The house · foreign buyer brief
Taxes, residency, currency, legal. Everything an international buyer needs to know — written plainly, by operators on the ground.
Why Georgia
The international desk at Brionix has closed files for buyers from forty-seven countries. The same handful of reasons come up, every week, on every call.
Hold a Georgian residence for more than two years and your exit is tax-free. No ladders, no thresholds, no special statuses required. One of the cleanest exit regimes in Europe.
A property purchase from $100,000 opens a one-year temporary residence, renewable annually. After six continuous years, permanent residence is on the table for the whole household.
Citizens of ninety-four countries — EU, US, UK, Israel, GCC, and most of the post-Soviet space — enter visa-free for up to a year. Come first, browse the house, then buy.
Primary residences under roughly $20,000 of cadastral value carry no annual property tax. For most of our book, ownership is a one-time settlement, not a yearly subscription.
The Georgian lari has held against the dollar and euro through three regional shocks. It floats — no peg — but the central bank has defended it with discipline.
The money
Brionix shows every listing in your preferred currency — with real daily rates, no hidden spreads. Switch at will, see the same property three ways.
Rates updated every fifteen minutes from the Central Bank of Georgia. USD and EUR are the reference; GEL, GBP, RUB, and KZT settle against them live.
The specimen
Headline price
$185,000
Same property, other ledgers
Rates updated every fifteen minutes from the Central Bank of Georgia. Settlement currency negotiated at contract.
The taxes
Georgia taxes lightly and administratively — a regime designed, not inherited. For non-residents, the picture is unusually clean.
The purchase itself carries no transfer tax. A token registration fee at the Public Service Hall — typically thirty dollars — enters your name on the cadastre, and nothing more is owed to the state for the privilege of buying.
Rental income is taxed at a flat five percent under the simplified regime most non-residents use. A twenty-percent declared rate exists for those who prefer to deduct expenses, but the flat track is faster and typically cheaper.
Capital gains are where Georgia becomes a quiet marvel of tax policy. Hold for more than two years and the exit is entirely tax-free. No schedules, no claims, no forms — the cadastre simply updates.
The annual property tax that haunts owners in most of Europe is, for the Brionix book, usually zero. Primary residences below roughly twenty thousand dollars of cadastral value are exempt, which covers the vast majority of our inventory.
The calculator
LiveTotal 5-year tax outflow
$4,485
Estimates for guidance only. Consult a Brionix-recommended tax counsel for your specific case.
The residence
None of them cheap, none of them slow-walked. The house has filed every one of these routes for clients — we know which forms, which officer, which day of the week.
The classic route. Own real estate valued at $100,000 or more and you qualify for a one-year temporary residence, renewable.
Typical timeline
30–45 days · Permanent after 6 years
A wider vehicle: invest $300,000 or more into Georgian enterprise, property, or a qualifying venture. Yields a five-year multi-entry card.
Typical timeline
60–90 days · Permanent after 10 years
For salaried remote employees and freelancers: prove $2,000 monthly income and an active contract with a foreign employer.
Typical timeline
14–21 days · Renewable annually
The legal
Six steps, in order, with the time each one honestly takes. No hidden waits at the Public Service Hall, no mystery fees at the bank.
A 24-hour hold takes the property off the market. A refundable deposit anchors the conversation; Brionix prepares the title search and a plain-English brief.
The purchase contract is drafted in English and Georgian, countersigned at the Public Service Hall. Non-residents do not need to be present — a power of attorney carries the weight.
Funds clear through a Georgian bank, in USD, EUR, or GEL. Escrow is optional for new builds; for ready units most transfers settle within the business day.
The Public Service Hall issues an updated title certificate the same day the funds land. Your name enters the cadastre within hours, not weeks.
Brionix handles the re-registration of water, electricity, gas, and internet. The handover key meeting is the first time you need to lift a finger.
The paperwork for property-linked residence is filed within 90 days of the transfer. Biometrics in Tbilisi or Batumi, residence card shortly after.
The book · in numbers
Countries represented
Median close time
The questions
Eight questions that come up on almost every first call. The answers are plain, the footnotes are honest.
Yes. A notarised power of attorney to a trusted counsel lets the entire transaction close remotely. Brionix coordinates the signatories, the translation, and the Public Service Hall visit on your behalf.
Foreigners may own residential, commercial, and mixed-use property freely. The sole restriction is agricultural land, which requires either Georgian citizenship or a qualifying farming enterprise.
Both USD and GEL are widely accepted. Many developers quote in USD but settle in GEL at the day rate. Brionix can route payments through escrow in whichever currency suits the counterparty.
Neither — Brionix is an house. We represent buyers. Our loyalty sits with the household taking possession, not the seller writing the cheque. That is why our commission typically comes from the sell side.
Brionix commission is usually 2–3% from the seller. The buyer pays roughly $30 in Public Service Hall registration, with notarisation and translation adding another $200–300 where required.
Ready resale units can close in 48 hours once funds are positioned. New construction with developer documentation typically runs 2–3 weeks, dependent on the developer’s own paperwork.
Yes — short-term lets are legal and active across Batumi and Tbilisi. Brionix can introduce vetted management partners who handle listings, turnover, and the 5% rental tax filing end-to-end.
We are not your tax counsel at home — but we have a black book of international advisors for Russian, Ukrainian, UK, US, Israeli, and GCC residents. Ask a curator and we will make an introduction.
The remote
Every element of a Brionix transaction can be completed from your kitchen table. We have closed files with clients who have never stepped foot in Georgia — and later flew in to collect the keys.
Every property in the book is photographed in 3D. Live video walks are scheduled on request, narrated by the curator handling the file.
Contracts flow through Documenso with qualified e-signatures. Notarisation is coordinated with a Georgian consulate in your jurisdiction where required.
A narrowly-drafted power of attorney authorises Brionix counsel to act only on the specific transaction. Time-limited, revocable, and filed transparently.
Funds sit in a regulated Georgian escrow account until the title enters your name. Released automatically on cadastre confirmation.
A private briefing
“The Brionix house has helped buyers from
forty-seven countries become Georgian homeowners.
You’re in good company.”
Brionix House · Batumi · Since MCMXCVI
