Hiring a virtual assistant from Georgia

Georgia the country, not the US state

Searches for hiring in Georgia mix up the two. This guide is about remote professionals in the country, mostly in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi, who work for foreign companies. If you are comparing with a local hire in the US state, the US pay data by state is the page you want.

Working hours by the clock

Georgia does not change its clocks, so the gap to you moves by an hour when your own clocks change. A 9:00 to 17:00 day in your city falls at these times in Tbilisi, winter first and summer second:

• New York: 18:00 to 02:00; 17:00 to 01:00.
• Chicago: 19:00 to 03:00; 18:00 to 02:00.
• Los Angeles: 21:00 to 05:00; 20:00 to 04:00.
• London: 13:00 to 21:00; 12:00 to 20:00.
• Paris, Amsterdam or Madrid: 12:00 to 20:00; 11:00 to 19:00.

Fix the shift in writing, either in local time or in yours, and say which one. The time-zone overlap tool shows the shared hours for your city on any date.

Shift patterns that work

• The overnight queue: a normal 9:00 to 18:00 day in Tbilisi runs from midnight to 9:00 in New York in winter. US customers wake up to answers, and the agent works normal hours. It is a strong pattern for email support.
• The US morning: a 12:00 to 21:00 shift gives three shared hours with a New York morning in winter and four in summer; 13:00 to 22:00 adds one more.
• The European day: a normal local day overlaps six hours of a Paris day in winter and seven in summer.

Our guide on covering US hours with remote support compares the patterns for a support queue in more detail.

English

Georgian is the native language, with its own alphabet. English is widely taught in schools and is common among younger professionals, especially in tourism, hospitality and international business. As anywhere, the level varies by person: check writing and speaking separately, because some candidates write far better than they speak, and the other way round.

Candidates apply to Stafka with a written English task and a recorded voice answer, each profile shows the English level, and we check their English on a live call before you interview them. Georgia has been one of our strongest sources of applicants so far, so shortlists there tend to have the most choice.

Roles that fit

• Customer support for online stores: the overnight queue and the US morning. See hiring customer support from Georgia.
• Order and back-office work: order updates, returns, supplier follow-ups. See hiring an e-commerce order specialist from Georgia.
• Executive and operations assistants: for founders in Europe, or in the US with a morning overlap. See hiring an executive assistant from Georgia.

Contracts and payments

Georgia has a simple registration for individual entrepreneurs, which freelancers working for foreign clients often use. Ask how the person is registered; their local tax is their side of the arrangement. You sign a contractor agreement directly with them and pay monthly, for example through Deel at $49¹ a month or by Wise transfer from 0.23%² per transfer. The local currency is the lari, so agree in the contract whether you pay in US dollars or euros.

This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Our guide to paying international contractors compares the tools.

When Georgia fits, and when it does not

Georgia fits teams that want European hours, the US morning or an overnight support queue, with a direct contract and fair pay: our customer support vacancies pay $700–1,000³ a month and our executive assistant vacancies $800–1,100⁴ a month. For live phone coverage through a US afternoon, ask for it in the brief: that is a night shift in Tbilisi, fewer candidates accept one, and the recruiter confirms it with each one before the interview.

If it fits, post the job or ask for three matching profiles; the Georgia hiring hub has every role in one place. Stafka replaces the person free of charge if they leave or do not work out within 180⁵ days of the start date: one replacement per placement, once the placement fee has been paid and as long as the role, hours and pay stay as agreed. The fee itself is not refunded.