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Country guide · United Arab Emirates

Register a Company in Georgia from the UAE

Founders based in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the free zones form Georgian companies to reach European banking, a low-tax operating base and residence for the family, without leaving the Emirates for the process.

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At a glance

Legalisation
Apostille, since the UAE joined the Hague Convention in 2023
Tax treaty with Georgia
In force
Visa for visits
Visa-free entry to Georgia for UAE citizens and most UAE residents
Time difference
None: Tbilisi and the Emirates share UTC+4

Legalising the documents

The UAE acceded to the Hague Apostille Convention in 2023, so a notarised power of attorney and passport copy now take an apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs instead of consular legalisation at the Georgian embassy. Free-zone corporate documents still need the free zone's own attestation first, then notarisation and the apostille.

Every document then receives a certified Georgian translation, which we arrange in Tbilisi. Spelling of names follows the passport exactly; the registry rejects a translation that spells the founder differently from the passport copy.

Tax position

Georgia and the UAE have a double tax treaty in force, which matters for dividends paid from the Georgian company to a UAE-resident owner and for the corporate tax residence of the UAE side. Georgia taxes the company's profit only on distribution, at 15 percent, and dividends to non-residents at 5 percent unless the treaty rate is lower.

A UAE tax residency certificate is the document that unlocks treaty treatment; we tell you at scoping whether it is worth obtaining for your structure.

Banking

Georgian banks accept UAE-resident owners and directors, and ask for the source of funds in the same terms a UAE bank would: employment or business income, a company extract, bank statements. Ownership through a UAE free-zone company is workable once the corporate chain is documented to the natural person.

Where the Georgian company will invoice Gulf clients, we say at scoping whether a Georgian account, an international provider or both fit the flows.

Treaty positions, fees and legalisation routes are stated as they stand and confirmed in writing at scoping for each file.