Non-Residents are allowed to stay in DR for up to 60 days
COMMUNICATION FROM IMMIGRATION SAYING THAT NON-RESIDENT WILL BE ALLOWED UP TO 60 DAYS IN DR LEGALLY
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice ministry for Consular and Migratory Affairs, presents its compliments to the Honorable Diplomatic and Consular Missions accredited in the country, in occasion of sending the Circular of the General Directorate of Migration, through which it informs that the period of permanence will be up to 60 days, extendable, for foreign nationals admitted as non-resident in the Dominican Republic, tourists, business persons and group members being included in this category on account of their sporting, artistic or related nature.
Likewise, it is reported that foreign nationals who wish to remain in the country for a period longer than 60 days, by study, work, residence, investment, or other activity whose nature requires exceeding the established period, must request the corresponding visa beforehand by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, subsequently, go to the General Directorate of Immigration to manage their Temporary Residence or Permanent Residence permit, fulfilling for them the requirements in the aforementioned law and its regulations.
In this sense, the General Directorate of Migration, making use of the powers granted by Law 285-04 and its Regulation of Application, established by presidential decree 631-11, provides that any foreign national who exceeds the period authorized for their stay in the national territory, whose limit should not exceed the (60) days when he enters as a tourist, is SUBJECT TO NO ADMISSION AT THE TIME OF RETURNING TO THE COUNTRY, without prejudice to the penalty or rate of stay to which the FIFTH paragraph of Resolution DGM-05-2013 on the immigration control procedure in the Dominican Republic.
Source: Abreu & Associates Immigration Service, Migracion.gob.do
May 25, 2018
Category: DR Living |