Short-term diplomatic category visas of the following categories shall be issued:

A1 category – to top officials of foreign legislative and executive authorities, members of top- and high-level delegations and their accompanying family members, arriving in Georgia on state, official, business, friendly or unofficial visits;

A3 category – to diplomatic couriers and persons arriving in Georgia on special diplomatic missions;

A4 category – to honorary consuls of Georgia and their family members, provided they are foreign citizens;

A5 category – based of the national interests of Georgia, to persons arriving in Georgia on various missions; to persons holding diplomatic passports and arriving in Georgia on a working visit;

Short-term special category visas of the following categories shall be issued:

B1 category – to members of foreign delegations; persons holding business/official passports and arriving in Georgia on a working visit; and to family members of the above mentioned persons and other accompanying persons;

B4 category – based on the national interests of Georgia, to persons arriving in Georgia on various missions; also in exceptional cases, on the basis of international legal or humanitarian grounds or the state interests of Georgia, when an alien fails to meet the requirements and conditions established for obtaining a visa.