Document guide
Remote founders usually need identity documents, a Power of Attorney, authentication, and Georgian translation. The route depends on where the documents are issued; the guides below say what changes for each country.
The legalisation route follows the country where a document is issued, not the founder's nationality. A Power of Attorney notarised in a country that belongs to the Hague Apostille Convention takes an apostille from that country's designated authority and is then accepted by the Georgian Public Registry. A document notarised elsewhere goes through consular legalisation instead, which takes longer and usually involves the Georgian embassy. Where Georgia has a legal-assistance treaty with the issuing country, which covers much of the CIS and Central Asia, a notarised document is often accepted with no apostille or legalisation at all; we confirm the route for your country before you visit a notary. Whichever route applies, the final step is a certified Georgian translation made in Georgia, so the spelling of every name has to match the passport before the notary appointment, not after.
Trustlex drafts the Power of Attorney and tells you which route applies before you book the notary. The four guides below cover the markets we see most; each one walks through the legalisation steps, the tax treaty position with Georgia, what the banks tend to ask of founders from that country, and the documents to prepare.
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.
UK founders form Georgian companies for a low-tax operating entity, a base outside the EU with treaty coverage, or relocation. The process runs remotely from a UK notary to a registered company in about a week once documents arrive.
US founders form Georgian companies to serve clients in Europe and the region, to hold a low-tax operating entity outside the US, or ahead of relocation. The process is remote; the two things that need care are the state-level apostille and US reporting.
Turkish founders form Georgian companies for trade with the region, a stable base for international payments and the low distributed-profit tax. Tbilisi is a short flight or drive from the border, so many clients combine the remote process with one visit for the bank.
Usually apostille route, depending on document origin.
Exact requirements depend on issuing authority and document type.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year, with no residence permit. Settling for longer needs a residence permit.
Apostille route for most public/notarial documents.
Plan extra time for notarisation and apostille scheduling.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year, with no residence permit.
Apostille route, usually state-level or federal depending on document.
The apostille authority depends on where the document was notarised or issued.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year, with no residence permit.
Apostille route since the UAE joined the Hague Convention in 2023; free-zone corporate documents need the free zone's attestation first.
Free-zone corporate documents are attested by the free zone before notarisation and the apostille; a personal power of attorney goes straight to the notary and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year for UAE citizens, with no residence permit. Residents of the UAE with another citizenship follow their own passport's rule.
Apostille route for many official documents.
Translation and name spelling consistency are especially important.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year, on a passport or a Turkish ID card, with no residence permit.
Apostille route: Russia is in the Hague Convention, so a notarised power of attorney is apostilled at the regional Ministry of Justice office and translated in Georgia.
Bank onboarding for Russian citizens takes longer and asks for more on the source of funds and the business; plan for the questions rather than against them. A tax number (INN) and the registry extract are needed for a corporate founder.
Visa-free stay in Georgia: up to one year, with no residence permit. A founder who stays on needs a residence permit; the company itself does not require it.
Apostille where the country is in the Hague Convention; consular legalisation where it is not; a certified Georgian translation in every case.
Georgia covers 199 countries in its document-authentication guidance; the route for yours is confirmed in the application.
Visa-free stays range from one year (about 95 countries, including most of the Americas, the Gulf, Israel, Japan, Korea, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan) to 90 days or a visa for others (India needs an e-visa; China has a shorter visa-free period). Check the Ministry of Foreign Affairs list for your passport.
The same logic applies anywhere: apostille where the Hague Convention applies, consular legalisation where it does not, and a certified Georgian translation at the end. Founders from the EU and EEA, Switzerland, Israel, the Gulf states and Central Asia follow the same steps, and the founder checklist is the same starting point for all of them. Download the checklist to see what to gather, then ask us to confirm the route for your document before you pay a notary: a wrong route costs a second appointment and a second courier.