What the D1 Visa and Work Residence Permit Are
Georgia's visas are divided into categories — diplomatic, special, ordinary, immigration and transit — and each may be short-term or long-term. For arrival connected with employment, the immigration visa of category D1 is intended: it belongs to a labor immigrant registered in the unified database of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs, who enters Georgia for labor arrangement with a local employer and to conduct remunerated labor activity, and also to representatives and consultants of companies and firms. After arrival, a work residence permit connected with labor activity is issued — it is granted to a registered labor immigrant or to a foreigner conducting entrepreneurial activity in Georgia. These two instruments — the visa and the residence permit — together form the legal trajectory of labor migration: the visa provides the basis for crossing the border, while the residence permit regulates the status of long lawful stay and work in the country, each with its own requirements and documentation.