My wife, son, and I are currently in the process of obtaining our Temporary Residency. We've been here for almost a year on the NM1 or Labor Visa. A few months ago, we started the process for Temporary Residency. Here's what's happened to us in the process since December 17, 2015:
A few weeks ago, we handed in ALL the necessary information to my organization's attorney team. Last Thursday, December 17th, we headed down to the Direcci?n General de Migraci?n & Pasaportes (DGMP) and, after two hours staring at the people behind the glass windows, handed in everything. We found out later that day that our marriage license had not been appropriately translated into Spanish. This seems more than false because the Dominican Embassy in Washington DC translated the apostilled copy of the marriage license on December 18th 2014 at our appointment to secure our NM1 or Labor Visa that is good for a year (we've been in the country for the last year under that visa). That wasn't sufficient for DGMP. The officials here in the country stated that it had to be translated "in country". That meant that all of the apostilled documentation that the Dominican Embassy in the US had translated now had to be translated into Spanish within the Dominican Republic. This seems odd to me, but we had it done. Upon that, they would "legalizar todo". Once we had everything translated, they stated to us yesterday that the sized 2x2 photos of each of us (6 copies of frontal and right-profile poses) were not going to work for the immigration purposes. Their reason, the background was not white enough: The hue or shade of white was too "cream" in color. It wasn't white enough. LORD HAVE MERCY!!! So, my attorney called me yesterday while I was at one of the Juan Dolio beaches enjoying my second day off from work and told me we'd have to have the photos retaken so that we could provide DGMP the photos this morning. We cut the day-trip short, hauled our rear-ends back to the city, showered, and then went in search of a Passport-photo place. We found one, and three hours later, we were in possession of the photos. I met our attorney at DGMP this morning, and, after two hours of waiting, we submitted all of the paperwork so that we could later pay $RD 42,000 after all had been approved. Upon approval, we can then go have our medical checks done. However, my attorney just called me a few moments ago and stated that DGMP is now demanding to see the Presidential Act or Document that states the legitimacy of the agency for which I work and the fact that it is an NGO or Non-profit organization (this is not one of the required documents). To me, it seems like they are trying to jerk us around and making up things as they go. Thoughts???
A few weeks ago, we handed in ALL the necessary information to my organization's attorney team. Last Thursday, December 17th, we headed down to the Direcci?n General de Migraci?n & Pasaportes (DGMP) and, after two hours staring at the people behind the glass windows, handed in everything. We found out later that day that our marriage license had not been appropriately translated into Spanish. This seems more than false because the Dominican Embassy in Washington DC translated the apostilled copy of the marriage license on December 18th 2014 at our appointment to secure our NM1 or Labor Visa that is good for a year (we've been in the country for the last year under that visa). That wasn't sufficient for DGMP. The officials here in the country stated that it had to be translated "in country". That meant that all of the apostilled documentation that the Dominican Embassy in the US had translated now had to be translated into Spanish within the Dominican Republic. This seems odd to me, but we had it done. Upon that, they would "legalizar todo". Once we had everything translated, they stated to us yesterday that the sized 2x2 photos of each of us (6 copies of frontal and right-profile poses) were not going to work for the immigration purposes. Their reason, the background was not white enough: The hue or shade of white was too "cream" in color. It wasn't white enough. LORD HAVE MERCY!!! So, my attorney called me yesterday while I was at one of the Juan Dolio beaches enjoying my second day off from work and told me we'd have to have the photos retaken so that we could provide DGMP the photos this morning. We cut the day-trip short, hauled our rear-ends back to the city, showered, and then went in search of a Passport-photo place. We found one, and three hours later, we were in possession of the photos. I met our attorney at DGMP this morning, and, after two hours of waiting, we submitted all of the paperwork so that we could later pay $RD 42,000 after all had been approved. Upon approval, we can then go have our medical checks done. However, my attorney just called me a few moments ago and stated that DGMP is now demanding to see the Presidential Act or Document that states the legitimacy of the agency for which I work and the fact that it is an NGO or Non-profit organization (this is not one of the required documents). To me, it seems like they are trying to jerk us around and making up things as they go. Thoughts???