabled person, and a fully dependent person recognized as legally incapable under the relevant foreign law. Each family member makes a related application with their own travel and lawful-stay documents, proof of relationship, photograph, and fee evidence.

What This Route Allows

The initial investment residence permit can be issued for five years to the principal and qualifying family members. It provides residence during that period while the route-specific obligations are satisfied.

Before that five-year period expires, a compliant holder can apply separately for a residence permit for indefinite stay. For the investment basis, the filing includes the fifth-year turnover evidence. For the property basis, it includes the Public Registry evidence of five years of qualifying ownership. The law keeps the investment residence permit in force while a timely indefinite-stay application is being decided.

An indefinite-stay permit gives the right of permanent living. It is still not citizenship. Georgian citizenship requires a separate legal basis and application.

What This Route Is Not

This is not a direct permanent-residence purchase and not a citizenship-by-investment program. The five-year permit, annual or continuous obligations, and later application cannot be skipped.

It is not an open-ended list of financial assets. The official PSDA page identifies a qualifying Georgian investment proved by an auditor or personally owned qualifying non-agricultural property. A bank deposit, bond, fund, loan, crypto holding, or mixed portfolio should not be described as eligible unless the PSDA and required auditor confirm that the exact structure satisfies the investment law.

It is not enough to invest once and ignore the business. The investment basis has annual turnover milestones, and the property basis has a continuous-ownership rule. Missing the evidence can terminate the permit and prevent the later indefinite-stay application.

Next Steps

  1. Choose one official basis: qualifying Georgian investment or personally owned qualifying property. Do not combine unverified assets and assume their values can be added.
  2. For the investment basis, obtain Georgian legal and audit advice before transferring funds. Confirm that a certified auditor can document the transaction and that the business plan can produce the annual turnover evidence.
  3. For the property basis, complete title due diligence and obtain an accredited certified appraisal with a sensible margin above USD $300,000.
  4. Secure the required written reference from a government member or three authorized representatives of a Georgia-based business entity.
  5. Prepare travel, lawful-stay, investment or property, photograph, fee, relationship, and family documents, together with required Georgian translations.
  6. File the investment residence application with the PSDA and calendar every annual evidence deadline from the issue date.
  7. Do not change or sell qualifying property without first following the replacement procedure and submitting the new title and appraisal to the PSDA.
  8. Prepare the indefinite-stay application before the five-year permit expires. Do not wait until after expiry to assemble the Revenue Service or Public Registry proof.
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