Procedure to receive Georgian passport for residents of occupied regions simplified

The central Georgian government has simplified the procedure to receive a Georgian passport for individuals residing in the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). 

Receiving Georgian passports will provide opportunities for individuals to travel visa free in the EU Schengen Zone and enjoy other achievements of the country.

Receiving the Georgian passport in a one-month time period will be free of charge, while receiving the passport in an accelerated manner, in 15 days, will cost 50 GEL.

Only those will be able to take the Georgian passport who were born and lived in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali until 21 December 1991, or are the offspring of the people who were born and lived in the regions until the above-mentioned period.

The change is part of the government-initiated A step Towards Better Future initiative, which aims to improve the humanitarian, social and economic conditions of population of the two regions.

How one can take a Georgian passport?

• An individual who is interested in taking the Georgian passport or his/her representative should address the Georgian Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia or the Georgian diplomatic representation abroad with an application and represent an identification document issued in the occupied region.
• The individual will also able to make an appeal to the Service Development Agency with the help of international organisations acting in Georgia.
• If the information about the individual already exists in the data base of the agency, there will be no need of providing any documentation.
• In a one-month time the agency, with the cooperation with other Georgian state agencies, will recheck the information presented in the documentation and will make a decision whether or not issue a passport.
• The passport will be ready in 30 days and the service is free of charge.