Corporate transfer — moving an employee from one position to another, within a country or across borders — affects, from the immigration standpoint, a status built on employment. In Georgia the work residence permit is tied to the employer, and that is precisely why a transfer is not merely an HR matter: it is also a question of preserving the status. This page explains how that link works under the Law of Georgia on the Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons, and how to plan so that the employee's movement does not damage the status.
How residence is tied to employment
The work residence permit is built on activity: an applicant submits to the Agency a document confirming labour or entrepreneurial activity and an income certificate — monthly income must not be less than five times the average consumer subsistence minimum — while the employer enterprise's turnover must reach at least 50 000 GEL per applicant (for educational and medical institutions — 35 000 GEL). This means the basis of the status is a concrete working relationship — and when that changes, the basis wavers.