Founder of Sandbox
📍 Tbilisi
Lawyer, Mediator
📍 Tbilisi
Lawyer, co-founder of the company "Giorgi Pantsulaia and Partners".
Lawyer
📍 Tbilisi
Attorney at Law
📍 Tbilisi
Lawyer
📍 Tbilisi
Lawyer
📍 Tbilisi
Opening a branch of a foreign enterprise in Georgia is not only a business decision — it creates a separate task of staff immigration. This page explains how members of a branch's personnel legalise t
Business MigrationA foreign individual entrepreneur in Georgia works with three interlocking legal instruments: the right to conduct entrepreneurial activity, a D1 category immigration visa, and a work residence permit
Business MigrationThe investment residence permit is a separate capital-based route in Georgia's immigration system: it is granted to the alien and his or her family members who make an investment of a defined amount o
Business MigrationStartup Visa Programs represent an innovative immigration opportunity aimed at attracting technological and innovative businesses to Georgia. However, Georgia does not have a separate "Startup Visa" p
Citizenship & NaturalizationCitizenship by birth: grounds and protectionAcquisition of Georgian citizenship by descent (by birth) is governed by Article 10 of the Organic Law of Georgia on Citizenship. This is the primary form o
Citizenship & NaturalizationThe Real Mechanism of „Dual Citizenship“ — RetentionGeorgian law does not know the „granting of dual citizenship“ as such — the operative mechanism is retention. Under Article 21-1 of the Organic Law
Citizenship & NaturalizationThe requirements of the citizenship examination are defined by Articles 12, 24 and 29 of the Organic Law of Georgia on Citizenship. The examination subjects — the state language, the history of Georgi
Citizenship & NaturalizationAcquisition of Georgian citizenship by naturalisation is governed by Articles 12, 16, 22, 8 and 29 of the Organic Law of Georgia on Citizenship. This is the complete route for a person who does not ha
Citizenship & NaturalizationPreparing and submitting a naturalization application is the most critical and technically complex stage of obtaining Georgian citizenship. Citizenship is not automatically granted to foreigners simpl
Family ImmigrationA residence permit connected to a spouse in Georgia unites two entirely different legal tracks: temporary stay in the status of the spouse of an alien holding a residence permit, and permanent residen
Family ImmigrationA Minor's Application Is Submitted by the Legal RepresentativeThe distinguishing feature of a minor's residence permit procedure is the manner of submission: under paragraph 2 of Article 17 of the Law
Family ImmigrationBringing a parent to Georgia and legalising his or her stay is often assumed to be a formality, but the law draws strict boundaries here: the statutory concept of a "family member" does not cover ever
Foreign Property & TaxExpat tax planning in Georgia rests on four questions: who counts as a resident and how days are counted, how a non-resident's income is taxed at source, which incomes are exempt, and when activity cr
Foreign Property & TaxA tax residency certificate is one of those documents whose value lies in its content rather than its form: it certifies residency under the rule established by the Georgian Tax Code, and its practica
Foreign Property & TaxThe status of agricultural land in Georgian law is not a formality but a decision-bearing detail: the agrarian status of a plot directly determines whether an alien may acquire the land. This page exp
Foreign Property & TaxThe acquisition of immovable property by aliens in Georgia divides into two different regimes: non-agricultural property is acquired under the general rule, while on agricultural land the law establis
Immigration ComplianceLegalization and Apostille: Two Routes to Recognizing a Foreign Document Presenting a document issued abroad in Georgia often requires its external certification, and the law recognizes two routes for
Immigration ComplianceLegal translation is not simply transferring words from one language to another; it is the precise transformation of a document's legal force and content, playing a decisive role in any legal process.
