International and Transit Drivers
Post vacancies for long distance roles running the corridor between the Black Sea ports, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkiye. State the rotation, the crossings and the time at home.
For Georgian Employers
Hire Professional Drivers in Georgia
Publish your driver vacancies on FastDriver.eu, reach candidates across the regions, in the wider area and in eligible international markets, and manage applications yourself. The rules on who may work here have changed recently, and some driving occupations are now closed to foreign nationals, so read the sections below before planning an intake.
Direct employer hiring • Regional and international reach • Work permit guidance under a newly tightened regime
A Driver Job Portal Built for Georgian Employers
FastDriver.eu connects Georgian hauliers, forwarding companies, port and transit logistics operators, bus companies and distribution businesses with drivers looking for work.
Publish a genuine vacancy, state the licence category, describe the routes and the rotation, and receive applications directly. Say whether the work is transit haulage on the corridor, port drayage or domestic distribution, because those are quite different jobs. Browse current listings at www.fastdriver.eu/jobs/georgia.
FastDriver.eu is a specialised driver job portal. It is not a recruitment agency or an employment intermediary, it does not employ drivers and it does not lease workers.
Your company reviews the applications, interviews the candidates, inspects the original licence and any professional certification, and signs the employment contract under the Labour Code. The hiring decision stays with you.
Advertise the Driver Roles Your Fleet Needs
Georgian employers recruit across transit haulage on the east to west corridor, Black Sea port drayage, domestic distribution, construction supply and passenger transport.
Truck and Heavy Goods Drivers
Advertise domestic freight roles with C or CE requirements in port drayage, construction supply, quarrying and agricultural transport.
Bus and Coach Drivers
Publish roles on the Tbilisi and regional networks, intercity lines, works transport and the coach and transfer services serving the mountain and coastal tourism seasons.
Distribution and Van Drivers
Advertise distribution and van roles supplying retail, hospitality and food customers across the main urban areas.
Tanker, ADR and Specialist Drivers
Reach ADR qualified and tanker drivers for fuel and chemical movements, and heavy and abnormal load drivers serving energy and infrastructure projects.
Check the occupation restrictions before you advertise to foreign candidates. Some driving roles are reserved for nationals and permanent residents.
Driver Hiring Across Georgia
Georgia is divided into regions, with Tbilisi and the autonomous republics alongside. Its transport sector is defined by its position between the Black Sea and the Caspian.
The east to west route links the Black Sea ports with Azerbaijan and onward to Central Asia, and carries a large share of the country's freight.
Poti and Batumi handle container, bulk and ferry traffic, feeding road haulage inland and to neighbouring countries.
The route north over the main range towards Russia involves a high pass with seasonal closures and long queues, and it shapes scheduling for operators who use it.
Wine, hazelnut, citrus and fresh produce output supports seasonal haulage to processing plants and export routes.
Where Georgian Employers Are Hiring Drivers
Naming the region helps candidates judge the commute and the route type, which matters where terrain makes journey times long.
Driver Job Titles and How Candidates Search Here
Georgian drivers search in Georgian, and a substantial part of the experienced workforce searches in Russian as well.
Adverts pair the job title with the licence category, so stating C or CE explicitly helps candidates filter themselves accurately.
Transit and international work is usually described by the corridor and the crossings rather than by a single term, and experienced drivers look for those references.
Passenger and distribution roles are advertised in Georgian, with Russian versions widely read among drivers with regional experience.
Candidates state their licence category, any professional certification and ADR where held, and often the passes and crossings they have run.
Publish in Georgian for the domestic market. A Russian version widens the reach across the region, and English is worth adding for international and port related roles.
Recruit Drivers Locally, Regionally or Internationally
FastDriver.eu operates as a European driver job portal and allows candidates in other parts of the world to discover and apply for suitable Georgian vacancies.
Georgian employers may receive applications from drivers based in Georgia, the wider region and, subject to the restrictions described below, other international markets.
Georgia is not an EU or EEA state, and the rules on who may work here were tightened recently. A foreign national who wants to work now needs a work permit, issued for one year and tied to a specific job and a specific employer, followed by the appropriate visa and a worker's residence permit.
Read this part carefully before advertising. Certain occupations have been reserved for Georgian nationals and holders of permanent residence permits, and courier and taxi driving are among them. If your vacancy is a courier or taxi role, it cannot be filled by a foreign national without a permanent residence permit, whatever their qualifications.
For roles that are open, the sequence starts with your company. The vacancy must be posted on the official state employment portal for at least ten working days before a foreign applicant may be considered, and a foreign hire is possible only if no suitable Georgian candidate is found. Drivers can check their own position through our driving licence eligibility guidance.
FastDriver.eu can provide process guidance and document coordination when a candidate needs support. It does not make government decisions and cannot promise an approval.
Licences, Professional Certification and Experience
State the licence category in the advert, and be explicit about the certification the role requires under Georgian rules.
Georgia uses the familiar category structure, with C and CE for freight, C1 and C1E for lighter rigid vehicles, D and D1 for passenger transport and B for lighter vehicles.
Because Georgia is outside the European Union, the EU driver qualification instrument does not apply here of its own force. Confirm with the competent Georgian transport authority what professional driver certification your vacancy requires.
For transit and international work the requirements along the route matter as much as the domestic ones. A driver running towards Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Armenia or north over the range needs documents accepted in each country, so check every leg before dispatch.
Tachograph and ADR requirements apply to the relevant work, and international operations bring their own permit and documentation requirements for the vehicle as well as the driver.
Experience requirements are set by operators. Mountain pass confidence, winter conditions and familiarity with long queues at the crossings matter here and appear on no certificate. FastDriver.eu can present candidate information, but verifying original documents remains the employer's responsibility.
How FastDriver.eu Supports Georgian Employers
Job Publication
Publish driver vacancies in Georgian, Russian or English with the licence category, region and corridor set out clearly.
Vacancy Promotion
Raise the visibility of transit and specialist roles that are slow to fill.
Direct Applications
Applications reach your team directly, with no intermediary between you and the driver.
Candidate Discovery Support
Support in reaching drivers who match your licence and route requirements, without any promise of a specific candidate.
Permit and Visa Guidance
Guidance on the occupation restrictions, the state portal advertising period and the work permit route.
Relocation Coordination
Coordination of travel, arrival, registration and residence permit steps when an international candidate is hired.
Flexible Employer Options
Employer options can be arranged around single vacancies, seasonal peaks or larger recruitment rounds, and are agreed separately with your company.
Posting a Driver Vacancy in Georgia
Check first whether the role is one of the restricted occupations. After that, the more specific the advert, the better the applications.
Give the company name, the region and the base the driver reports to, and say whether the work is domestic, transit or port related.
State the vehicle type and licence category, the certification required, and whether ADR or heavy haulage applies.
Say how many drivers you need, what experience you expect and which crossings and passes the role uses.
Describe the rotation honestly, including nights away and queue times at the crossings, along with pay and benefits.
Confirm the start date, and if a foreign hire is possible for the role, allow for the state portal advertising period before you make an offer.
Your company sets and honours the final employment terms.
Hiring a Driver in Georgia
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Submit your requirement
Tell us the role, the region, the licence category and how many drivers you need.
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Publish and promote
The vacancy goes live in Georgian, Russian or English and is promoted to relevant candidates alongside the required state portal posting.
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Review the applications
Applications arrive directly for your team to assess.
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Interview and check
You interview, inspect the original licence and certification, and confirm corridor and pass experience.
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Hire your chosen driver
Your company issues the employment contract under the Georgian Labour Code.
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Permit, registration and residence steps if needed
Where a foreign hire is possible and intended, the state portal period, the work permit, the visa and the worker's residence permit follow, and the employee is registered in the ministry's system. Support can be agreed separately.
Employer Checklist for Georgian Driver Vacancies
Work through these before publishing. The first item decides whether a foreign hire is possible at all.
Company and role
- Whether the occupation is restricted to nationals and permanent residents; registered company details; region and base; role title in Georgian or Russian
Vehicle and licence
- Vehicle type; category B, C1, C, CE, D1 or D; Georgian professional certification confirmed with the transport authority; ADR where relevant; documents valid along the whole route
Experience and routes
- Experience expected; domestic, transit or port work; mountain passes and seasonal closures; border crossings and queue times
Schedule and pay
- Rotation and time at home; pay structure and allowances; benefits; vehicle allocation
International candidates
- Vacancy posted on the state employment portal for the required period; no suitable Georgian candidate found; work permit tied to the job and employer; visa and residence permit; employee registered in the ministry system
Complete each section before your vacancy goes live.
Employer Responsibilities in Georgia
The Georgian employer is responsible for the following.
The registration duty is not administrative housekeeping. Failure to register carries a fine that can be increased on repetition, and the ministry notifies the permit and visa authorities when a registration ends, so a lapse can affect the driver's residence permit or visa directly.
FastDriver.eu does not issue any government approval.
FastDriver.eu cannot guarantee applications, candidate availability, candidate suitability, interview attendance, hiring outcomes, licence recognition, work permits, residence permits, visas, processing times or continued employment.
Misleading vacancy content may be removed from the platform.
This page is general information for employers and is not legal advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is FastDriver.eu?
A specialised driver job portal used across Europe. Georgian employers publish driver vacancies and receive applications directly from candidates.
Is FastDriver.eu a recruitment agency?
No. It is a job portal, not a recruitment agency or employment intermediary, and it does not lease workers. Your company employs the driver directly.
Which Georgian employers can use the platform?
Legally operating transport and logistics companies, hauliers, forwarders, fleet operators, bus operators and distribution businesses.
Can we hire a foreign national as a courier or taxi driver?
No. Those occupations are reserved for Georgian nationals and holders of permanent residence permits, so a foreign national without permanent residence cannot engage in them, regardless of qualifications.
Which driver roles are still open to foreign candidates?
Roles outside the restricted list, subject to the permit process. Because the list can change, confirm the current position for your specific occupation before advertising to foreign candidates.
Is a work permit now required?
Yes. Following recent changes,, a foreign national who wants to work here needs a work permit, issued for one year and tied to a specific job and employer.
Do we have to advertise the vacancy first?
Yes. The role must be posted on the official state employment portal for at least ten working days before a foreign applicant may be considered, and a foreign hire is possible only if no suitable Georgian candidate is found.
What comes after the work permit?
The appropriate vis,aifs needed, and aworker’ss residence permit. Plan the sequence rather than treating the permit as the end of the process.
Do we have to register our foreign employees?
Yes, in the ministry’s online system. Failure to register carries a fine that may be increased on repeat offences, and deregistration is notified to the permit and visa authorities.
Is Georgia in the European Union?
No, and it is not in the EEA. European free movement does not apply, and the driver qualification arrangements are Georgia’s own rather than those of the EU.
Does an EU driver qualification card count here?
Treat it as something to check rather than assume. Confirm with the competent Georgian transport authority what certification your vacancy requires, and check each country on any international route separately.
What should we say about transit routes?
Name the corridor and the crossings. Queue times, mountain passes, and seasonal closures are what experienced drivers judge the job on.
Who verifies driving licences and documents?
Your company does. The platform may collect candidate information and assist with document coordination, but inspecting the originals is theemployer’ss responsibility.
How long does it take to hire an international driver?
There is no fixed timeline. Allow for the state portal advertising period before any offer, then the work permit, visa, and residence permit stages.
What does it cost to use FastDriver.eu as an employer?
Options depend on the number of vacancies, the promotion level and the support you need. Terms are agreed with your company in advance.
How do we start hiring?
Submit the employer enquiry with your company details and driver requirements, or post the vacancy directly. Your team then reviews the applications and selects the driver.
Start Hiring Professional Drivers in Georgia
Submit a driver requirement or publish a vacancy, and reach qualified candidates across the regions, in the wider area and in eligible international markets.
Georgian employers recruit, select and employ their chosen drivers directly.
Last Updated: August 27, 2026
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