The border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in order to inform people when approaching the territory subject to the border regime or being in the mentioned territory, started installment of warning signs at the state border, which will be placed in the state border zone no more than 5 kilometers, and 500 meters-wide in the border zones 500.
As for permission to access the border zone and border line, both physical and legal entities should apply to the border police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In order to obtain the relevant permit, interested persons should fill out the "Permit Seeker Application" form on the official website of the Border Police of Georgia and attach a copy of the data page of the ID card or passport as well as work-related documentation. Passes can be obtained both at the Border Police of Georgia (Tbilisi, Kandelaki St. N12), as well as at regional divisions of the Border Police and border sectors.
From September 1, 2022, violation of the border regime established on the land section of the state border of Georgia, the mechanisms of administrative fines will be applied to citizens, envisioned in Article 190 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.
Appropriate fines are defined for violation of the border regime rule, namely:
Violation of the border regime established by the legislation of Georgia on the land section of the state border of Georgia, committed during touristic, scientific research, hunting, agricultural or other non-business activities, will result in a warning or a fine in the amount of 20 GEL;
Violation of the border regime established by the legislation of Georgia on the land section of the state border of Georgia, committed during industrial, commercial activities, facility services, construction, licensable activities and/or permit actions or other entrepreneurial activities provided for by the Georgian Law "On Licenses and Permits", will lead to a fine for a physical persons in the amount of 50 GEL, while legal entities will be fined in the amount of 200 GEL;
The repeated commitment of the above-mentioned actions will lead to a fine of 100 GEL for physical persons, and 300 GEL for legal entities;
Photo, video and/or aerial photographing of the object under state border protection, will lead to fine in the amount of 50 GEL;
Violation of the border regime established by the legislation of Georgia on the land section of the state border of Georgia, which caused a delay of the border control personnel activities, will result to a fine in the amount of 250 GEL;
Violation of the border regime established by Georgian legislation on the land section of the state border of Georgia, which caused damage or destruction of the border infrastructure (border sign, technical means of state border protection, etc.), will result in a fine of 350 GEL;
Photo, video and/or aerial photographing of the state border protection facility, state border protection means by a person who is fined for one of the above-mentioned violations, hindering the movement of border regulations or damage/destruction of border infrastructure (border sign, technical means of state border protection, etc.) will result in a fine in the amount of 400 GEL.
