Permit processing is a full administrative cycle: from the written application to the permit certificate. This page covers the accompanying documents, the participating bodies, the timelines, the grounds for refusal and the moment the permitted action may begin.
The Application and Required Documentation
A permit seeker submits a written application to the issuing authority; the submission, examination, and acceptance into proceeding follow the procedure established by the General Administrative Code — apart from the exceptional cases provided for by law. The application must satisfy the requirements provided for by the General Administrative Code and must indicate which type of permit the seeker requests, together with a list of the attached documents.
The application must be accompanied by extracts from the public registry for private-law legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, by copies of identification documents established by Georgian legislation for natural persons, and by certified copies of founding documents for public-law legal entities. Proof of payment of the permit fee must also be attached, except for the exceptional cases provided for by law and where the seeker is a ministry or a state subordinated institution.
The fee, its payment into the budget and the refund of any overpayment are determined by the law on license and permit fees. Additional documents may be prescribed only by law; additional permit conditions from the specifics of the activity are determined by law or, on its basis, by a Government normative act or a decision of a municipal representative body.
Participation of Another Administrative Body
If the seeker already holds a permit for a similar action, the issuing authority does not re-examine the factual circumstances established when that permit was issued. The seeker is obliged to submit the factual circumstances satisfying additional permit conditions whose confirmation is not directly connected with the proceeding of issuance — that confirmation takes place in a separate administrative proceeding.
The seeker need not submit documents issued by another administrative body that serve as the basis for issuing the permit. As soon as it establishes that the application complies with the statutory requirements, the issuing authority transfers copies of the application and attached documents to the other administrative body under the procedure established by the General Administrative Code, no later than 3 days.
The other administrative body is obliged to establish the factual circumstances whose confirmation is not the seeker's duty; it may lodge a substantiated refusal. It must adopt a decision no later than 15 days from the submission to the issuing authority; where the period is insufficient, it may, no later than 5 days from receiving the materials, request an extension by a substantiated motion, and submit its decision to the issuer no later than 17 days. If within the period neither confirmation nor a substantiated refusal occurs, the additional permit conditions are deemed satisfied. Where the issuing authority rejects the other body's substantiated motion, the issuer is answerable for the resulting damage.