On Approval of the Procedures for Issuing, Extending, and Revoking Georgian Visas

Government of Georgia

Ordinance No 524

1 September 2014

Tbilisi

 

On Approving the Procedures for Issuing, Extending, and Revoking Georgian Visas

 

Article 1

The Procedure for Issuing, Extending and Revoking Georgian Visas attached to this document shall be approved under Article 6(9) and 71(1)(a) of the Law of Georgia on the Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons.

 

Article 2

The Ordinance shall enter into force from 1 September 2014.

 

Prime Minister                                                                   Irakli Gharibashvili

 

 

Procedure for Issuing, Extending and Revoking Georgian Visas

 

Article 1 - General provisions

The Procedure (‘the Procedure’) for Issuing, Extending and Revoking Georgian Visas (‘a visa’) regulates matters related to the issuance, extension and revocation of visas and determines the authority of competent public authorities in connection with these matters, unless otherwise provided by an international agreement or legislation of Georgia.

2. The terms used in these Procedures have the meaning ascribed to them in the Law of Georgia on the Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons, the Law of Georgia on Diplomatic Service, the Law of Georgia on Consular Activities and the legislation of Georgia.

 

Article 2 - Visa categories

1. Visas shall be divided into the following categories:

a) diplomatic (A category)

b) special (B category)

c) ordinary (C category)

d) immigration (D category)

e) transit (T category)

2. Visas may be short-term or long-term, single-entry or multiple-entry. A short-term visa may be issued with the right of single entry or multiple entries into Georgia, and a long-term visa shall only be multiple-entry.

3. A short-term single-entry visa shall be issued according to the number of days indicated by an alien in the visa application, but for not more than 30 calendar days.

4. A short-term multiple-entry visa shall be issued for a maximum of five years and the total time of an alien’s entry and stay in Georgia in any 180-day period shall not exceed 90 calendar days. A short-term multiple-entry visa shall be issued to aliens who obtained at least one visa in the previous year, have used that visa according to the legislation of Georgia and where there are grounds for requesting a short-term multiple-entry visa.

5. A long-term visa shall be issued with the right of multiple entries to Georgia for 90 calendar days. A long-term visa shall only be A2, B2, B3 or D categories.

6. As an exception, based on international legal or humanitarian or Georgian national interests, where an alien fails to meet the requirements and conditions for obtaining a visa, a short-term single-entry B4 Visa may be issued to aliens for 30 calendar days.

7. Based on an ordinary multiple-entry short-term visa of any category, the second and every subsequent entry into Georgia shall be possible, even if the purpose for which the visa of the given category was issued no longer exists or has been achieved, however there exists a purpose for another category of an ordinary multiple-entry short-term visa and/or conditions provided in the legislation for its issuance.

 

Article 3 – Diplomatic visas

Diplomatic visa categories:

a) A1 – for top officials of foreign legislative and executive authorities, members of top- and high-level delegations and their accompanying family members, arriving in Georgia on state, official, business, friendly or unofficial visits;

b) A2 – for employees of diplomatic and equivalent missions accredited to Georgia, as well as for consular officials and their family members; for employees of representation offices of international organisations located in Georgia who have been granted diplomatic status by Georgia, and for their family members;

c) A3 – for diplomatic couriers and persons arriving in Georgia on special diplomatic missions;

d) A4 – for honorary consuls of Georgia, provided they are foreign citizens;

e) A5 – in the national interests of Georgia, for persons holding a business/official or ordinary passport and entering Georgia on various missions.

 

Article 4 – Special visas

Special visa categories:

a) B1 – for members of foreign delegations, their accompanying family members and other accompanying persons;

b) B2 – for administrative, technical and service personnel of foreign diplomatic missions, consular employees and service personnel of consular offices, also for their family members and domestic workers; for employees of representative offices of international and humanitarian organisations located in Georgia and their family members who reside with them;

c) B3 – for persons arriving in Georgia under bilateral and multi-lateral treaties of Georgia, members of the peace-keeping forces and other military contingents deployed in Georgia under an international agreement of Georgia;

d) B4 – in the national interests of Georgia, for persons holding a business/official or ordinary passport and entering Georgia on various missions.

 

Article 5 – Ordinary visas

Ordinary visa categories:

a) C1 – for persons arriving in Georgia for tourism purposes;

b) C2 – for persons arriving in Georgia to visit relatives and friends; for freelancers;

c) C3 – for persons arriving in Georgia to hold business meetings and negotiations; participants of scientific workshops, conferences or other research, pedagogical, cultural or sports events; persons arriving in Georgia to engage in journalistic activity; crew members of ships anchored in Georgian harbours, unless visa-free movement of the crew members is provided by an international agreement of Georgia;

d) C4 – for persons arriving in Georgia to provide humanitarian assistance during situations posing risk to life and health, to carry out charity activities; a guardian or a custodian of a Georgian citizen; persons under guardianship or custody of a Georgian citizen; persons arriving in Georgia for medical reasons; persons visiting graves of relatives and friends; persons arriving for pilgrimage and establishing religious contacts; persons arriving on scientific, sports, cultural or educational missions.

 

Article 6 – Immigration visas

Immigration visa categories:

a) D1 – for persons arriving in Georgia to work; representatives and consultants of companies and firms who travel to Georgia in a professional capacity; mass media workers visiting Georgia in a professional capacity; aliens entering Georgia to perform contractual work;

b) D2 – for persons arriving in Georgia to carry out entrepreneurial activity under the Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs;

c) D3 – for persons arriving in Georgia to study at authorised educational institutions in Georgia;

d) D4 – for persons arriving in Georgia for family reunification.

 

Article 7 - Transit visas

A transit visa shall be issued for transiting the territory of Georgia (five days) in order to enter a third country.

 

Article 8 – Persons required to obtain a visa

Aliens, including persons who do not have a proof of citizenship of the country whose citizens do not require a visa to enter Georgia, shall obtain a visa to enter Georgia, except for the circumstances for visa-free entry determined by the legislation of Georgia.

  

Article 9 – Visa issuing authorities

Visas shall be issued by:

a) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (‘the Ministry’);

b) a foreign diplomatic mission of Georgia, a Georgian interests section in a diplomatic mission of a third country and a consular office (‘a diplomatic mission’);

c) the authorised body designated by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia. 

 

Article 10 – Visa issuance by the Ministry and by a diplomatic mission

1. Visas abroad shall be issued by a diplomatic mission. The decision on granting a visa shall be made by a consular official. A diplomatic mission shall be authorised to issue all categories of visas under the legislation of Georgia.

2. An alien, in whose country of citizenship Georgia has no diplomatic mission, may apply for a visa to a nearby diplomatic mission. The list of nearby diplomatic missions shall be determined under an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

3. An alien, in whose country of citizenship Georgia has a diplomatic mission and who is staying in a third state, may apply for a visa to the diplomatic mission located in the country of stay, provided he/she has a valid multiple-entry visa or a valid residence permit of the country of stay. When issuing visas to this category of aliens, the validity period of the above visa or residence permit of the country of stay shall be three months longer than that of the visa.

4. When extending the validity period of diplomatic and special visas in the territory of Georgia, visas shall be issued by the Ministry.

 

Article 11 – Issuing visas at the state border of Georgia

1. In the cases provided for in this article, the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall issue visas at the state border of Georgia after inspection at border checkpoints.

2. The authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia may issue only the following categories of visas in the following cases:

a) C3 – for crew members of ships anchored in Georgian harbours;

b) C4 - for persons travelling to Georgia to provide humanitarian assistance during situations posing a risk to life and health;

c) transit visas;

d) B4 category single-entry short-term visas, in cases provided in Article 2(6) of these Procedures.

3. The persons responsible for issuing visas at the state border of Georgia and their authority shall be determined by individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

  

Article 12 - Documents to be submitted to obtain a visa

1. To obtain a visa, the following documents shall be submitted to a visa issuing authority:

a) a completed visa application the form approved by normative act of the Ministry;

b) a travel document;

c) a document evidencing the payment of a consular fee determined by the Law of Georgia on Consular Fees, and if a visa is issued at the state border of Georgia, a document evidencing the payment of state duties under the Law of Georgia on State Dues, except where an alien is exempt from consular fees/state dues;

d) documents specified by these Procedures and by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and if a visa is issued at the state border of Georgia, documents specified by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

2. Along with a visa application, the documents confirming the following circumstances shall be submitted to a visa issuing authority:

a) purpose of travel and anticipated conditions;

b) availability of funds sufficient for travel throughout the intended period of travel;

c) health and accident insurance of a person;

d) assurances to enter the country of destination, if transiting the territory of Georgia.

3. Documents confirming the circumstances under paragraph two of this article need not be submitted if the visa issuing authority is aware of those circumstances.

4. To obtain A2, A3 and B2 visas, a visa issuing authority shall be furnished with a written request of the foreign office, diplomatic mission or consular office of the country concerned or of the organisation the employees of which enjoy a diplomatic or special/equivalent status.  

5. To issue visas to minors and/or persons with mental disorders, a visa issuing authority shall be furnished with the consent of their legal representative. The consent shall be expressed in a duly certified written form or in the written form expressed in the presence of a consular official or an authorised person of the Consular Department of the Ministry (‘the Department’).

6. If necessary, a visa issuing authority may request additional documents or invite a visa applicant or his/her representative for an interview in order to verify:

a) the applicant’s identity;

b) the authenticity of data indicated in the visa application and in the supporting documents;

c) the legality of funds;

d) the purpose, itinerary and duration of travel;

e) assurances of return.

7. When submitting a visa application, the applicant may choose the date of interview, which may be changed by the Ministry or by the diplomatic mission two days before the interview date.

8. A notarised invitation shall be presented to a visa issuing authority to obtain an ordinary visa, except where a category C1 visa is issued, or when a category C3 visa is issued to crew members of ships anchored in Georgian harbours and when a C4 visa is issued to provide humanitarian assistance in situations posing a risk to life and health;

9. If a person with representative powers performs acts identified in these Procedures, a document evidencing such representative powers shall be presented to the visa issuing authority.

10. If an alien has been fined under the legislation of Georgia for staying in Georgia unlawfully, a document evidencing payment of the fine shall be presented to the visa issuing authority.

11. An applicant shall be obligated to submit to the visa issuing authority all documents/information that are necessary for deciding the issue of granting a visa.

 

Article 13 - General requirements for the necessary documents

1. A visa application and documents necessary for obtaining a visa may be submitted to the Ministry or to a diplomatic mission, in the cases and according to the procedures laid down by an individual administrative-legal act of the Ministry, as a copy and/or as an original document, in an electronic and/or printed form, in person, through a website or by post.

2. To obtain a visa at the state border of Georgia, a visa application and documents necessary for obtaining a visa may be submitted to the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia in person.

3. If documents necessary for obtaining a visa are sent to the visa issuing authority by post, the postage costs shall be borne by the sender.

4. Documents necessary for obtaining a visa shall be submitted in the official language of Georgia or in English, except where otherwise provided in this paragraph. When reviewing an application for a short-term visa, a diplomatic mission may accept and review documents made in a foreign language.

5. If a foreign language document is translated, the document shall be submitted along with the translation certified in accordance with the legislation. A travel document containing the holder’s personal data in Latin transliteration shall be accepted without translation.

6. Documents that are necessary for obtaining a visa and that have been issued in another state shall be submitted after they have been duly legalised or apostillised, unless otherwise determined by an international agreement or by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

 

Article 14 - Visa applications

1. A visa application shall be completed according to rules established by a normative act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

2. A visa application may be submitted to a diplomatic mission not more than three months before the visa start date and to the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia – at the moment of inspection at the border checkpoint at the state border of Georgia.

3. A visa application may be submitted even while a previous visa is still valid.

4. A visa application shall be completed and submitted to a visa issuing authority:

a) by a person of full legal age and capacity wishing to obtain a visa;

b) by one of the parents or any other legal representative of a minor or of a person under guardianship or custody;

c) by a person holding a power of attorney certified in accordance with the legislation.

 

Article 15 - Invitations

1. An alien may be invited to Georgia by a Georgian citizen of full age and capacity, a person holding a Georgian residence permit or a legal person registered in Georgia, provided that the above persons are in Georgia at the moment of issuing the invitation.

2. The invitation form and the rules for completing it shall be approved by individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

 

Article 16 - Travel documents

A travel document submitted to obtain a visa shall meet the following criteria:

a) the validity period of the travel document shall continue for at least three months after the visa expires;

b) the travel document shall contain at least two blank pages to affix a visa form;

c) the travel document shall be issued in not more than the past 10 years.

 

Article 17 - Reviewing visa applications

1. When reviewing visa applications a visa issuing authority may request and obtain information necessary for making a decision on a visa application from public authorities, as well as from physical and legal persons, who shall provide the requested information within the following time limits:

a) for short-term visas – within 5 calendar days after receiving the request;

b) for long-term visas - within 15 calendar days after receiving the request;

c) for short-term visas, when the visa application processing time is reduced to two working days – not later than the next working day after receiving the request.

2. If the time specified in subparagraph (a) of paragraph one of this article is not sufficient to provide the information, the body/person obligated to provide the information shall accordingly notify the visa issuing authority by a reasoned written request. On the basis of the reasoned written request, the visa issuing authority shall decide whether or not to extend the period for making a decision on the visa application for up to 30 calendar days. In this case, the body/person obligated to provide information shall provide the information to the visa issuing authority within 15 calendar days after receiving the request.

3. If public authorities fail to submit any of the documents required under paragraphs one and two of this article to a visa issuing authority, it shall be considered that there are no grounds to refuse the visa and the visa issuing authority shall be obligated, based on available information, to complete the review of the application within the established time frames.

4. When reviewing and making a decision on a visa application, communication between public authorities, natural and legal persons may be carried out both in written and electronic form.

5. Diplomatic, special and immigration visas shall be granted by a diplomatic mission with approval of the Department.

6. A visa application review shall be based on the authenticity and reliability of the documents submitted by the applicant and the accuracy and credibility of the information provided.

7. Visa issuing authorities may apply visa issuance requirements established in these Procedures to aliens based on the principle of reciprocity.

8. A person may not hold more than one valid visa.

9. If the applicant is no longer interested in obtaining a visa, he/she may apply to the visa issuing authority and request termination of the proceeding. The visa issuing authority shall terminate the proceeding if a decision on the visa application has not been made.

10. The visa issuing authority shall communicate with the interested person in connection with the matters provided in these Procedures by officially communicating the notice/decision (by delivering or sending by post) or by e-mail.

11. Visa issuing authorities shall ensure that each of them have access to information on the visas issued by them.

 

Article 18 – Issuing visas in exceptional circumstances

1. In the cases specified in Article 2(6) of these Procedures, a written request of Georgian public authorities for issuance of a B4 single-entry short-term visa shall be submitted to the Ministry, except when the reasons for issuing a visa by way of exception is known to the Ministry.

2. The request of the Georgian public authorities shall indicate specific reasons for issuing a visa by exception, requirements/conditions that the alien wishing to obtain a visa fails to meet and the intended duration of the visa.

3. A diplomatic mission, in agreement with the Ministry, shall decide whether or not there are grounds for issuing a visa by exception. In cases where a visa is issued at the state border of Georgia or a special visa is extended, the Ministry shall decide whether or not there are grounds for issuing a visa by exception.

4. If a diplomatic mission or the Ministry decide that there are no grounds for issuing a visa by exception, this decision shall be forwarded to the public authority submitting the request.

5. The Ministry shall decide whether or not there are grounds for issuing a visa by exception at the state border of Georgia not later than two working days after receiving the written request.

6. When a visa is issued by exception, the alien shall only submit a visa application and a travel document.

 

Article 19 – Time frames for making a decision

1. Based on the documents submitted by an alien and the information obtained, a visa issuing authority shall make a decision on issuing or refusing to issue a visa.

2. The decision on refusing to grant a visa shall be made in writing in the form established by individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. The form of the decision on refusing to grant a visa at the state border of Georgia shall be established by individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

3. In the cases specified in Article 20(1)(f) and (g), it shall not be required to provide reasons for the decision to deny a visa.

4. The decision on a visa application shall be made within the following times after commencement of the review:

a) 10 calendar days – for short-term visas;

b) 30 calendar days – for long-term visas.

5. The time for making a decision on a short-term visa application may be extended by 30 calendar days if the visa application needs to be further examined.

6. A diplomatic mission shall make a decision on a short-term visa application within two business days after starting the review in the following cases:

a) when issuing A1 and B1 Visas – if the purpose of travel makes it impossible to use more visa processing time;

b) when issuing C4 Visas – to persons arriving in Georgia for medical reasons, if the necessity for urgent treatment is confirmed.

 

Article 20 - Reasons for refusing to issue a visa

1. An alien may be refused a visa if:

a) he/she does not have the documents required under the legislation of Georgia to enter Georgia;

b) he/she is barred from entering Georgia or has not paid a fine imposed on him/her for staying in Georgia unlawfully;

c) he/she has submitted incomplete or false information or documents to obtain or extend a Georgian visa;

d) he/she has not submitted the documents/information required under these Procedures or determined by the visa issuing authority or has improperly submitted them to obtain or extend a Georgian visa;

e) he/she does not have any health and accident insurance or sufficient funds to live in Georgia and to travel back;

f) his/her stay in Georgia prejudices the national security and/or public order of Georgia, the health, rights and legitimate interests of Georgian citizens and other persons residing in Georgia. the list of diseases that pose risk to the health of Georgian citizens and other persons residing in Georgia shall be made by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia;

g) his/her stay in Georgia is unacceptable due to external or political considerations;

h) there is a reasonable suspicion that he/she will stay in Georgia unlawfully after the visa expires or will violate the conditions prescribed by legislation for the issuance of the relevant visa category;

i) he/she does not give information or gives false information on his/her identity and the purpose of his/her travel;

j) during his/her stay in Georgia he/she commits a crime or an administrative offence or violates the rules regulating the stay of aliens in Georgia;

k) in the last three years he/she has been removed from Georgia, irrespective of whether or not he/she has been banned from re-entering Georgia.  

2. An alien may be denied a short-term visa if at the time of the requested visa start date the right to stay in Georgia for 90 calendar days in any 180-day period has expired.

 

Article 21 – Visa forms

1. The form of visas to be issued by the Ministry and diplomatic missions and the rules for completing visa forms and affixing them in travel documents shall be approved by a normative act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and the form of visas to be issued by the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the rule for completing visa forms and affixing them in travel documents shall be approved by a normative act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

2. The Ministry or diplomatic missions may issue visas electronically (Electronic Visas), and their form, rules for completion and circumstances in which a visa is required shall be determined under an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

3. If a travel document is lost or becomes unfit for use (wear, damage, etc.), the issued visa shall not be transferred/restored and a new visa shall be issued.

 

Article 22 – Handing over travel documents

1. After the decision on issuing a visa is made, the travel documents submitted to the visa issuing authority shall be delivered to:

a) the person of full age and capacity wishing to obtain the visa;

b) the legal representative of a minor or of a person under guardianship or custody, provided that the visa has been issued to the minor or the person under guardianship or custody;

c) the applicant;

d) any person of full age and capacity indicated in the visa application;

e) a person holding a power of attorney certified in accordance with legislation;

f) in cases of diplomatic and special visas, the authorised representative of the foreign office, diplomatic mission, consular office or the organisation whose employee was the alien who applied for the visa.

2. A travel document may be handed over to the person indicated in paragraph one of this article by giving the document to him/her in person in the offices of the visa issuing authority or by mailing the document to the address indicated in the visa application. The postage shall be borne by the interested person. The visa issuing authority shall not be responsible for the quality of the postal service, including damage or loss of the travel document.

3. If a travel document is delivered to an authorised person (except where it is sent by post), the person shall confirm receipt of the document by his/her signature.

     

Article 23 – Extension of visas      

1. Diplomatic and special visas may be extended in the territory of Georgia if the validity period of the visa obtained by an alien is not long enough to achieve the purposes for which the alien entered Georgia.

2. A diplomatic or special visa may be extended only if the request for the visa extension is submitted to the Ministry before the visa expires.

3. The Ministry shall make a decision whether or not to extend diplomatic and special visas within seven calendar days after the necessary documents are submitted. This time may be extended up to one month. An alien shall be deemed to be staying legally in Georgia until a decision on the visa extension is made.

4. A visa shall be extended under the same procedures under which it was issued.

 

Article 24 – Revocation of visas

1. Visas may be revoked if:

a) it is revealed that a false or invalid document has been submitted to obtain the visa;

b) the person holding the visa carries out an activity that endangers the national security of Georgia;

c) the purpose for which the visa was issued no longer exists or has not been achieved;

d) the visa holder has been removed from Georgia;

e) a visa issued to an alien overlaps the validity period of the already issued visa;

f) the travel document where the visa was affixed has been lost or becomes unfit for use (wear, damage, etc.), and the fact has become known to the appropriate authority specified in paragraph three of this article.

2. A visa shall be revoked if a decision is made to terminate the holder’s status as a stateless person in Georgia.

3. The Ministry shall make decisions on revoking diplomatic and special visas, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall make decisions on revoking ordinary, immigration and transit visas.

4. A visa shall be revoked and annulled if:

a) an alien is issued a new visa or a Georgian resident permit, the validity period of which overlaps the validity period of the previously issued visa or Georgian resident permit;

b) the alien to whom the visa was issued has obtained Georgian citizenship.

5. When a visa is revoked, if possible, the decision-making authority shall affix a stamp on the visa form stating ‘revoked’.

6. Public authorities and legal and/or natural persons shall be obliged to inform the appropriate visa issuing authority of the reasons for revoking the visa.

 

Article 25 – Appeal procedure

1. The decision of a visa issuing authority on refusing to issue/extend a visa, or on revoking a visa, may be appealed according to the procedures defined by this article and the legislation of Georgia.

2. The decision of a diplomatic mission on refusing to issue a visa may be appealed to the Ministry, and the decision of the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on denying a visa at the state border of Georgia may be appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, within one month after communication or publication of the respective decision.

3. In the cases provided in this article, the form of appeal to be submitted to the Ministry shall be established by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and form of appeal to be submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall be established by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

4. The appeal specified in this article shall be reviewed within one month after its submission. By decision of the Ministry/Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the period for reviewing an appeal may be extended by not more than one month. 

5. The decision of the Ministry/Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia on denying an appeal, also the decision of the Ministry on denying the extension of diplomatic and special visas may be appealed to the common courts of Georgia within one month after the decision is communicated or after the period fixed by paragraph four of this article for making decisions in connection with appeals expires.

 

Article 26 - Transitional provisions

1. Aliens who hold valid visas issued before 1 September 2014 may, based on that visa, enter Georgia any time and these Procedures shall not apply to them.

2. Aliens who do not need a visa to enter Georgia until 1 September 2014, or who have crossed the Georgian border on the basis of a visa issued before 1 September 2014, may submit a visa application and other required documents to the Ministry to obtain a long-term visa after 1 September 2014. The Ministry shall ensure that the submitted documents are forwarded to the diplomatic mission specified in Article 10(2) or (3) of these Procedures, and shall also ensure that the decision made by a diplomatic mission or a consular office on the issuance of a long-term visa is delivered to the authorised person.

3. Until the visa forms approved under this Ordinance are provided to the visa issuing authorities, the authorities shall use the visa forms approved by Joint Order No 155 - No 996 of 7 August 2009 of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia on Approving Georgian Visa Forms.

4. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shall ensure that the normative acts provided for in this Ordinance are approved.