Your papers
Your residence card renews by 14 Nov.
One rule changed this month: residence applications moved online (1 Sep).
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Today-15 dResidence applications moved onlinechanged · 1 Sep29 dSmall-business status filing15 Oct59 dYour 365 days end14 Nov
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Four shelves, and who keeps them true
Every guide says who checked it, and when. Out-of-date ones are marked.
14 guides
BasicsMoney, transport, the apps, 11211 guides
HomeRenting, districts, bills, moving9 guides
Health & familyClinics, dentists, school, pets12 guides
Papers365 days, residence, licence, notary 02
A first month, in order
For whoever just landed: what first, what can wait, and who did it this month.
0/9
A Georgian SIM
every other step sends an SMS
SIM, in 15 minutesTTom did it
A metro card
₾2 card, then ₾1 a ride, buses too
Getting aboutSSara did it
A bank account
passport only; try another branch, not another bank
A bank accountNNino did it
A flat, on paper
rent in lari, photograph the meters
Signing for a flatLLena did it
Your market
Dezerter on Saturday, with Keti
The market yearKKeti did it
Know your 365 days
a date to diary, not an emergency
The 365 days, and afterGGiorgi did it
A doctor in English
before you need one
A family doctor, in EnglishOOlga did it
Your first meetup
most wait until week four — go in week one
Tuesday Georgian at FabrikaGGiorgi did it
Six words
the bazaar ones first
Six words that matterKKeti did it
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What things actually cost
Not a guide’s estimate: a price somebody here paid this month, and what it bought.
- ₾1
a metro ride — tap any bank card
GGiorgi paid it · today
- ₾3
a string of churchkhela at Dezerter
KKeti paid it · this week
- ₾10
a SIM with 30 GB, Magti, no copy of the passport
DDato paid it · last week
- ₾1,400
a month for two rooms in Vera — the six-months-up-front flat
SSara paid it · September
- ₾45
pour-your-own candles, wax and wick in
OOlga paid it · Friday
- ₾80
a dentist check-up in English, Saburtalo
LLena paid it · Monday
- ₾30
a Bolt from the airport at 2 a.m. — the taxi desk asked ₾70
PPriya paid it · Sunday
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The guides, signed by people
Three steps, the one catch, and how many people said how it went.
- 1Passport and something with your address on it
- 2BOG or TBC — both do it in English
- 3Card in hand the same day
Non-residents are refused at some branches for no stated reason. If it happens, try another branch rather than another bank.
23 people said how it went
- 1You get a year visa-free on arrival
- 2Leaving and re-entering resets it
- 3For anything longer you need a residence permit
The reset is not a rule, it is a practice. It has tightened before and it can tighten again — do not build a life on it.
- 2 minutes at the border
- free
- Passport
61 people said how it went
- 1Agree the rent in lari, not dollars
- 2Photograph the meters on the day you move in
- 3Two copies, both signed, one is yours
A landlord asking for six months up front is not illegal and not normal. It is a negotiating position.
- An afternoon
- 1 month deposit
- Passport
38 people said how it went
- 1Private clinics take walk-ins
- 2Pay at the desk, keep the receipt
- 3Ask for the report in English — they have it
- Same day
- ₾50–120 for a consultation
- Passport, cash helps
17 people said how it went
ClinicGeorgian-run
Speaks English, does not upsell, and the crown was ready in a week.
Dr Nino, dentist
- vouched
- LLena
- by taxi
- 11 min
KOTGuideGeorgian-run
Giorgi, mountain guide
- vouched
- TTom
- by taxi
- comes to you
MDWine cellarGeorgian-run
Marani on Aghmashenebeli
- vouched
- NNino
- by taxi
- 8 min
AGPapers
Go at eight, take a number, and bring the old permit even if they say you do not need it.
Public Service Hall
- vouched
- KKeti
- by taxi
- 9 min
SIWhere people meet
Fabrika
- vouched
- GGiorgi
- by taxi
- 6 min
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