Need for foreign workers analyzed
The General Directorate of Immigration (DGM) has held meetings with representatives of various productive sectors of the country to analyze possible solutions, adjusted to current immigration regulations, to the requirements of foreign labor to work in their activities.
DGM officials, headed by Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, ARD, have had meetings with representatives of producers of bananas, rice, plantains, coffee, cocoa, beans, avocados, chickens, eggs; and cattle and pig farmers.
Also with executives from the Dominican Association of Builders and Housing Promoters (ACOPROVI), Association of Builders of Santo Domingo Este (ACOSDE), Association of Promoters and Builders of Cibao (Aprocovici), Association of Builders and Developers of Altagracia (ADECLA) and Tourism Business Alliance of La Altagracia (ALETA).
Lee Ballester raised the need to conduct a detailed survey to quantify the specific labor needs of each sector, which will allow for the design of strategies more tailored to market demands, always based on current immigration regulations and laws.
During the meetings, the head of the DGM pointed out that for a foreign worker to have legal immigration status in the country, it is essential that when initiating the relevant procedures, he/she presents valid identity documents issued by the authorities of his/her country of origin.
Lee Ballester stressed the importance of employers hiring foreigners who are duly regularized and authorized by immigration laws to perform paid work in the country.
He also highlighted that the actions of the DGM are in line with the provisions of President Luis Abinader, who has reiterated the need to Dominicanize and mechanize agricultural and construction activities, as well as to guarantee a balance between the labor needs of the productive sectors and compliance with immigration regulations.
In addition to DGM officials, the Vice Minister of Agriculture Eulalio Ramírez was present; the Senator for La Altagracia Rafael Duluc; the deputy Carmen Ligia Barceló, member of the Labor Commission of the Lower House; and the director of the Dominican Coffee Institute (INDOCAFE), Leonardo Batista Díaz.
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