Travel/Health Insurance for the country of Georgia

I visited Georgia last year and had travel insurance which covers both health and flight etc issues. I was not asked to provide proof of it when I passed through immigration, all they were interested in was stamping my passport.

There is a new law that went into effect 1 January 2026. But I dont know the details and a quick look didnt get me an answer I trusted. You need to find an official Georgia website for visitors.

We are on a Gate 1 tour of Armenia and Georgia for August/September and they advised us to print out our insurance coverage. We purchased coverage when we booked the tour.

I should be able to provide an update in about a weeks time. I’m about to land in Baku, Azerbaijan and plan to cross the border into Georgia after about a week. I’ll only be spending about 3 days in Georgia before heading to London.

I recently purchased basic Georgia insurance to cover travelers. It was extremely cheap. For 2 people for 4 days coverage of 30,000 GEL as required came out to around $6 in total.

It seems like folks are likely asked for this when they fly in to Tbilisi. I’ll post how it goes crossing the land border.

Thanks everybody for your help!
Arnold, I look forward to hearing about your experience.
I did find some information on visitgeorgia.ge, but I would like to hear how the process has worked for tourists.
Thanks! Collette

Here is my update from earlier today.

I was traveling from Sheki, Azerbaijan to Tbilisi, Georgia using the Balakan-Lagodekhi border crossing. The only word I heard from the immigration agent was Hello. Other than the required photo, nothing was said, passport was stamped and the whole exercise took between 1-2 minutes. I was never asked about the required insurance.

My brother will be flying into Tbilisi later this week from Canada so I’ll post that data point too.

Thank you so much for writing about your experience Arnold!
Collette

I am in Tbilisi now! I flew in with Pegasus Airlines and they asked for me to show them proof of insurance before I got on the plane. They spent a few minutes looking the paperwork over and she did confer with some colleagues.
When I landed in Tbilisi, the border patrol did not ask if I had health insurance.
Collette

Another data point - my brother flew into Tbilisi from Canada on Friday and immigration didn’t ask for the insurance or for a return ticket. It almost seems that the airline may care/enforce this requirement more than Georgian immigration.

Enjoy Tbilisi and the surrounding area Collette. I had a great time and really enjoyed the food. I think more folks should consider traveling to Georgia. I was a little surprised as to how many tourists were there compared to 15 years ago

Inexpensive insurance, now required for Georgia, can be obtained from https://travel.wizer.ge/for-visitors

Additional info:
We would like to inform you about the mandatory health and accident insurance, which came into effect on January 1, 2026, in accordance with the revised Georgian Law “On Tourism” and the corresponding government resolution.
From now on, every tourist entering Georgia must have an insurance policy that is:

Available in paper or electronic format;
Written in Georgian or English.

The insurance policy must provide a minimum coverage of 30,000 GEL. It can be issued by either a Georgian or a foreign insurance company.
The policy must clearly include the following information:

Insured parties
Covered territory
Subject of insurance
Start and end dates of coverage
Insured risks
Coverage amount (limits)
Insurance premium amount
Place and deadline of payment

Additionally, it is important to note that the tourist’s health and accident insurance must cover the entire duration of their stay in Georgia, starting from their entry into the country.

First, past experience of others is interesting, but the requirement is: https://geoconsul.gov.ge/en/news/69 and if you get stopped and don’t meet this requirement, saying "but Bob came last week and .... “or "the Rick Steves forum says ..." might not get you into the country.

Second, if an airline delivers you to a country and you do not meet the entry requirements for that country, that airline will most often be charged with taking you away. The airline doesnt want that, so most belong to the IATA which keeps track of entry requirements for each country. When the airline scans your passport they are checking it against the IATA database for entry into your destination country. Whatever the IATA says is going to be what the airline will require. What will the IATA say? You can check here: https://www.iata.org/en/services/compliance/timatic/travel-documentation/