Russia tops in acquiring and relinquishing Georgian nationality
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In 2024, the National Statistics Service of Georgia (Geostat) unveiled some intriguing figures — a whopping 3,587 people received Georgian citizenship, while a less fortunate 1,592 lost it.
Leading the pack were our pals from the Russian Federation, accounting for a whopping 2,361 new Georgian citizens. Germany and Ukraine followed closely, with 251 and 175 Georgian passports handed out, respectively. However, Geostat's keeping hush-hush about the number of Iranian and Islamic Republic natives who joined the Georgian family.
Want to know more about those who lost their Georgian citizenship? Here's the lowdown: the Russian Federation topped the list as the country whose citizenship led to the most Georgian citizenship revocations, with a staggering 802 Georgians saying goodbye to their Georgian status after acquiring Russian nationality. Greece came in a close second, with 200 Georgians swapping their Georgian passports for Greek ones and subsequently giving up their Georgian citizenship.
But hey, Geostat's keeping things under wraps about the Islamic Republic and Iran, so we'll have to wait and see! 🤫🙈🤐
- The statistics from 2024 revealed that among those who obtained Georgian citizenship, there were 361 individuals from countries affected by war-and-conflicts and politics, like the Russian Federation.
- Interestingly, the revocation of Georgian citizenship was highest for those who acquired Russian nationality, with a total of 802 cases, as reported in the general news.
- However, the exact number of Iranian and Islamic Republic natives who were granted and lost their Georgian citizenship remains undisclosed in the immigration statistics.
- It's noteworthy that a significant number of individuals gave up their Georgian citizenship to acquire passports from other countries, such as Greece with 200 cases in the given year.
