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Hotels in Tbilisi for your wedding time

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Did You have reserved your wedding in Tbilisi and now you need to think about the best location belong your budget, wish and confort?

Feel free to find any one belong your budget in the district of Vera, Mtatsminda, Avlabari, Sololaki. Those are the district nearby the main wedding hall we provide for our guests.



By the way here you find a list of hotel booked frequently from the other guests, different for price and quality but nice for location.

Tiflis Palace

Best Western

Iota Hotel

Betsy Hotel

Moxy Hotel

Hotel City



Light house old city

Tbilisi Inn

KMM Hotel

City Avenue

Tbilisi Laerton Hotel



Costè Hotel

Shota@Rustaveli boutique

Gallery Palace

Museum hotel

Just Inn Hotel

Radius Hotel



Radisson blu

Biltmore

This is just a list to inspire you to find easily a good location. Just to know, We are not in charge for the hotel you will choose and we do not get commissions from them or from the platform booking.com.

This list is just what our guest chose frequentely in the last years and they release quite good feedback.

Happy to give you further advices if you need!

 

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Certificate of divorce or decree of divorce to get married again in Tbilisi

Unfortunately the divorce status could be a remarkable issue for your marriage in Tbilisi belong the country you did the divorce.

Now a day there are many restriction to accept the document if it does not have on header the clear title “certificate of divorce”.



Some Nation do not release the “Certificate of Divorce” but all the sentence of the court as “Decree of Divorce”. In our experience we can say Georgian authorities are reluctant to accept the “Decree of divorce” especially if children are involved in the procedure. The difference between Divorce decree and Divorce certificate is well explained at this link



How to proceed? There is a preliminary procedure to be done before to book any flight or to reserve any travel package to Georgia.

Your certificate of divorce need the Apostille or the Legalization seal from the Ministry of Interior/Justice/Foreign Affairs from where has been released.



So first of all check if you can do this step by your own as we do not manage act out the Georgia country. Than you should send the copy by email to us for the official translation in Georgian language and the local notary approval stamp. Once translated and notarized, We will submit your certificate of divorce to the local authority to be verify and accepted to proceed for the marriage.



After the approval you can plan your travel date. Approval/denied come in 3 days after the submission, so maximum 5-7 working days in normal time.

During pandemia everything is slower and many submission was not successful for different circumstancies. So we cannot guarantee the procedure will be approved.



Here some frequently asked questions:

Do you have a list of Certificate of divorce already verify and so plenty sure authority will accept without any issues?

Russia, Uzbekistan, Canada, Santo Domingo have been accepted if they have apostille or legalization stamp. Some discountinous problems with the UK decree of divorce. German decree of divorce has not been accepted lastly. By the way you can always send to us a copy of your certificate of divorce by email to be un-officially checked by us free of charge (cancel the privace point as name, ref number, so on). The certificate of divorce should be sent with the English or Russian language version if the original is not already in those languages.



What’up if my certificate of divorce will be not accepted?

The price of the submission service  just cover the cost for that procedure and it is not refundable. By the way If it will be accepted you already paid this service that is mandatory for your wedding application in Tbilisi.

How to pay the certificate divorce verification?

You can write to us to require a quote and you will get all info about. Usually this is part of the whole wedding management and you find the fee belong the extras.
 
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How to register in UAE the wedding that has taken place in Tbilisi

In the last years many Emirates citizens and expats in UAE got married in Tbilisi having a lovely honeymoon in one of the best and affordable places in the world.

The procedure to get married in Tbilisi is quite smooth if you follow our advices and apply for our photography service including the help to manage your wedding bureaucracy.



Once everything is done, your marriage has been taken, there are path you should know to get your goal.

UAE is not in l’Hague convention list and all official documents released in a foreign country need a few more steps to be recognized compared to those to which the Apostille is accepted.



To understand better the difference between Apostille and Legalization refer to my recent post clicking here.

Once a couple want to get married in Tbilisi and require to register the marriage in UAE, we always provide the certificate of marriage with the official translation in English or Arabic language and the  legalization seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.



This is not enough to register your wedding in UAE. The next step is to apply at the Embassy of UAE for an official seal (Uae legalization). Embassy of UAE has its headquarter in Tbilisi and you should ask to your provider to apply for legalization seal. We always do it. Only with the legalization seal of the UAE Embassy your certificate of marriage will be accepted in UAE and you will register the marriage successful.



We always propose this step in our service. It requires some days more after the release of the Georgian certificate of marriage translated and sealed by the Georgian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs. That is why, if you have a short stay in Tbilisi, we handle all the procedure and we will send you the whole paperwork by express mail.

If you are not UAE citizen but just expat in UAE and you wish to register the wedding in your national country, you should require an extra certificate of marriage with the seal of Apostille or Legalization belong your country request.



Being the need of different nationalities not always the same, kindly write to us for a tailor-made information.

Looking for the most reliable service to proceed for wedding in Tbilisi and to get photography memories of your knot? Just get in touch with us! Write me!

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How to register in Lebanon the wedding that has taken place in Tbilisi

In the last years many Lebanese got the opportunity to get married in Tbilisi having a lovely honeymoon in one of the best and affordable places in the world.

The procedure to get married in Tbilisi is quite smooth if you follow our advices and apply for our photography service including the help to manage your wedding bureaucracy.



Once everything is done, your marriage has been taken, there are path you should know and to follow by yourself.

Lebanon is not in l’Hague convention and all official documents released in a foreign country need some step more to be recognized in Lebanon.

To understand better the difference between Apostille and Legalization refer to my recent post clicking here.



Once a Lebanese guest wish to get married in Tbilisi and require to register the marriage in his country, we always provide the certificate of marriage with the official translation in English or Arabic language and the legalization seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The next step to register the wedding is belong to the guest. Unfortunately Embassy of Lebanon does not have headquarter in Georgia but all consular services are in charge at the Embassy of Lebanon in Armenia at this address:



Dzoragyugh Azgagrakan 14
Yerevan
Armenia
Tel: +374 10 501301/3/4/5
Email: libanarm@gmail.com

We advise before to come in Georgia for your wedding, to contact them just to know the right procedure to get their legalization stamp in the official certificate of marriage released in Tbilisi.

After the marriage in Tbilisi or once you have the official document, you should mail to them the original. They will stick the stamp of Embassy of Lebanon and this stamp certified that the georgian certificate of marriage is official.



Then you get back from the Embassy the original with stamp, you can proceed to register the marriage in your municipality in Lebanon. We kindly advise to check directly with your Embassy this procedure as updates could occur at any time.

Looking for the most reliable service to proceed for wedding in Tbilisi and to get photography memories of your knot? just get in touch with us! Write me!

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How to divorce in Tbilisi 2024

Did you get married in Tbilisi and now the marriage does not work?

Are you facing challenges in your marriage that seem insurmountable? Sometimes, despite our best wishes for everlasting love, life takes its own course. If you’re considering divorce, here is some general information that might assist you.



Before proceeding with divorce, it’s essential to consider seeking legal counsel in your country for a Divorce Settlement Agreement. This agreement addresses various aspects such as roles, property division, affidavits, childcare, and any other critical issues that require mutual agreement before initiating the divorce process.

In Georgia, there are two primary options to obtain a divorce certificate:

Option A: Divorce Procedure in Georgia

This involves both parties (Groom and Bride) appearing before local authorities in Georgia to sign the divorce application.  This method requires a physical presence in Georgia.

Following the application, the divorce certificate, per Georgian law, is issued within 6 working days. Further steps involve international validation through official translation, apostille, or legalization by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which typically takes an additional 2-4 working days.

If you wish to receive a quote for this full procedure, kindly complete the form below. You have the option to stay in Tbilisi for a minimum of 10 working days or have the divorce certificate delivered to your home via express courier, requiring only a 1-day stay in Tbilisi.

Option B: Power of Attorney Procedure
Alternatively, a “power of attorney” approach allows the divorce process to proceed without the need for both parties to be physically present in Georgia. This method helps save on travel expenses, including flights, accommodations, PCR tests, etc.
To initiate this process, both parties need to provide a power of attorney in English, each with an apostille valid for Georgia. This document grants full authority to act on behalf of both parties for legal requirements, document requests, and divorce proceedings.

Once we receive the power of attorney documents with the necessary seals, we’ll handle the process per Georgian law, including translation and notarization. After 6 working days, the divorce certificate is issued, followed by the necessary international paperwork.

Certificate of divorce in english with the proper seal will be released in some working days.Than you will get all paperwork to your address by express courier .

Choosing to come together to Georgia can expedite and simplify the process. You can stay for 1-2 days, and the documents can be delivered to your home by DHL. To receive a quote for this approach, please fill out the form below.

 

Witch option are interested for?

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The best Basic way to get married in Tbilisi

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You cannot believe all the issues could happen during a wedding procedure abroad. The Wedding in Tbilisi is very sensible act related bureaucracy and it should be kept with all the attention. It does not mean to spread money if you are not interested in a ceremony. As I already wrote about “Simple” wedding in Tbilisi, hold in the public hall, I advise to follow a “Basic” safe step for your date, even if you wish just “sign and go” marriage path.

What is mentioned in Tbilisi as “Basic” wedding is the best way to get a hassle free service, stress free and with high save of money, despect to the fact the word “Simple” could make you think.



What is the difference between Simple and Basic wedding in Tbilisi?

The Basic Wedding I usually offer to my guest is including the professional assistance, the documents ready in advance, a confirmed time to apply for wedding, a private wedding room to execute the civil rite, the civil rite (or just the sign if you prefer) hassle-free procedure after wedding to release the international documents and of course my photography service that you will treasure for years to come.



All this procedure, so called Basic, just cost few money more. A very ridiculous money difference against a high lost of time, unsafe queue in public hall and no warranty in the right document release.

Comparing the procedure for the Simple service, in the Basic package you will have an official attendant of the Ministry of Interior following your application, inserting your data, checking careful your request and everything while you are comfortable waiting sitting down in a clean, safe, private lounge.

In the Simple service, you will queue up behind other people till your number will come. You will meet just an operator in a public office that have many different bureaucracy procedure to follow before and after you. In the Basic service your attendant is just specialist for the wedding and knows in a deep way what to do related weddings, expecially for foreigners applications.



In the Simple service, after application you have to go away and to waite for sms to confirm your application is valid. The sms can come anytime during the day and sometimes do not come or come the day after (including issues in your telephone, sim card or whatever). In the Basic service you will have a fixed time after application for your civil rite, even straight after application if you do not wish any ceremony you can get married.

In the Simple service your civil rite does not exist, you just sign in while people is queuing up to your desk. In the basic service you can have a private lounge for the civil rite. That is nice even you wish just to sign or to have a romantic short ceremony and a couple of photos together. Absolutely great if you have some guests to you as it gives elegance without to loose money.



Actually, I provide for basic package to everybody asking my help or my photography service in Tbilisi. This pandemia time has been a proof how much the privacy, safety and cleanness are important to manage a perfect stress free, smooth, easy procedure for your wedding in Tbilisi.

Ask for a Basic service, email me.

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Simplest and cheapest way to get married in Tbilisi

You do not want formalities and really you just need to get married and to get the marriage certificate. You will think about parties when you will be back home or when your life situation will give you the right moment to organize that. There are a lot of people in the world, expats, digital nomad, foreigners in other countries that just need to tie the knot out any traditional scheme.

So, you did your search and you find in Tbilisi and in the Georgia country the option suitable for you. What everybody names “simple” package, it is just a sign in a paper in a public hall, usually the city Hall. This procedure usually includes the assistance to the documents, translation, notary, witnesses and everything related to set up this document. No frills at all.



Do you think you are saving money?

In Tbilisi the difference in money between a simple path in a public crowdy place and one clean, nice wedding lounge is very short. What nobody will explain you clear is the lost in time you will spend probably losing all the day from the moment you get in the public place administration till the moment you will be out with your certificate of marriage.

What can be exactly?

Few times everything went smooth and I can say in less time than I expected but the most of time these are the common issues:



– You have to understand you are giving your application of marriage (completely in Georgian) to an operator that does hundred different documents and operations during the day. He/she is not always ready to insert properly your name and surname and all your private data, from your foreign language to Georgian language. Any letter will be translated back in an official document for your country and if there is only one letter mistake, your country can refuse the document in the future. Furthermore, many operators, even if you pass the Georgian boarder regularly, can ask you for your visa translation. It means you must go out to the public hall, to find a translator and notary, to do the document and to be back to the public hall. Of course, you will need to do a new queue, you will meet a new operator and restart to insert your data in the Georgian system.



When this operation is over, the operator will say to you to go away and to wait for a sms to come back with your witnesses later on. There is not a fixed time, can pass some hours and even all day. In that moment you will understand you did not save money. Even worst if you decided to go with the help of one citizen that of course will not have nothing in charge if your documents have problems or any issues could occur.

If you wish to understand the difference and how much you save in stress and time, continue reading at this point about a Basic Service with a private wedding lounge.

By the way, if you are easy going person and you do not care about warning and you wish this simple way to get married, here you find a link for the service for “Simply” Wedding in Tbilisi.



 

 

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Tbilisi Restaurants and Pubs crisis on April 2021

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Early April 2021. Catholic Easter, a period in which the city of Tbilisi saw an extraordinary incoming of tourists, at least until 2020 since the covid-19 pandemic, the lockdowns and various restrictions have ditched an exponentially growing market for over three years.

Shardeni street in Tbilisi on April 2021 – ©Alessandro Sanna – phototbilisi.com

The 7 million tourists are a distant memory. Only a few sporadic people and small groups of intrepid vacationers survivors meet on the almost deserted streets of the historic center under a shining sunny day.

Restaurant empty in Shardeni street – ©Alessandro Sanna – phototbilisi.com

We have photographed everything to make you better understand the surreal situation that still does not see an end after a year.

To notice this disaster it is enough to take a walk in the street of restaurants of the old city, the famous Shardeni street. Empty chairs and tables and lots of rent and sale signs point make a feeling of desolation, a sense of loneliness in what used to be one of the busiest places in the city  during the night and day.

KGB restaurant one of the most famous meeting places ©Alessandro Sanna – phototbilisi.com

A lot of decorations and ornaments have been removed from many places, taking the time back more than ten years. The takeaway service does not work in this area. It was the area of ​​the tourist refreshment, of the daytime and evening meetings, that of the crowd bath, the walk among the people.

The famous Cafe Konka in Tbilisi ©Alessandro Sanna – phototbilisi.com

In this photo reportage, you can get an idea of ​​the situation, while still admiring the beauty of a city like Tbilisi that hopes to rise soon. The complete photo shoot on phototbilisi.com

An empty Meidan square in the late morning ©Alessandro Sanna – phototbilisi.com
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Wedding for foreigners in slow reopening ?

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Last March 2020 nobody was expecting  the situation was going so negative for the hundreds foreigners couples wishing to get married in Tbilisi.

Update 28 October 2020

At today , Georgia is not open for regular international flights till 1st November 2020. This date has been already postponed  several times and apparently will be again postponed having a look to the world pandemic situation. Let’s cross fingers.

At the moment Georgia is out the green list of safe countries due to the high daily cases since the mid of October.

Only arrivals from the following countries by selected and authorized direct flights are allowed:

  • Germany 🇩🇪
  • France 🇫🇷
  • Latvia 🇱🇻
  • Lithuania 🇱🇹
  • Estonia 🇪🇪

All travellers are required to fill in a pre-registration form before travel.  Except citizens/Resident in those 5 countries, everybody arriving in Georgia is required to self-quarantine 12 days at their expenses.

Updated on 08, September, 2020: According to the decision of the Interagency Coordination Council, all foreigners entering Georgia, including from those 5 countries which Georgia has opened borders unconditionally (Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), will be required to present PCR test results from the proceeding 72 hours as of September 15.

Update on 09, September: Social gatherings of more than 10 people as wedding will be banned in Georgia starting from the 10th September.  So only the couple with the 2 witnesses and one photographer can be allowed. Facial mask is mandatory.

Georgia does not reopen borders with No-Eu countries, with business visit being the only exception.

You can find the Frequently asked question going to the official Governament website at this link.

It should be noted that the rules imposed by countries are constantly being reviewed, so a citizen must have a close look at the rules of a host country before purchasing an air ticket and departing.

Of course spending 8 days quarantine on arrival cannot be consider a normal holiday and this restriction requires  a staying of almost 3 weeks to perform the wedding procedure in Tbilisi for no resident people.

This update is dated 28th, October, 2020.

Next update  will be on 07th November or before if Government will announce any changement.

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When Wedding and Ceremonies will be reopening in Tbilisi

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In Georgia the State of Emergency has been lifted  (24th May) but many restrictions will be on duty before to come back at a normal life.

Regarding what affected to a normal activity of the related bureaucracy procedure before, during and after the wedding ceremony we interviewed the local authority  to clear the actual information released from the Government and all fake news in the social network.

Notary services and affiliated official translators bureau are not ALL on duty.  All the activities must have an online booking to be accepted.

Wedding houses are not ALL open and they cannot accept any new request or re-booking of the services without an advance online booking request. Only some wedding house will be open but for restricted number of person, no more than 10 people are allowed in the hall during the civil rite and everybody must wear the mask [update on 06th June, 2020]. Everything has to stand-by monitoring as the light reopening can effect to the spread of the virus. Any wedding full ceremony is not allowed till further date. Any event organization and event agency are not allowed to operate at the moment. Only Georgian citizens or people resident actually in Georgia can apply for this request if their need could be consider urgent by authority decision. At the reopening, following the actual roles, maximum 10 persons including the celebration official authority and the photographer will be allowed in the hall wearing mask and keeping social distance.

The international flights and related Tourism services will be starting from the 1st of SEPTEMBER 2020 [updated 22nd July].At the moment to create a safe corridor authorities are thinking about safety roles. It is not yet confirmed but Tourist entering Georgia may have to prove they’ve tested negative for coronavirus in the past 72 hours.

On Governament decision Georgia open boearders unconditionally to 5 countries, Germany, France , Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. The citizens/residents of the 5 countries above can only use direct flights to Georgia for any type of visit. Before crossing Georgia’s border, they must fill in a special e-form and list their travel history in the course of the previous 14 days, as well as the location of their stay in Georgia, contact information.

All people from the other countries will be under 14 days quarantine at their expences. (Update 24th July 2020).

Georgian National Centre for Disease Control states Tourists may have to abide by several conditions when entering and moving about in the country, and may be monitored by a ‘tracking app’. This is not approved at the moment but it is on the desk of the Gov to be discussed. Being these last statements still working in progress, it is clear Georgia Gov will be monitoring the situation and going to add or remove restrictions on the way. It makes more difficult to plan something till a clear and  final official statement will be release.

Wishing to keep a safe way to work for all our clients, considering this situation does not allow us to plan and to work as normal and to be able to give a date for restart till now, we took the decision to postpone  the reopening of our activities at later date. We wish and will monitor how the opening of the Tourism can affect to the spread of the Covid-19, waiting for the full reopening of the wedding houses and the official Notary and Translator bureau in town.

Do not exitate to contact us for any update you should need.