Georgia Consulate General Thessaloniki

Before your visit

Address for visitors: Mitropolitou Amvrosiou Moschonision 11, 546 55 Thessaloniki.

• Opening hours: not published in the Greek Foreign Ministry’s list of consular posts (September 2026) – check the consulate’s website or call before you go.
• Bring: your passport or ID card, plus originals and copies of the documents for your application.

About the Georgian consulate general

The consulate general provides consular services for Georgian citizens living in Greece. According to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gela Japaridze heads the office as consul general. Thessaloniki is in Central Macedonia. The embassy in Athens is roughly 305 km away.

Consular services

Typical services include:

• Georgian passports and emergency travel documents
• Certification of documents and signatures
• Powers of attorney and notarial acts
• Certificates for pensions abroad
• Citizenship and civil register matters

Documents checklist

The most frequent applications and the documents the Georgian authorities ask for:

Georgian biometric passport (application at a consulate)

• Book an appointment and apply in person – photo, fingerprints and signature are taken at the consulate
• A copy of your current identity document (passport or ID card)
• A passport photo (upload it when booking online or bring it on a USB stick)
• If your name changed through marriage or divorce abroad: the apostilled supporting document
• Prepared within about 45 days via a consulate; valid 10 years for adults
• Alternative: citizens abroad can reuse their existing biometric data via the online service of the Public Service Development Agency

Sources: Consulate General of Georgia in New York – biometric passport for adults (mfa.gov.ge), Public Service Development Agency of Georgia – passport (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate before your visit.

Do I need an appointment?

Contact the office before visiting to find out whether your matter needs an appointment.

Travelling from Greece to Georgia

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not publish visa rules for individual countries. It asks Greek citizens travelling outside the EU and the European Economic Area to check with the consular authorities of the country they are visiting before departure – for Georgia, that means this mission. See the ministry’s page on visas for Greek citizens (in Greek).

Closing days

Expect the consulate general to be closed on Greek public holidays such as Epiphany (6 January), Independence Day (25 March) and Ochi Day (28 October). It is usually also closed on Georgia’s national day (26 May). Many missions also close on their own national and religious holidays – call ahead.

Emergency assistance

Urgent consular cases: phone +30 2310 424 630. Consular staff can replace lost travel documents and inform relatives; they cannot pay bills or act as a lawyer. In Greece, the emergency number is 112 (police 100, ambulance 166, fire service 199; tourist police 1571). Greek citizens who need help in Georgia should contact the Greek embassy accredited to the country (listed on mfa.gr).

Georgian missions in Greece

Georgia in Greece

• Athens – Embassy of Georgia
• Thessaloniki – Consulate General (this page)