Georgia Digital Nomad Program (Remotely from Georgia)

Georgia has no digital nomad visa in operation. The program often called the Georgia digital nomad visa was Remotely from Georgia, a pandemic-era project that let nationals of countries on Georgia's visa-free list get prior permission to enter and work remotely while borders were closed to most travelers. It was never a visa.

• Status: suspended
• Applications: the online form has shown as inactive in every archived capture since March 2022
• Official page: the Foreign Ministry's notice still describes the project, pandemic quarantine rules included, but no official page lists it as open

No closure act was published, so the project counts as suspended rather than closed. Remote workers now use the one-year visa-free stay, and since Law No. 1509 took effect in 2026, remote work for foreign employers needs no work permit. The Georgia guide covers all current options.

While it ran, the project was open to nationals of countries on Georgia's visa-free list who worked remotely for employers or clients abroad. It asked for income of $2,000 a month, a historical requirement that no longer applies to anything.

Today the same travelers can enter without a visa and stay 1 year if their nationality is on the list, with no income test. No work permit is needed to work from Georgia for a non-resident employer or client when the work relates to that party's activity outside Georgia. Work for Georgian employers, local clients or a Georgian business needs a work permit.

The project's historical requirements were proof of last year's income showing at least $2,000 a month, and health insurance valid for at least six months. Neither applies now.

Visa-free visitors now need health and accident insurance for the whole stay with a limit of at least GEL 30,000, a rule in force since Jan. 1, 2026.

No official fee was published for the project, and there's nothing to pay now. The visa-free stay is free; the costs are insurance and, for local work, a work permit of GEL 200 at the standard 30-day issue.

There's no way to apply: the project's form is inactive. Remote workers from the visa-free list enter Georgia at the border with a passport and insurance, as the visa-free stay page explains.

Those who will work for Georgian employers or clients need a work permit, applied for through the labour migration portal.

The project set no stay length of its own; participants stayed under the one-year visa-free rule, which still applies. No extension procedure. Neither the ordinance nor the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens says how the one-year stay restarts after leaving Georgia; restarting the year on re-entry is border practice, not a written right.

For stays of several years, Georgia's residence permits are the route, including permits for property owners, investors and IT specialists described in the Georgia guide.

The suspended project never came with a tax regime. Under Georgia's Tax Code (Article 34), as the tax authority summarizes it for the OECD, a person who spends 183 days or more in Georgia in any continuous 12-month period ending in the tax year is tax resident. Any part of a day in the country counts as a full day.

A full visa-free year can therefore make a remote worker tax resident. Georgia also lets high-net-worth individuals obtain tax residence by certificate. Freelancers who register as individual entrepreneurs can apply for Small Business Status, a reduced-rate regime; its current rates and turnover cap should be confirmed with the Revenue Service. Anyone near the threshold should check how their foreign income is treated and whether a tax treaty applies.