Georgia investment residence: US$300, 000 and the five-year conditions

Eligibility & suitability

Two investment limbs with different ongoing duties

The statutory route covers an investment of at least US$300, 000 equivalent in GEL under the investment legislation, or ownership of non-agricultural real property whose market value exceeds US$300, 000 equivalent in GEL. The business limb says at least; the property limb says exceeds. Keep those conditions and the evidence separate.

A certified auditor’s investment report supports the business limb. Property requires title and the prescribed accredited valuation. The permit can be issued for five years, but its continued validity depends on the route-specific requirements; it should not be described as an unconditional five-year right purchased with a transfer.

The application includes a reference requirement

The agency lists a written reference from a member of the Georgian government or from three Georgian citizens authorised to represent a Georgia-based business entity. Identity, lawful stay, the investment or property evidence, photograph and fee are also required. A provider’s marketing quotation is not the official evidence checklist.

Plan the reference and certified evidence before selecting a submission date. Foreign documents may require the appropriate legalisation and translation. For each family member, prepare the sponsor-permit and kinship/dependency evidence rather than assuming the principal applicant’s file covers everyone.

Business turnover must be demonstrated each year

The business-investment route requires Revenue Service evidence of annual Georgian entrepreneurial turnover: at least US$50, 000 equivalent in GEL in year one, US$100, 000 in year two and US$120, 000 in each of years three, four and five. The law links failure to prove the required turnover to termination of the permit.

Turnover is not the same as profit, a bank balance or the original investment amount. The business plan needs an actual activity capable of meeting the conditions, with accounts and tax records supporting the certificate. Reinvesting capital without generating the required activity should not be assumed to satisfy this obligation.

Property ownership must remain eligible

A property-based holder must maintain the qualifying property right or meet the statutory conditions for a replacement. Selling first and deciding how to preserve the permit later can break the required evidence trail. Take advice on the actual sequence before substituting the property.

For indefinite stay after five years, the agency requires Public Registry evidence of the qualifying ownership over that period, including any lawful replacement. The lower-value short-term property residence route does not automatically gain these investment-route conditions or rights.

Family scope is specific

The investment definition includes a spouse, a minor child and specified fully dependent support/disability/incapacity categories. It is not a blanket right to include every adult child, parent or financially assisted relative. Establish the precise category and supporting legal/medical/dependency evidence.

Marriage recognition must also be checked: the cited law does not recognise same-sex marriage or alternative unions, including foreign-recognised unions. The family’s long-term plan may need independent residence routes for adults who cannot use the spouse category.

Work, indefinite residence and citizenship remain separate

The current Labour Migration Law excludes holders of a valid investment residence permit from its scope. This does not exempt the holder from tax, business licensing or other applicable employment law. The individual’s 183-day residence analysis and the source of income still need to be documented.

Before the five-year permit expires, apply for indefinite stay with the required final-year turnover or property-continuity evidence. Citizenship is a separate process with residence, knowledge and nationality conditions; no guaranteed citizenship-by-investment outcome is established by this permit. We can help coordinate the investment review, immigration file and tax/operating implementation.