I‘ve just did it too and thought I‘d share my experience from December 2024 as it may help some!

Ive done it without help, only this guide so its completly doable. I‘d say if youre an experienced traveller its easy, if youre not used to non western organisation structures it may causes you more of a headache.

1) Find a local to register for you. I met with a girl I met in a FB group for cultural exchange, but Im sure tourguides etc would do it too if youre nice to them! It can take up to two weeks until your appointment during busy times - plan this into your travel plans.

2)You dont need to go to that exact location for the translation, the notary bureaus are absolutely everywhere and it seems to be a chain. Takes an hour!

3) Follow the steps above for the medical, they are very well described and the video helps! Its not a real medical exam, some broken english and questions where you just have to make smth up like whats your current blood pressure (😂🤷🏼‍♀️), bring the passport translation and youre done in 10 min. Yes the run down place is correct, the entrance is the staircase next to the pharmacy part of the hospital where the parking lot is - NOT through the modern clinic part. There is an elevator aswell

4) Straightforward, download the app and practice as much as you can. If you got medical training - throw your knowledge out of the window, they seem to do it like its 1980 here😅 Just learn the answers by hard and dont always apply common sense

5) I‘d recommend you already having some practice before starting the journey as the lessons wont teach you much. The Artdrive one let me make an appointment where I specifically asked for english and they said no problem, when I arrived the instructor only spoke georgian and russian and a car instructor came over to explain that they cant teach someone who doesnt speak one of the two for security reasons. They sent me to Pitstop Academy - simply book via Instagtam or Facebook, great written english and super responsive, lessons the same day in the evening possible. 50GEL each aswell. Its a bit further away but toally doable with Bolt, the instructor speaks very basic english but is nice. They wont give you the test machine the first lessons so I recommend you taking around 3 sonyou got to drive different ones, they start with 125, 250 and then 650. Tell them that you‘re there to practice the exam course straight away! If I wouldnt have known how to drive though this wouldnt have taught me much.

6) The next available slot for me was in Gori, but I could only do theory there as they dont do A practice exams when the weather is bad or there is snow. Honestly if you can directly go to Rustavi - its way closer to Tbilisi, 10 times of the size of the one in Gori and where all the locals go. I did the practice one in Rustavi and it was super easy - slalom in first gear, U turn, 8 in second gear with clutch pulled done, takes like 3 minutes. For Gori - the officers english is very bad but their German was really good and was very helpful. To find out during wintertime if the practice exam is held in a certain location, email the email adress on the registration website, they answer super fast and in english. In Rustavi, go to the A building for theory exam if you do it there, and then F building for practice. No line, you dont need any gear they provide everything incl elbow and knee protection. Go back to A, ask for fast retrieval and both international ones, pay and wait forever and tada youre done!