Policy data verified 2026-09-05
China visa requirements for Georgia passports
Covered by a bilateral visa-exemption agreement.
Up to 30 days · no published end date
- China holds a standing bilateral visa-exemption agreement with Georgia covering ordinary passports, so your rules come from that treaty rather than from either of China's unilateral lists.
- Stay limit under the agreement: 30 days per stay, and no more than 90 days in total within every 180-day period.
- In force for ordinary passports since May 28, 2024. The agreement is permanent — there is no published end date, so it is not tied to the December 31, 2026 expiry hanging over the unilateral list.
- Ordinary passports only. The same treaty's diplomatic, service and public-affairs provisions sit on separate lines with their own, often different, limits.
- The exemption is for short-term travel. Staying past the limit, or residing, working, studying or reporting news, still needs the matching visa applied for before you travel.
- You still file the free China Digital Arrival Card (CDAC) online within 72 hours before entry.
Georgia is not on either of China's unilateral lists because it has a standing bilateral visa-exemption agreement with China instead, in force for ordinary passports since May 28, 2024. Ordinary-passport holders travel visa-free under it for up to 30 days, on the exact terms set out in the conditions above and copied from the government page linked under Sources. The agreement is permanent, so unlike the unilateral list it carries no December 31, 2026 expiry.
What this doesn't change
Whatever your passport lets you skip, it doesn't skip the paperwork. Since November 20, 2025 the China Digital Arrival Card (CDAC) has been mandatory for essentially all foreign entrants — visa-free and transit travelers included. It's a free 5-10 minute form at s.nia.gov.cn, filed within 72 hours before you fly, producing the QR code an immigration officer scans on arrival. See our China Digital Arrival Card guide for the field-by-field walkthrough.
Sources
Not legal or immigration advice.MapTrip is an independent travel guide, not an immigration adviser. Everything on this page is a plain-English reading of published government policy on the date shown — information, not advice, and not a guarantee of admission. Border officers decide each entry case by case, and China's visa rules change several times a year. Verify your own nationality against the National Immigration Administration pages linked under Sources, or ask your nearest Chinese embassy or visa centre, before you book anything.