Swiss citizens allowed to enter Georgia with IDs
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Swiss citizens will be allowed to enter Georgia with their ID cards alone, a decree signed by Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia reads.
Swiss citizens are able to enter Georgia with their travel documents, as well as with their ID cards which include their name, surname, date of birth and a photo,” says the decree which is already in force.
Staring March 2017, when Georgia was granted a visa waiver with the EU, Georgian citizens holding biometric passports were also able to enter Switzerland without a visa for 90 days in any 180 day period.
For longer trips, Georgian citizens must first seek visas.
Since the Russia-Georgia 2008 War, Switzerland has played the role of mediator between the two countries as Russia and Georgia have not restored their diplomatic relations so far.
Swiss President Ueli Maurer has sent kind wishes to the new Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia on his appointment in the post and announced the opening of a new embassy building in Tbilisi, which “will be opened in October.”
From October 1, Switzerland will add Georgia to its list of safe countries, joining the other 14 countries in the EU/Schengen zone to do the same.
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 President of Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard will pay an official visit to Georgia tomorrow. Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili will host Leuthard at an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace on December 4, which will be followed by a meeting between the two Presidents.