📅 Published: April 6, 2026 | Updated: August 2, 2026 | ⏱ 10 minutes to read | 🏷 Country comparison

Full analysis of surrogacy in Georgia: legal framework, cost range, applicable groups and precautions

Summary:As of 2 August 2026, Georgia has an enacted statutory framework for gestational surrogacy in a specified medical circumstance. That does not justify claims that commercial surrogacy is expressly authorised or that every foreign couple is guaranteed access. A woman-man couple may qualify through at least one year of marriage or at least one year of documented actual cohabitation. Foreign and cross-border families should obtain written confirmation from Georgian counsel, the clinic and the birth-registration authority before payment or embryo transfer.

1. Current legal basis and limits

Article 143 of the Law of Georgia on Health Care

The text states that, where a woman does not have a uterus, an embryo created with the couple's or donor gametes may be transferred to another woman, and the couple's written consent is mandatory. Whether a patient's facts meet the current medical and procedural requirements should be confirmed in writing by the Georgian clinic and local counsel.

If a child is born and the statutory conditions and registration documents are met, the couple is deemed the parents under Georgian law; the donor or gestational carrier has no right to be recognised as a parent. This is not unconditional automatic registration and does not itself resolve recognition of parentage, citizenship, passports or travel documents in the intended parents' home country.

Article 143 does not expressly establish a separate category of “commercial surrogacy.” Fees, compensation and contract terms require item-by-item review under current Georgian law and the facts of the case.

2. Couple eligibility and the pending 2023 bill

Order No. 598 amended the birth-registration rules so that the agreement party is a woman-man couple. They may have been married for at least one year or may document at least one year of actual cohabitation. A claim that Georgia is available only to married couples is therefore inaccurate.

Intended-parent situationCurrent readingWhat must be confirmed before payment or transfer
Woman-man couple married for at least one yearCan meet the relationship-form requirementArticle 143 medical condition, notarised agreement, medical records and birth-registration documents
Woman-man couple with at least one year of actual cohabitationCan use documentary evidence of the relationshipWhether the registration authority accepts the evidence, plus all medical and agreement documents
Single person or same-sex coupleDoes not fit the woman-man agreement-party structure in Order No. 598Do not pay based on an agency's oral assurance; obtain independent advice on other lawful pathways
Foreign woman-man coupleThe enacted texts reviewed for this guide do not state a nationality barWritten pre-clearance from local counsel, the clinic and the birth-registration authority is essential
The bill is not in force:A 2023 Assisted Reproduction bill would apply only to Georgian citizens and restrict financial profit or material benefit in exchange for donation or surrogacy. Parliament began a further 90-day extension procedure on 8 June 2026. As of 2 August 2026, it remained a pending bill: it must not be presented as current law, but its policy risk should not be ignored.

3. Four written checks for foreign and cross-border families

  1. Georgian counsel:Confirm relationship eligibility, medical conditions, agreement enforceability, payments and change-in-law clauses in writing.
  2. Clinic:Confirm the medical indication, treatment parties, gamete source, laboratory services and delivery of complete medical records.
  3. Birth-registration authority:Before transfer, check the notarised agreement, marriage or cohabitation evidence, medical documents and parent-registration conditions.
  4. Home-country advice:Separately confirm recognition of parentage, citizenship, DNA requirements, passports or travel documents and entry arrangements.

Cross-border parentage and documents depend on more than one legal system and on actual administrative review. An agency's oral statement that registration or return is “guaranteed” is not a substitute for written advice from the relevant authorities and independent counsel.

4. Costs: a non-official market budget snapshot only

Snapshot date: 2 August 2026.The figures below are early planning observations from market packages and service quotes. They are not government tariffs, do not constitute a quotation, and do not establish that a payment is lawful in a particular case. Obtain an itemised written quote, milestone schedule, refund terms and legal review before starting.

Budget itemNon-official reference range (CNY)What to verify
IVF, retrieval and embryo culture20,000–40,000Medication, ICSI, blastocyst culture, freezing and storage exclusions
PGT-A, if selected for the case20,000–40,000Biopsy, testing, no-result cases and retesting
Carrier-related contractual and medical support80,000–150,000Legal character of payments, permitted scope, pregnancy care and complications
Legal, notarial and translation work20,000–40,000Pre-transfer agreement, relationship evidence and birth-registration documents
Coordination and management50,000–100,000Service scope, third-party payments, exit and refund terms
Birth and cross-border documents10,000–30,000Registration, authentication, translations, DNA and travel documents
Overall market planning reference300,000–500,000Non-official snapshot; no success guarantee. Donor eggs, repeat cycles, complications and complex documents can change the total

5. Medical process and the limits of PGT-A

  1. Medical and relationship pre-check:Confirm the Article 143 medical circumstance and the marriage or cohabitation evidence.
  2. Cross-border legal pre-check:Before payment, assess parentage, citizenship and documents in Georgia and the home country.
  3. Pre-transfer documents:Complete the notarised agreement, medical evidence and identity documents required for registration, and retain written confirmations.
  4. Individualised IVF plan:Base treatment on age, ovarian reserve, embryo numbers, medical history and laboratory conditions.
  5. Transfer and pregnancy care:Track transfer, pregnancy and delivery through clinic records; a positive pregnancy test is not a live birth.
  6. Birth registration and cross-border documents:Proceed only after Georgian registration conditions are met. Timing depends on the case, authorities and home-country requirements.
PGT-A is not a routine requirement for every family. The ASRM 2024 committee opinion states that its value as a universal screening test has not been demonstrated. Discuss it case by case using age, embryo numbers, prior history and laboratory conditions. A result reflects chromosome copy number in sampled cells; it is not a “normal embryo” or live-birth guarantee.

6. Official sources and update status

7. Conclusion: obtain written feasibility findings before proceeding

Georgia has an enacted statutory framework, but eligibility, medical indications, the agreement, payments, birth registration and home-country documents must be assessed separately. The safest decision gate is consistent written confirmation from Georgian counsel, the clinic, the birth-registration authority and a qualified home-country adviser before any substantial payment or embryo transfer.

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