Time in Tbilisi: March 29, 2024 06:29
From now on, Georgian citizens no longer need a visa to travel to the Schengen Zone.
The regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians entered into effect today, Tuesday, March 28.
#GeorgiaEUVisaFree TweetsThe first travelers from Georgia have already crossed the EU border and are currently in the Greek capital of Athens – the cradle of the European civilization.
The Agenda.ge team is among them to report our experiences of the new border-crossing process. We will also share the stories of other Georgians traveling to the EU visa-free for the first time on our social media channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #GeorgiaEUVisaFree.
From Europe to Europe-a path successfully covered by #Georgia. #VisaFreepic.twitter.com/AlfcrT1OrL
— Giorgi Kvirikashvili (@KvirikashviliGi) March 28, 2017
PM Kvirikashvili is accompanied by 20 successful students on the first visa free trip from Georgia to the EU. Photo by Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili gave a speech at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. You can listen to his speech below.
From Athens, the Georgian delegation will travel to Brussels, Belgium – the political heart of the EU.
Follow Agenda.ge’s social media channels in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see the global picture and the interesting details of the new reality of visa-free travel between Georgia and the EU.
Agenda.ge’s team of journalists will be some of the first Georgian citizens to cross the EU border without a visa requirement early tomorrow morning.
Georgia is taking steps to ensure its citizens do not violate EU visa-free travel rules as the visa-free regime for Georgian citizens to the European Union comes into force tomorrow.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze says that, first of all, the European Union (EU) visa waiver is a recognition of the efficacy of Georgia’s recent reforms and institutions.
The regulation letting Georgian citizens travel to the Schengen Zone without a visa comes into full effect on Tuesday, March 28.
Today is a day Georgians have awaited for years. A number of international leaders have taken to Twitter to share their happiness for Georgia. Some of them even issued a congratulatory video message in Georgian.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hosted his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Kvirikashvili, stating it was an honour for him that Greece had been chosen as his first visa-free destination.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk said today is a special day as visa free regime for Georgian citizens to the European Union (EU) has entered into force.
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker says that March 28 was a great success for both Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite during his first visa-free visit to Vilnius.
One month on from the introduction of the visa-free regime between Georgia and the European Union (EU) unofficial preliminary data is now rolling in. Between March 28 and April 27, 11,700 citizens of Georgia travelled visa-free in Schengen area and only 26 people were denied entry at the border.
Seventy-nine days on from the introduction of the visa-free regime between Georgia and European Union (EU) preliminary data is now rolling in.
Three months on from the introduction of the visa-free regime between Georgia and the European Union (EU) unofficial preliminary data is now rolling in.
Between March 28 and June 28, slightly more than 37,600 citizens of Georgia have travelled visa-free in Schengen area and only 0.3 percent or 113 people were denied entry at the border.
Georgia’s Deputy Interior Minister Shalva Khutsishvili says that 55,000 Georgian citizens have made use of Georgia-EU visa-free travel since March 28, 2017. 3,000 of those people have not yet returned back, after the expiration of the 90-day period, Khutsishvili told IPN news agency, saying this may not necessarily mean that the people violated the agreement rule.
Georgia is the closest and most important partner of the European Union in the region, says the Chair of the EU Council’s Political and Security Committee (PSC) Walter Stevens. A delegation from the PSC is paying a visit to Tbilisi, Georgia.
Georgia’s Ministry for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration has informed the local media that between March 28 and October 20, a total of 161,885 Georgian citizens have traveled visa-free to the EU’s Schengen Zone.
Almost all countries that were granted the visa-free regime with the European Union (EU) had initially similar violation statistics as Georgia, says the Deputy State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia.
The official data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reads that between March 28 and November 2 in total 165,059 Georgians used the benefit of visa free travel to the EU.
Georgia continues to fulfill its visa liberalisation requirements, but there is a number of specific areas where further improvement of the implementation is expected. This is stressed in today’s report by the European Commission on fulfillment of visa liberalisation benchmarks.
The government of Georgia has announced changes in the law that will introduce tougher sanctions against Georgian citizens violating the Georgia-EU visa-free travel agreement.The announcement came after today’s special meeting at the government of Georgia headquarters.
The Georgian Ministry of Justice and its Service Development Agency have created an application to help Georgian citizens calculate their days in the Schengen Zone and avoid the violation of the terms of legal stay.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has confirmed today that new regulations will be established concerning the changing of surnames to prevent Georgian citizens from violating the Georgia-EU visa free regulations.
Almost a year ago, visa-free travel regulations for Georgian citizens traveling to the European Union (EU) went into force. Welcoming the special anniversary at a government session this morning, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said this is one of the country’s greatest achievements.
Within a year of the Georgia-EU visa free agreement, 192,453 Georgian citizens have visited the Schengen Zone 258,663 times, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports. Deputy Interior Minister Nino Javakhadze stated that in total 1,001 Georgians were refused entry into the EU passport-free zone.
This time last year, a small Georgian delegation led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili left for a historic trip on which Georgians travelled visa-free for the first time to the European Union (EU).
The Georgian passport has taken five steps forward and now ranks 48th in international the passport index rating published by Henley & Partners.
Georgia and the EU will sign several deals tomorrow in Brussels at what will be the first of a new, unique format of meeting between the two parties. The deals will provide up to €231 million in support for Georgian education, economy and businesses.
411 Georgian citizens were deported from the EU member states between August and November of 2018, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports.
The Georgian parliament has approved a bill with its third and the final reading which provides for imprisonment as punishment for providing support to a Georgian citizen to stay illegally in a foreign country.
Georgia has taken 15th place in the global passport power rank 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. A real-time global-ranking of the world’s passports, Passport Index, ranks passports by their total mobility score.
Four years ago on this day the regulation lifting visa requirements for Georgians to travel to the European Union entered into effect.