Whoa! Hold on for a second - didn't mean to get anyone worked up. I have been following rather closely, up until a week or so ago until for my personal reasons I didn't need to follow this (really that isn't that long ago) and until then, there was no official news of this happening. However sangria's link (updated 15/03/10) shows they are processing PR - or will be accepting them. I am sorry if my info is a week or so old, and that I wasn't informed of this when I posted. My point was, that one should be taking certain here-say announcements with a grain of salt. There has been loads of misinformation, contradictory statements (I guess I just did that!), etc goin on with this situation, and I was just putting it out there that people should keep a cool head about this.
It's funny how they didn't put that little tid-bit in their Haiti link (there was mention of PR applications being uploaded to Port of Spain). Anyways, the reality is this, there are no more than a handful of officers in SDO, they are processing TRVs and most probably will be getting to PR applications some time soon - however as expected, they are not completely set up, and a delay can be expected. However there is a diamond in the rough, in that now that there is a visa office in Santo Domingo, it is now possible to get an interview for a visitor visa, and also, that dominicans won't be viewed in the same lens as Hatians (lowest approval rating in the americas) - this should alllow for an increased chance of getting a visitor visa.
Best of luck to all. And again, wasn't trying to set off any alarms. And by all means, please post updates that you have with concrete info, such as CAIPS etc. If there is any recent activity this is a good thing. If there isn't there are other avenues one can pursue.
cheers