Passport
What to do if you lose your passport and how to get a new one: the process, the documents and where to go.
checked in August 2026Two situations bring people here: the passport is lost, or it is running out. The process differs, but both start the same way — with something that proves who you are.
🛂 If you lose your passport
- 1Go to the police and get a loss certificate — you will need it at every later step. The number is 112.
- 2Contact your country's consulate in Georgia: only it can replace a passport.
- 3The consulate issues either a travel document for the journey home or a new passport; timing depends on the country.
- 4If you hold a residence permit, update its details once the new passport is issued.
- 5Keep a scan or photo of your passport in the cloud — it speeds all of the above up enormously.
🇷🇺 Russian passports are not issued in Batumi — only in Tbilisi, at the consular section.
🇷🇺 A Russian passport — Tbilisi only
Where they receive you
There is no Russian embassy in Georgia: consular matters are handled by the Russian Interests Section at the Swiss embassy. It is in Tbilisi, with no office in Batumi, so you have to travel.
- Address:
- 51 Chavchavadze Ave, Tbilisi
Book an appointment
Only through the consular services website: register, choose the country and office, select the passport service and join the waiting list. There is no walk-in queue.
Timing and fee
Production takes about six weeks, after which you travel to Tbilisi a second time. The consular fee is taken in cash only, in dollars.
- Biometric passport:
- about $80
- Older format:
- about $30
📋 What to bring
- 1The application, printed on one double-sided sheet, plus a separate sheet with the QR code.
- 2Your old passport and a copy of the photo page.
- 3Your internal Russian passport, with copies of the main page and the registration page.
- 4Photographs to the consulate's specification.
- 5Cash dollars for the fee — cards are not accepted.
- 6Allow a whole day for the trip: Batumi to Tbilisi is about six hours each way.