---
title: "Asylum Applications"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/migration-and-immigration-law-en/asylum-applications-en"
field: "Migration & Immigration Law"
description: "Asylum applications in Georgia: procedure, questioning within 10 working days, examination in 6 months, 9-month extension and the 21-month cap. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-15"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Asylum Applications

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/migration-and-immigration-law-en/asylum-applications-en

## The Right to Seek International Protection and Its Procedure

An alien or a stateless person has the right to seek international protection both when entering Georgia at the state border and while staying on the territory of Georgia. Where entry or presence is unlawful, the person must immediately apply to the state agency with a request for international protection, and, with the law's qualification, is released from criminal liability. The state agency must ensure the translation, into a language understandable to the person, of the information necessary to make the asylum procedure accessible; the asylum procedure itself is regulated by a normative act of the Minister. Upon receipt of the request the state agency draws up a protocol, the original of which is sent to the Ministry within 3 working days, while a copy is handed to the applicant. Where necessary, placement in a reception centre for asylum seekers or resettlement elsewhere is carried out under the procedure established by the Minister's normative act.

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### How quickly must a person who entered unlawfully apply?

Immediately; with the law's qualification, the person is released from criminal liability.

### Who draws up the protocol of the request?

The state agency receiving the request; the original is forwarded to the Ministry within 3 working days.

### From what age are fingerprints taken?

After registration, from an asylum seeker over 14 years of age.

### What happens with a person in expulsion proceedings?

Their application is examined no later than 1 month from registration.