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- Minimum income
- No fixed floor
- Initial duration
- 1 year
- Renewable
- Health insurance
- Required in practice
- Full visa period
- Tax treatment
- Territorial taxation
- Individual Entrepreneur (Small Business Status, 1% turnover tax)
- Path to residence
- Indirect (switch required)
- Family can join
- Government fee
- —
All requirements in detail
- Official name
- Visa-free stay up to 365 days (Ordinance No 255); commonly combined with Individual Entrepreneur + Small Business Status (1%)
- Visa type
- Remote work permit
- Status
- Active
- Income basis
- Mixed (salary, freelance or savings)
- Working for local clients
- Limited
- Path to citizenship
- No
- Where to apply
- Online, In country
- Processing time
- —
- Tax residency trigger
- 183 days
Insurance requirement, verbatim intent: No insurance is legally required for plain visa-free entry, but travel/health insurance for the stay is strongly advised because foreigners have no access to Georgia's public health programme.
Tax notes: Tax residency after 183+ days in any continuous 12-month period. Territorial basis: foreign-source income of residents is exempt; only Georgian-source income is taxed. An Individual Entrepreneur with Small Business Status pays 1% on turnover up to GEL 500,000/year. Consulting/legal/medical and licensed activities are excluded from the 1% regime.
Insurance requirement
Insurance that meets the Georgia Remote requirements
Required in practice, for: full visa period. These plans match the published requirement:
SafetyWing (underwritten by SafetyWing Insurance I.I., Puerto Rico; Complete health portion by VUMI Group I.I.) · Nomad subscription
Worldwide nomad travel-medical subscription providing the privately-arranged cover advised for the visa-free year.
- Subscription model: Essential auto-extends every 28 days (5-364 days per policy) and can be bought while already abroad; coverage in 170+ countries
- No deductible on either plan; Essential also includes travel benefits (lost checked luggage, trip interruption, evacuation from local unrest)
- Complete is full health insurance (USD 1.5M/year) including routine and preventive care, mental health, cancer treatment and limited maternity; renewable for life if enrolled before age 64
from €54.36 /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Genki UG (policyholder/agent); underwritten by Squarelife Insurance AG, Liechtenstein · Long-stay travel insurance
Long-stay travel-health insurance (EUR 1M) valid in Georgia for a renewable year.
- Up to EUR 1,000,000 medical coverage valid in every country for up to 12 months, with monthly billing and cancellation possible after the first month
- Sign-up is possible while already abroad and up to age 69; insurance certificate for visa applications and border checks is issued immediately after the first payment
- 24/7 emergency assistance (MCI Assist) with direct payment for inpatient hospital stays and no deductible on inpatient treatment
from €63.90 /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Cigna Global Health Options – International Health Plans (Silver / Gold / Platinum)
Likely qualifyingCigna Healthcare (Cigna Global Insurance Company Limited) · International health insurance
Full international health insurance with no upper enrollment age covering Georgia.
- Three core tiers with annual maximums of $1M/€800k (Silver), $2M/€1.6M (Gold) and paid-in-full with no overall cap (Platinum)
- No upper enrollment age (18+); insurer states it does not terminate policies based on age
- Modular design: outpatient, evacuation & crisis assistance, health & wellbeing, vision & dental can be added; deductibles ($0-$10,000) and cost shares (0-30%) reduce the premium
from — /mo
View plans (opens in a new tab)Beyond the visa
Georgia — the rest of the move
The visa is step one. Here is the rest of what it takes to live here — each researched and sourced.
Sources
- Official gazette List of visa-free countries (Government Ordinance No 255, consolidated) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15
- Government Revenue Service of Georgia — Small Business (Special Tax Statuses) (opens in a new tab) accessed 2026-06-15