Service description
Dominican Residence for a period of one year for the management or technical staff of a foreign company. Temporary residence card gray, valid for one year.
To whom this service is intended
Deparment
Contact Info
Requirements
1- Residence application form for investment: to be filled out by the company, digitally completed by machine or legible, in three originals stamped and signed by the competent official and duly accredited by the foreign investment company that supports the application.
2-letter of guarantee from the authorized company duly notarized and legalized to belong to the residence by investment program , where it requests the foreign investment section of the immigration department to incorporate a managerial and/or personnel into the residence by investment program foreign technician, said letter must specify the general characteristics of the employee, the position he or she performs or is going to perform, date of entry, the salary earned and must justify the importance of this personnel entering the residency program by investment, (because due to Their activities, knowledge and experiences constitute essential human resources: a) for the proper functioning of the company, b) their specialty is not satisfied by national technicians. c) that, in that position, the foreigner guarantees the security of the investor’s investment. You must attach proof of the specialty not satisfied by national technicians, and in the case of managerial personnel it will only apply to high positions that allow the investor to secure the investment.
3-Original employment contract, registered in the Ministry of Labor, notarized and visa in the Attorney General’s Office of the Dominican Republic.
3.1. In the case of employees hired abroad, but transferred to work in the Dominican Republic, they must attach: copy of the employment contract duly apostilled and translated into Spanish, if applicable, and the letter of designation from abroad, which must be duly translated into Spanish, if necessary and legalized or apostilled at the consulate or headquarters of the Dominican Republic in the country of origin of the document.
4-Certified proof of the corresponding institution depending on the regime to which the investment is accepted.
5- Copy of the complete passport with a minimum validity of one (1) year.
5.1. In the event that the name that the foreigner has registered in the passport is different from that of his birth certificate, he must deposit the document that legally guarantees the change, either the marriage certificate if he has added the last name of the husband, the certificate of divorce if you do not want to appear with the husband’s last name, the adoption certificate, among others, that must be apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in another language.
6-Current business visa (NM1) issued in the Dominican consulate of your country of origin or residence.
7- Conducting medical exams. This must be done within 3 days after payment and no medical examinations from institutions not authorized by DGM are admitted.
8- Original birth certificate. duly apostilled or legalized, as appropriate, and translated into Spanish if it is in another language.
8.1. In the event that the foreigner has acquired a nationality other than his nationality of origin, and wishes to become a resident with this acquired nationality, he must deposit a copy of the naturalization certified by the department of naturalizations that issued it, apostilled and translated into Spanish if It is in another language.
8.2. In the case of a change of name, the foreigner must deposit the act authorizing the change of name, apostilled and translated into Spanish if it is in another language.
8.3. In the case of nationals of countries where only one original document of the birth certificate is issued, a copy of it will be accepted, duly certified and translated into Spanish if necessary, legalized at the corresponding Dominican consulate or at the headquarters in the Dominican Republic of the consulate of origin of the applicant or the official entity authorized and legalized in the chancellery.
9-Certificate of no criminal record, issued by the competent authority of the country (in case of countries with federal regimes must be issued by the federal authority) where you have resided in the last five (5) years, duly legalized or apostilled, as appropriate , and translated into Spanish if it is in another language.
9.1. If this country is different from your country of origin, you must guarantee this certification with a personal identity document of the country where you declare that you have resided for the last 5 years
10- Four (4) recent photographs, of the same set: two (2) of front and two (2) of right profile, size 2×2, without jewels or accessories and bare ears, with the white background.
11-Guarantee policy contracted with Seguros Reservas. CLICK HERE
12- Special power of representation, whereby the company authorizes the executive who signs these communications on behalf of the same, he must be Dominican or permanent resident.
13-Performing medical examinations, this must be done within 3 days after payment and no medical examinations are admitted from institutions not authorized by DGM.
14- Must additionally include a repatriation policy , as provided in article 57, paragraph 16, of regulation no. 631-11 for application of law 285-04, on migration.
DEPENDENT CASE:
1- if the request includes the spouse must be made jointly with that of your husband, as a dependent, you must deposit the following documents of the wife: marriage certificate, birth certificate both in original apostilled or legalized and translated into Spanish, as appropriate, copy of the complete passport, copy of the residence visa, certification of apostilled or legalized criminal records, as appropriate.
2- if the application includes the minor children: you must deposit the following birth certificate documents in original apostilled or legalized and translated into Spanish, as appropriate, copy of the complete passport, copy of the residence visa, certification of apostilled criminal records or legalized, as appropriate. In the case of children under sixteen (16) years, the criminal record requirement is not required. In the case of children over 18 years of age of the beneficiary, they may only be included if they are financially dependent on the beneficiary of the program for reasons of study or disability. an additional guarantee letter must be includedwhere the guarantor (beneficiary of the program) records the quality and condition of the economic dependent of the applicant for the residence, and specifies that he is responsible for the maintenance and repatriation expenses if necessary. In the case of children over 18 years of age of the beneficiary, they may only be included if they are financially dependent on the beneficiary of the program for reasons of study or disability.
3 – must include additional a repatriation policy, as provided in article 57 paragraph 16, of regulation no. 631-11 for application of law 285-04, on migration.
Procedure to follow
1. Enter the DGM service portal. ( https://personal.migracion.gob.do/ )
1.2. Register in the system (if you are registered, enter your username and password)
1.3. Choose the “application list” option, from the list of available services, choose the one you requested, and complete the required information on the forms.
1.4. The system will notify you about the status of your request
2- The scanned documents must be in .jpg format for the application via web.
3- The applicant has thirty (30) days to deposit all the original documents after having entered Dominican territory, otherwise, he must pay a penalty (see stay payment table).
4- Present to the DGM with the original documentation plus a complete set of copies.
5- All documents in another language must be translated into Spanish, by the Dominican consulate in the country of origin of the applicant or by a judicial interpreter in the Dom.
6- At the end of the deposit of the required documentation, the authorization to carry out the medical examination and the approval of the payment of the services, the “document receipt form” for the withdrawal of the requested temporary residence will be delivered to the applicant, in case of being approved.
7- The medical examination must be carried out within three days after payment ( including the day of payment ), otherwise you must make the payment again. you must wait ten days to know the results of them.
8- All documents deposited in the DGM must be original and must be duly notarized, legalized and apostilled as appropriate.
Hours of service
Fees
SEE TABLE BELOW.
Processing time
Service channel
Online: Making requests and taxes payment
Face-to-face: Deposit and withdrawal of documents, and tax payments
Additional information
URL to process the service: https://personal.migracion.gob.do
PROCEDURE COST
ADULTS
SINGLE RECORD PAYMENT – RD $ 42,000.00
MEDICAL EXAMS – RD $ 6,300.00
CEI-RD INVESTMENT RECORD DEPOSIT – RD $ 3,500.00
TOTAL – RD $ 51,800.00
UNDER 10 YEARS OLD
SINGLE RECORD PAYMENT – RD $ 42,000.00
MEDICAL EXAMS – RD $ 4,200.00
CEI-RD INVESTMENT RECORD DEPOSIT – RD $ 3,500.00
TOTAL – RD $ 49,700.00
FROM 16 YEARS OLD
SINGLE RECORD PAYMENT – RD $ 42,000.00
MEDICAL EXAMS – RD $ 6,300.00
CEI-RD INVESTMENT RECORD DEPOSIT – RD $ 3,500.00
TOTAL – RD $ 51,800.00