You must submit in person or by mail the following documents:

1. Original Visa Application Letter in Spanish to the Consulate stating your name, nationality, place of residence, occupation, and how you project to establish in the country (the child/spouse of a Dominican citizen/legal resident, under work contract of indefinite duration, as property owner, as investor or rentier, pensioner or retiree, enrolled in an academic institution or missionary).
2. Original completed Visa Application Form. ( English | Spanish )
3. A photograph, the frame size must be 2” x 2” and stamped indicating date of photograph; photograph must not be older than 1 year. The photograph must show the full front view of the head, with the face in the middle of the photograph, and include the top of the shoulders.
4. Original passport with at least 18 months of validity and photocopy of all used pages, including biographical page.
5. Photocopy of valid National ID from your country of nationality (if Canadian citizen driver’s licence, citizenship card or health card) and Permanent Resident Card if you are not a Canadian citizen.
6. Original Medical Certificate presenting an assessment of overall health of the applicant and indicating if he/she suffers from some kind of contagious disease.
7. Original National Police Background Check with fingerprints for persons over the age of 18 from countries where resided in the past 5 years, if from Canada from the RCMP and must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If Background Check is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.
8. Original Birth Certificate (long-form version, with parents’ information etc.), if from Canada it must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If Birth Certificate is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.
9. Original Marriage Certificate for persons who are married, if from Canada it must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If Marriage Certificate is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.
   If married in a foreign country to a Dominican citizen and your application is for reunification the Marriage Certificate must first be transcribed at the Civil Registry of the Central Electoral Board in Dominican Republic.
   If married to a Dominican citizen attach photocopy of Dominican spouse national identification card (cédula).
   If married to a legal resident of Dominican Republic attach photocopy of Permanent Residency Card or ID Card.

10. Documents showing economic solvency of the applicant, depending on the case these may include:
    -Original Bank Letter(s); updated with details of account balance.
    -Original Employment Letter (translation and legalization fee of USD140.00; not applicable to rentiers, retirees, pensioners, indefinite work contract or missionaries)
    -Certificates of Titles of Properties.
    -Business Registration established and duly registered at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (known as Ministerio de Industria y Comercio) in Dominican Republic, including status of the company (if investor).
    -Copy of last income tax from the General Directorate of Internal Revenue (known as Dirección General de Impuestos Internos) and of assessment from the National Registry of Taxpayer (known as Registro Nacional del Contribuyente) in Dominican Republic (if investor).
    -Copy of Financial Certificates.
    -Any other document that show economic solvency.
11. Original guarantor letter in Spanish from a Dominican citizen or legal resident residing in the country whereby he/she certifies the applicant’s moral and economic conditions and that he/she will be accountable for living expenses and repatriation, if necessary, the same must be signed in front of a Notary Public with two witnesses, then duly certified by the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (known as Procuraduría General de la República).
12. Certifications from Ministry of Labour of Dominican Republic: 1) Attesting that the company/institution is registered in the Integrated System of Labour Registration (known as Sistema Integrado de Registro Laborales (SIRLA)) and that it complies with the provisions on Article 135 of the Dominican Labour Code on labour nationalization & 2) Approval of job proposal. (if through indefinite work contract)
13. a) Pensioners or retirees must receive a monthly income of not less than one thousand five hundred American dollars (US$1,500.00) or the equivalent in Dominican national currency;                                                                                                       b) Rentiers must perceive a sum equivalent to two thousand American dollars (US$2,000.00) or the equivalent in Dominican national currency;                                                                                                                                                                        c) For each Family Member applying jointly with principal applicant (pensioner, retiree or rentier), the principal applicant requires additional income corresponding to the sum of two hundred and fifty American dollars (US$250.00)
    For pensioners and retirees a certification from government, official body or private company where you served. The certification must contain particulars of the applicant, time spent with the company, position held and amount perceived as pension. If from Canada the document must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If the certification is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.
    For rentiers copy of lease (minimum duration of five years) and a certification from official body or private institution from whom/where you receive monthly rent payments. The certification must contain particulars of the applicant (landlord), particulars of property you are renting out such as description and location, expiry date of lease and monthly amount perceived as rent payments. If from Canada the document must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If the certification is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.

14. For investors a certification from a representative of the company attesting your position within the company. The certification must contain particulars of the applicant, their position andamount perceivedas income from said company, dulynotarizedand legalized by the Office of the AttorneyGeneral of the Republic (known as Procuraduría General de la República). If the document is from Canada the document must be legalized and translated at our office for a fee of USD100.00 for legalization and USD40.00 for translation, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate. Note: If the certification is from outside Canada and the country is part of the Hague Convention the document must be Apostille at their Ministry of Foreign Affairs or if the country is not part of the Hague Convention but there is a Dominican Republic Embassy or Consulate the document must be legalized there or if there is no Dominican Embassy or Consulate within that country, you may then certify the document at the country’s Embassy or Consulate in Canada and have it duly legalized at our office.

15. Missionaries with plans to do evangelism or ministries of service in recognized institutions must provide a letter indicating their status within the ministry, the purpose of their mission and whether the institution will be responsible for their accommodation and living expenses (if the institution is also serving the applicant(s) as the guarantor both letters may be combined into one and certified as stated under the Guarantor Letter requirements).
16. If the applicant is the child of a Dominican citizen attach photocopy of parent(s) Dominican National ID Card (Cédula) and parent(s) Marriage Certificate if applicable.
    If the applicant is the child of a legal resident(s) of Dominican Republic attach photocopy of parent(s) Dominican Permanent Residency Card, ID Card and parent(s) Marriage Certificate if applicable.

17. Processing fee of USD90.00, if in person cash only, if by mail money order payable to the Dominican Republic Consulate.

NOTE: WHEN MAILING YOUR DOCUMENTS PLEASE INCLUDE A SELF-ADDRESSED PREPAID EXPRESS ENVELOPE.

IMPORTANT: Processing time is 5-15 business days. The visa is valid for two (2) months and one (1) entry. Within the first 30 days of the visas’ validity you must enter Dominican Republic and submit your Provisional Residency Application at the General Directorate of Migration in Santo Domingo.

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Monday to Friday from 9:00A.M. – 3:00P.M. – Except statutory holidays

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