In September 2017, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Constitution, which banned deprivation of citizenship of Georgia. The amendments were to come into force after the presidential elections in October 2018, but in April the Parliament decided to speed up the procedure.
At present, it will be possible to retain citizenship if a person receives consent or permission from the Georgian authorities before receiving a passport of another country. Deprivation from the citizenship of Georgia will be prohibited in any case from December 31, 2020.
Children who received citizenship of another country by birth, will retain citizenship of Georgia until the age of 18. The legal representatives of children should apply to the Georgian authorities in advance in order to retain citizenship.
Certain Georgian citizens who lost their Georgian citizenship in previous years as a result of accepting foreign citizenship are now allowed to appeal to the Public Service Development Agency of the Ministry of Justice to restore their Georgian citizenship. To have Georgian citizenship restored, former citizens must appeal to the agency before 31 December 2020.
