Foreign information and Georgian legal consequences are separate
Border refusal, administrative holding and criminal arrest are not interchangeable even when movement is restricted in the same location.
Cross-border issue
What legal regime and document authorise the restriction, and what review, asylum or consular issue is engaged?
Police, border bodies, prosecutors, courts, the Ministry of Justice, consulates and foreign authorities perform different functions.
Build one reconciled international file
Border decision, arrest record if any, passport and visa, database result, interview recording, interpreter and travel documents.
GEVerify the Georgian act and remedy
INTIdentify the foreign or INTERPOL record
IDResolve identity and translation
COCoordinate counsel without conflicting positions
First controlled step
Ask for the written decision and legal status, request interpretation and preserve any protection claim separately.
Primary sources for this guide
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Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia↗︎Law on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters↗︎Constitution of Georgia↗︎