Schengen Visa to Sweden/Europe

miesposo has got his visa in spanish embassy few times (going to spain and later on going to poland; no polish embassy in DR).
appoinment is made by calling their paid line (few hundred pesos per call, i cannot remember). then interview in SD and then again a visit in the embassy to pick up the passport. i am baffled as to why did you use a lawyer and what did he charge for exactly? :ermm:

in any case, a rate of "no " answers is quite high. rejection can be disputed if the reason was a mistake in paperwork but "not likely to come back" is not likely to be changed, i am affraid. still, they have a "complains" window in the embassy. what you can do is set up all the papers again with as much as you can proving your bf has anything of value in DR. then call, make an appoinment and try to resolve it.

in theory any schengen country can give you a visa but in DR one should apply either in the country of arrival (destination of the plane) or in the country where one is going to spend most of the time. you could try applying by sending paperwork to the swedish embassy that is responsible for DR (colombia, venezuela or mexico, usually).

Not having strong enough ties to the DR is the no.1 reason that most get denied to any country.

What is he doing in the DR (working/studying)? The stronger ties he has to DR, the easier to get a "yes". In case he can obtain some sort of official document stating his occupation in the DR, this would be a good thing in the interview.

Have you written to the embassy, or the consulate of Sweden, as to the requirements etc.? Perhaps the consulate could help you?

Embassies of Sweden based in Stockholm, The Caribbean - Dominican Republic

The reason that so many no answers are given is that there are so many Dominicans that overstay their visas. The applicant has to supply information that has extremely compelling reasons that they will return to the DR. A good job, a long standing well funded bank account, property ownership and immediate family in the DR. If you boyfriend failed on the first try, he is very likely to fail on subsequent attempts.

My brother and his wife went on a long trip to Scandinavia and Spain (they spent most of the time in Sweden) early this year, they applied for a visa at the German consulate. I don't know why.

I visit Denmark regularly but as of lately (since I live in the boonies) I send my passport to the Danish consulate in Mexico city. By now it is mostly a no questions asked process (well, except the form). Ask the nearest Swedish consulate if they can process his application.