Georgia Relocation Index

How Georgia scores

Visa accessibility | Personal safety (baseline)

• Peace and conflict safety67
• Immigrant safety74
• Visa accessibility86
• Residence permit realism77
• Labor market access68
• Healthcare62
• Civil rights68
• Discrimination safety70
• Status security69
• Infrastructure reliability60
• Cost of living sustainability66

Recent news impact

No strong, clearly enacted short-term news development was identified in the provided materials that would materially and immediately worsen or improve Georgia’s relocation outlook. However, recent legislative updates in 2026 indicate ongoing changes to immigration/asylum frameworks, which are more likely to affect predictability and case management around their entry-into-force dates rather than creating an immediate relocation shift today. Therefore, the news-driven adjustment layer remains neutral.

Sources

• US Department of State - 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: GeorgiaU.S. Department of State
• WJP Rule of Law Index 2024 (Georgia scores and factor structure)World Justice Project
• EUR-Lex COM(2024) 571 final (monitoring of visa liberalisation conditions, EU-Georgia visa divergence)European Commission (EUR-Lex)
• EU - Visa liberalisation with Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia (policy page with monitoring dialogue context)European Commission - Migration and Home Affairs
• Georgia - State Service Development Agency (migration and residence permits information page)State Service Development Agency (Georgia)
• EUR-Lex SWD(2025) 0429 final (Visa Suspension Mechanism monitoring and recommended actions for Georgia)European Commission (EUR-Lex)
• EUAA - Migration Drivers Report: Georgia as a Country of Origin (Abkhazia/South Ossetia context)European Union Agency for Asylum
• Georgia - UNHCR country presence page (protection/integration support context)UNHCR