Do you need a Georgian residence permit if you run a Georgian sole proprietorship and work online with foreign clients?
Based on 2 discussions with 3 participants · Last activity: 11 days ago
TL;DR
A work permit and residence permit are formally required if you provide services to Georgian citizens inside Georgia; working online with foreign (non-Georgian) clients via a Georgian sole proprietorship/small business status isn't clearly covered by that rule, and no definitive answer was given in the chat.
What the community said
Georgia treats its own citizens purely as Georgian citizens with all legal consequences that entails; to obtain another country's citizenship, a Georgian citizen needs formal consent from Georgian state authorities.
13 days ago
Someone relocating away from Georgia but continuing to receive payment for online information services from foreign (non-Georgian) clients, via a Georgian sole proprietorship with small-business tax status, asked whether a residence permit is required in this case — no clear-cut answer was given.
14 days ago Sole proprietorship + small-business status
If you provide services to Georgian citizens while inside Georgia, the law requires you to get a work permit; once you have the permit, you're obligated to get a residence permit, and to qualify for that residence permit you must show a business turnover of at least 30,000 GEL over 4.5 months.
26 days ago 30,000 GEL turnover over 4.5 months