Family visa in Dominican Republic

• MIREX lists family ties (reunification by marriage or direct dependency) as one of three reasons for the RS residence visa, next to investors and pensioners or rentistas. Its family checklist is written for a spouse or child of a foreign legal resident of the Dominican Republic or of a Dominican. If you are not married, it asks for a notarised declaration of free union covering at least two years, legalised or apostilled, shown through children or shared property.
• MIREX also has a separate multiple-entry dependency visa (DPM) valid for one year. Its checklist asks for a copy of the main holder's Dominican visa or residence card and a guarantee letter issued by a company, but the page does not say who counts as a dependant, so that is unknown.
• The checklists name a spouse, partner and children only; we found no family checklist for parents, siblings or other relatives. DGM describes ordinary temporary residence (RT-9), the permit that follows the RS visa, as for a foreigner who intends to settle and form a bond with the country.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• MIREX publishes no income amount for the family visa. It asks for proof of economic solvency: bank letters on savings or current accounts or bank certificates, an employment certificate stating start date, position and salary, and property titles or vehicle registration if you have them. One version of its list asks for bank movements over the last three months instead.
• A guarantor in the Dominican Republic must sign a letter, notarised and legalised by the Attorney General's Office and valid for six months, taking moral and economic responsibility for the spouse, partner or children. It is handed in at the consular interview, and MIREX can summon the guarantor.
• At DGM the RT-9 list asks again for documents proving financial solvency and for a guarantee policy from a DGM-authorised insurer. The page names no amount and no premium, so both are unknown.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• For the RS family visa MIREX asks for the visa form, a 4-by-5 cm photo on a white background, the original passport valid for at least six months, a birth certificate legalised or apostilled with a sworn translation if needed, and your previous visas. Adults also need a criminal record issued in the last 12 months by the competent authority (the federal one in federal states) of each country where they lived in the last five years.
• The checklist adds a request letter you sign, saying your nationality, where you live, your activity and how you plan to settle as the spouse or child; it needs no legalisation. It also asks for the marriage certificate and the children's birth certificates, as they apply, and a medical certificate showing no infectious disease.
• DGM's RT-9 list asks for a passport valid for six months, the RS visa, a birth certificate, four photos, a criminal record, a marriage certificate, declaration of single status or proof of living together (apostilled or legalised), a guarantee policy, medical exams and solvency documents.
• DGM's information sheet says a copy of a marriage celebrated abroad is accepted if apostilled, and that someone not married to a Dominican must show other papers proving a link to the country. The medical exam must be done within 3 days after payment.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• You apply at a Dominican consulate and attend an interview. The RS visa is valid for 60 days and a single entry, and holders have 30 days after arriving to appear at DGM. A complete file is not an approval: MIREX decides, and its visa page gives 10 to 20 working days as its general response time.
• At DGM you apply online and file documents and collect the card in person. DGM gives 90 calendar days of processing and ten days to learn the result of the medical exam.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• MIREX's consular fees are US$200 for the RS residence visa and US$150 for the dependency visa (DPM).
• DGM's fees for temporary residence are RD$14,000 to file the application, RD$6,300 for an adult medical exam, RD$4,200 for a child's medical exam (under 10) and RD$7,000 for a filing extension. A first duplicate card costs RD$7,500.
• Renewing RT-9 costs RD$7,000, with RD$700 for each month of late payment. DGM's tables put the stay payment at RD$2,500 for 30 to 90 days and RD$4,000 for 3 to 9 months, and the overdue-visa penalty at RD$5,000 for 1 to 4 months.

Sources: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• RT-9 is valid for one year. Renewal is for another year: you apply within 30 days before it expires, with a passport valid for 18 months, the card, a Dominican criminal record, and a guarantee policy; for a child under 18 the parents take out the policy in their own name.
• DGM's pages do not say what happens to the permit if the marriage or partnership ends or the sponsor leaves, so that is unknown.

Sources: Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• DGM's permanent residence page (RP-1) describes a five-year permit for a foreigner who has renewed RT-9 every year for five years. It asks for a passport valid for 18 months, the current card, a criminal record, solvency documents and medical exams; the fee is RD$16,800 and DGM gives 90 working days.
• For nationality through a spouse, DGM issues a certification that your residence is valid, for RD$2,000 within 15 working days, on a request with your card, passport, identity card, marriage certificate and your spouse's identity card. The page gives no residence period or other conditions for the nationality itself, so those are unknown.

Sources: Dirección General de Migración (DGM). Checked 17 October 2026.

• You are a tax resident if you spend more than 182 days in the Dominican Republic in a year. DGII's notice 22-25 says the system taxes Dominican-source income rather than worldwide income, and PwC, a private adviser, says the same.
• DGII's ruling of January 2022 says residents declare Dominican-source income and foreign-source investment and financial income, and that for a foreigner who becomes resident the tax on that foreign-source income starts from the third year as a resident.

Sources: Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII). Checked 15 October 2026.

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• Dominican Republic

1. Identity History Summary Checks: frequently asked questions, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Checked 17 October 2026.
2. Criminal records checks, US Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Checked 17 October 2026.
3. Visas: types, requirements and fees for tourist, business and residence visas (Spanish), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Servicios360. Checked 17 October 2026. Official page opened on 17 October 2026: the NM1 (employment), RS (family reunification) and DPM (dependency) checklists.
4. United States income tax treaties, A to Z, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
5. US international Social Security agreements, US Social Security Administration, Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026.
6. US citizens and residents abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026.
7. Frequently asked questions (Spanish), Consulado General de la República Dominicana en Montreal (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores). Checked 15 October 2026. Official consulate page opened on 15 October 2026: for residence the process starts in Canada with the residence visa, and most people enter within the first 30 days of its validity to file in Santo Domingo.
8. Dominican consulates and embassy in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa), Embajada de la República Dominicana en Canadá (Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores). Checked 15 October 2026. Official page opened on 15 October 2026: consulates general in Montreal and Toronto, and the embassy in Ottawa (consular enquiries by email). Neither consulate's own pages carry a residence-visa checklist, so MIREX's visa page is the checklist.
9. Criminal record checks: where to go, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Checked 15 October 2026. Certified (fingerprint-based) criminal record checks, through a local police service or an RCMP-accredited fingerprinting company, from inside or outside Canada; no date shown on the page.
10. Authentication of documents: frequently asked questions, Global Affairs Canada. Checked 15 October 2026. Date modified 27 August 2026: the Apostille Convention entered into force in Canada on 11 January 2024; no fee is charged for authentication.
11. Convention between Canada and the Dominican Republic for the avoidance of double taxation (CTS 1977 No. 4), full text, Global Affairs Canada, Treaty Information (treaty-accord.gc.ca). Checked 15 October 2026.
12. Social security agreements, Government of Canada. Checked 15 October 2026.
13. Dominican Republic country brief (archived copy), Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 16 November 2025; the live page was not opened. Says the Dominican Republic's ambassador in Tokyo holds non-resident accreditation for Australia, and that Australia's ambassador in Mexico City is accredited to the Dominican Republic.
14. Apply for a National Police Certificate, Australian Federal Police (AFP). Checked 15 October 2026. No date shown. A$57 for an application; A$114 if fingerprints are needed; fingerprint checks take at least 15 working days.
15. Notarial services and fees (fee schedule from 1 January 2026; archived copy), Australian Government, DFAT (Smartraveller), Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 7 October 2026 (page updated 30 September 2026): apostille A$105 per document; payment in Australia by card only.
16. Income tax treaties in force, Australian Treasury. Checked 15 October 2026.
17. International social security agreements (archived copy), Australian Government, Department of Social Services (Internet Archive copy). Checked 15 October 2026.
18. Use your NZ documents overseas: apostille and authentication countries, New Zealand Government (govt.nz), Department of Internal Affairs. Checked 15 October 2026. Page last updated 15 September 2026; the Dominican Republic is listed as 'Apostille'. NZ$37 per apostille, 15 working days; an urgent service is listed at NZ$120 and 5 working days; form BDM460; a New Zealand notary public where notarisation is needed. (Opened at the govt.nz address it now redirects to.).
19. Vetting process for visas, New Zealand Police. Checked 15 October 2026. No update date shown. Says 'police clearance certificate' has no official meaning in New Zealand and the closest equivalent is a Ministry of Justice Criminal Record Check; Police can send a visa vetting result to the Department of Internal Affairs for an apostille, at a cost paid to DIA, but results go only to the authority issuing the visa.
20. Criminal record check: timeframes, Ministry of Justice (New Zealand). Checked 15 October 2026. No update date shown. The ministry endeavours to respond within 20 working days and says around 90% of requests are answered in under a week. The page gives no cost and does not mention apostilles.
21. Tax treaties: double tax agreements and tax information exchange agreements, Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Tax Policy. Checked 15 October 2026.
22. Social security agreements, Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand). Checked 15 October 2026.
23. Ordinary temporary residence (RT-9) (English page), Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 24 May 2025, opened on 17 October 2026. The fee table is in a download that this page links to.
24. Ordinary temporary residence (RT-9): information sheet with the stay and expired-visa payment tables (English PDF), Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 10 January 2025, opened on 17 October 2026.
25. Consular fees, including residence visas, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (MIREX), Servicios360. Checked 17 October 2026. Official fee table opened on 17 October 2026; fees in US dollars.
26. Ordinary temporary residence (RT-9) (Spanish page): costs of the service, Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 25 July 2025, opened on 17 October 2026.
27. Ordinary temporary residence renewal (RT-9) (English page), Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 23 March 2025, opened on 17 October 2026.
28. Permanent residence application (RP-1) (English page), Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 23 March 2025, opened on 17 October 2026.
29. Marriage naturalization: certification of residence for nationality through the spouse (English page), Dirección General de Migración (DGM), Internet Archive copy. Checked 17 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 9 February 2025, opened on 17 October 2026.
30. DGII notice 22-25: territoriality of income tax for resident individuals, Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII). Checked 15 October 2026.
31. Technical consultation 3 (25 January 2022): income tax of a foreign resident, Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII). Checked 15 October 2026.