The population of the DR in 2016 is estimated at 10.65 million. DR citizens have what is considered the weakest passport in Latin America.
Here is information from the US government on visas issued to Dominican citizens.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics.html
Dominican Republic nonimmigrant visas by year issued to Dominican citizens over the past 10 years:
2008 60,000
2009 60,000
2010 60,000
2011 60,000
2012 52,000
2013 52,000
2014 55,000
2015 86,000
2016 138,000
2017 65,000
Total over past 10 years is about 633,000 for all classes of non-immigrant visas issued to DR citizens by the USA. Let's assume for arguments sake that all of these visas were issued with a 10 year period, which is the maximum possible time for the B1/B2 visa. Of course this is not the case, but let's use that for now.
With 10.65 million people and 633,000 US non-immigrant visas issues, that means a maximum of 6% of Dominican citizens have a valid US non-immigrant visa if we make the assumption that all of those visas were issued for the maximum period of 10 years and with multiple re-entries possible.
Schengen visas normally more restrictive. In 2016 there were about
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2016 Schengen visas applied for was 31,367 Total approved including Multiple Entry visas was 23,405
Now with 10.65 million people and 23,405 having a Schengen visa that is 0.22 percent of Dominicans. Lets say these visas are valid for 5 years so that 1.1% of Dominican citizens have a valid Schengen visa, which is unlikely since most Schengen visas are for one year.
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-statistics-third-country-2016/
So how many Dominicans have both a valid Schengen Visa and US Visitor's visa simultaneously that would allow them to take a cruise from the DR to EU and USA islands? Certainly less than 1 percent and probably far less than 1%.
Here is information from the US government on visas issued to Dominican citizens.
https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics.html
Dominican Republic nonimmigrant visas by year issued to Dominican citizens over the past 10 years:
2008 60,000
2009 60,000
2010 60,000
2011 60,000
2012 52,000
2013 52,000
2014 55,000
2015 86,000
2016 138,000
2017 65,000
Total over past 10 years is about 633,000 for all classes of non-immigrant visas issued to DR citizens by the USA. Let's assume for arguments sake that all of these visas were issued with a 10 year period, which is the maximum possible time for the B1/B2 visa. Of course this is not the case, but let's use that for now.
With 10.65 million people and 633,000 US non-immigrant visas issues, that means a maximum of 6% of Dominican citizens have a valid US non-immigrant visa if we make the assumption that all of those visas were issued for the maximum period of 10 years and with multiple re-entries possible.
Schengen visas normally more restrictive. In 2016 there were about
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2016 Schengen visas applied for was 31,367 Total approved including Multiple Entry visas was 23,405
Now with 10.65 million people and 23,405 having a Schengen visa that is 0.22 percent of Dominicans. Lets say these visas are valid for 5 years so that 1.1% of Dominican citizens have a valid Schengen visa, which is unlikely since most Schengen visas are for one year.
https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-statistics-third-country-2016/
So how many Dominicans have both a valid Schengen Visa and US Visitor's visa simultaneously that would allow them to take a cruise from the DR to EU and USA islands? Certainly less than 1 percent and probably far less than 1%.
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