Driving licence in Georgia: foreign licence, exchange and exams
This guide is about Georgia (the country). A foreign national can drive on a valid foreign licence for up to 1 year after their last entry, and any valid foreign licence can be exchanged for a Georgian one without an exam for 15 GEL.
Driving on a foreign licence
A foreign national can drive while the foreign licence is valid, but for at most 1 year from their last entry to Georgia.
A Georgian citizen can drive on a foreign licence for at most 1 year from first entry in the calendar year. A dual citizen can drive until the licence expires.
Exchanging a foreign licence
Any valid foreign licence can be exchanged without an exam. There is no list of countries. Categories are matched to the 1949 Geneva and 1968 Vienna conventions and EU Directive 2006/126. Mutual exchange agreements exist with Spain, Ireland and Greece.
Bring these documents:
- The application
- Your passport or residence card
- The foreign licence
- A legalised or apostilled confirmation of the licence, no older than 90 days
- The IV-100/a medical certificate and the payment proof
Translations must be notarised. The fee is 15 GEL. The exchange takes a few minutes at any agency unit, and only in person.
Getting a Georgian licence from scratch
For category B you pass three exams in this order:
- Theory: 25 correct answers out of 30 in 30 minutes.
- Yard: you fail above 39 penalty points. The yard needs no booking.
- City: the 15th minor mistake ends the exam, so 14 are allowed.
A passed theory exam is valid for 30 days for the yard. A passed yard exam is valid for 365 days for the city exam. If a stage lapses, the earlier ones lapse too.
You can retake a failed theory or yard exam from the 7th day. You can retake a failed city exam after at least 30 days.
Fees
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Theory exam, per attempt | 40 GEL |
| Licence issuance | 15 GEL |
| Yard exam | Free |
| City exam, per attempt | 90 GEL |
The first theory attempt costs 55 GEL in total. The 40 GEL covers one theory attempt plus the yard attempts within 30 days of passing theory. The licence card is ready in 7 working days. Same day costs 50 GEL, next working day 40 GEL.
Booking and where
Theory and city exams need a booking. Book at an agency unit, on exam-booking.sa.gov.ge, in the mobile app, or at a payment terminal. You give your personal number or ID document number, a mobile number, the unit and the time. For the city exam you also give the gearbox type.
City exam dates open 1.5 months ahead. You can book the city exam right after passing the yard. Cancel 72 hours or more ahead to avoid a penalty.
The Tbilisi unit does not run exams. The nearest unit is in Rustavi, A. Lobzhanidze St. 8. Theory is offered in 12 centers. City exams for category B run in 10 cities: Rustavi, Telavi, Gori, Akhaltsikhe, Sachkhere, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Poti, Batumi and Zugdidi.
On the theory exam day bring your ID and the medical certificate, and arrive 10 minutes early. For the city exam bring your ID and arrive 15 minutes early.
Sources
- MIA Order No. 598 of 21.07.2026 (PDF, Georgian)
- Fee law, consolidated 24.12.2025 (PDF, Georgian)
- Law on Road Traffic (Georgian)
- Foreign licence exchange for non-residents (sa.gov.ge)
- Service units list (sa.gov.ge)
- Category B page (sa.gov.ge)
Facts checked on: 27.10.2026