---
title: "Permit Processing"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/permit-processing-en"
field: "Licensing & Regulatory Permits"
description: "Permit processing in Georgia: application documents, issuance rules, refusal grounds and certificates. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Permit Processing

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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.

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### Which documents accompany a permit application?

Registry extracts for private-law entities and individual entrepreneurs, identification document copies for natural persons, certified founding documents for public-law entities, and proof of payment of the fee.

### Within how many days does the other administrative body decide?

No later than 15 days from submission to the issuer; where necessary it requests an extension within 5 days and submits its decision within 17 days.

### What are the grounds for refusal?

Non-compliance of the application with the law left uncorrected within the set period; failure to satisfy the permit conditions; and deprivation of the activity right by a court judgment that has entered into force.

### May the action begin before receiving the certificate?

Yes — where a decision on issuance has been adopted, on the basis of the administrative act. If no decision is adopted within the statutory period, the action is possible only after receiving the certificate.

### What happens when the certificate is lost?

Until its restoration, the permit holder continues the permitted action on the basis of the relevant administrative act.