Everyone knows there's quite a big population of Dominicans residing in the United States of America. Where areas like Washington Heights have long been the Little Santo Domingo slice of the city. But did you also know how many actual Dominican born citizens call this country their second home? Or did you know how many Dominicans actually live in NYC alone?
The most recent numbers by the US census point out that in fact the city of NY is home to what could be by numbers alone, called the second largest city of the Dominican Republic in population terms.
And that's only in the city of NY!
The most recent data available to corroborate facts to that matter, point out an interesting view on this.
Many are already familiar with New York's largest aiport and busiest as well: JFK.
The latest data (2009) shows that the busiest international routes from JFK are
#1- London-Heathrow, in the United Kingdom with 2,969,530 passengers.
#2- Paris-Charles de Gaulle, in France with 1,196,259 passengers.
#3- Frankfurt, in Germany with 671,527 passengers.
#4- Santiago, in the Dominican Republic with 636,916 passengers.
#5- Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic with 624,141 passengers.
The latest indications compiled in 2010 point to the number for both airports growing a lot, with the newest addition of Punta Cana slowly moving up in the ranking.
The fact that there are more flights per day going to and coming from the first three leading destinations is also cause for surprise. The price for flights from JFK to Dominican Republic are not competitive like the top 3 destinations as well.
For example the #1 on the list London-Heathrow is serviced by American, British Airways, Delta, Kuwait Airways, Virgin Atlantic and five other smaller lines.
The #2 on the list is serviced by Air France, American, Delta, XL Airways France and three other lines of lesser capacity.
The #3 on the list is serviced by Delta, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and another 3 lines of lesser capacity.
Compared to #4 Santiago with services by American, Delta, JetBlue and one other liner of lesser capacity.
Or to #5 Santo Domingo with services from the same above and one private of lesser capacity.
When you compare the traffic of JFK to DR in the two destinations alone, you can see that just as easy it could claim the spot of #3 and #4 as well in the same order in traffic, for busiest domestic routes from JFK not in 2009 but 2010!
That's to say that only Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California see more traffic from this JFK airport in the year than the rest of the US compared to the same traffic to the DR!
And people! That's with some of the most expensive air fares in the route/region! Much due to the high taxes applied to fares, into and out of the DR...
In the 1980s, immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic rose to unprecedented levels. The number of Dominicans legally entering the United States between 1981 and 1990 was far greater than the number of Cubans. More Dominicans entered the United States in the last decades than any other Western Hemisphere national group except migrants from Mexico
The US operated two consulates in the Dominican Republic at the time, and getting visas, immigrant, visitor or work related was facilitated. The bulk of the new immigrants was made up of farmers and people from the low middle class as well as rural towns.
From the onset of the 1980 until 1990 during those ten years, more than 250,000 Dominicans were legally admitted to the United States. The number of new immigrants in that ten-year period was 50 percent greater than the entire Dominican-born population of the United States at the start of the decade. Since that point in time the second consulate was shut down and the number of issued visas reduced to 20,000 per year depending on special visas.
On the 1990 U.S. Census it was reported that of the 506,000 individuals that noted themselves as of Dominican descent in the United States, over 95% were Dominican-born. The Census data noted that a great number of Dominicans didn't use the available space to write down their nationality, due to lack of communication of the Census information for that community. Only those with some prior indication filled the form correctly to denote their Dominican descent.
By the late 1990s, in New York City, Dominicans were the second largest Hispanic group, after Puerto Ricans. They are also considered the biggest and fastest growing immigrant population in the city.
At any given point in time there are more than 4 million Dominicans holding US visas of some type in the DR, not accounting for the record number of second generation Dominicans born to the first waves that made the US their home.
The US consulate operates under a 5 to 10 year renewal cycle in issuing the Visas in the Dominican Republic, which are not accounted towards the annual 20,000 limit for new applicants and targets of the 1, 2 and lesser of 5 years visa types offered.
The Dominican traffic flow shown in level of importance just in the JFK airport alone, underscores the fact that the numbers keep growing and the pattern never receded.
By the year 2040 is expected that the majority of the population in the DR will hold a type of visa to the US, with a traffic flow for airports like JFK in the top level of importance as well.
As a cost effective measure and to focus resources and time to more important and dangerous individuals, the DHS and the State Department have placed the DR in a fast track 10 year visa renewal status. Where individuals with a 5 year plus history of travel to the US will see their Visas renewed to that term only. A prerequisite to the fast track/long term renewal is that they are born in the Dominican Republic to both Dominican parents by two generations. People of mixed families where a foreign part is present will not qualify for that fast track/term visa renewal process.
By as early as 2015 almost the totality of Dominicans born outside of the US and holding permanent residency, would have become US citizens. Making the Dominican Republic home to the largest regional US citizen source aside from Mexico.
More interesting facts coming!
The most recent numbers by the US census point out that in fact the city of NY is home to what could be by numbers alone, called the second largest city of the Dominican Republic in population terms.
And that's only in the city of NY!
The most recent data available to corroborate facts to that matter, point out an interesting view on this.
Many are already familiar with New York's largest aiport and busiest as well: JFK.
The latest data (2009) shows that the busiest international routes from JFK are
#1- London-Heathrow, in the United Kingdom with 2,969,530 passengers.
#2- Paris-Charles de Gaulle, in France with 1,196,259 passengers.
#3- Frankfurt, in Germany with 671,527 passengers.
#4- Santiago, in the Dominican Republic with 636,916 passengers.
#5- Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic with 624,141 passengers.
The latest indications compiled in 2010 point to the number for both airports growing a lot, with the newest addition of Punta Cana slowly moving up in the ranking.
The fact that there are more flights per day going to and coming from the first three leading destinations is also cause for surprise. The price for flights from JFK to Dominican Republic are not competitive like the top 3 destinations as well.
For example the #1 on the list London-Heathrow is serviced by American, British Airways, Delta, Kuwait Airways, Virgin Atlantic and five other smaller lines.
The #2 on the list is serviced by Air France, American, Delta, XL Airways France and three other lines of lesser capacity.
The #3 on the list is serviced by Delta, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and another 3 lines of lesser capacity.
Compared to #4 Santiago with services by American, Delta, JetBlue and one other liner of lesser capacity.
Or to #5 Santo Domingo with services from the same above and one private of lesser capacity.
When you compare the traffic of JFK to DR in the two destinations alone, you can see that just as easy it could claim the spot of #3 and #4 as well in the same order in traffic, for busiest domestic routes from JFK not in 2009 but 2010!
That's to say that only Los Angeles, California and San Francisco, California see more traffic from this JFK airport in the year than the rest of the US compared to the same traffic to the DR!
And people! That's with some of the most expensive air fares in the route/region! Much due to the high taxes applied to fares, into and out of the DR...
In the 1980s, immigration to the United States from the Dominican Republic rose to unprecedented levels. The number of Dominicans legally entering the United States between 1981 and 1990 was far greater than the number of Cubans. More Dominicans entered the United States in the last decades than any other Western Hemisphere national group except migrants from Mexico
The US operated two consulates in the Dominican Republic at the time, and getting visas, immigrant, visitor or work related was facilitated. The bulk of the new immigrants was made up of farmers and people from the low middle class as well as rural towns.
From the onset of the 1980 until 1990 during those ten years, more than 250,000 Dominicans were legally admitted to the United States. The number of new immigrants in that ten-year period was 50 percent greater than the entire Dominican-born population of the United States at the start of the decade. Since that point in time the second consulate was shut down and the number of issued visas reduced to 20,000 per year depending on special visas.
On the 1990 U.S. Census it was reported that of the 506,000 individuals that noted themselves as of Dominican descent in the United States, over 95% were Dominican-born. The Census data noted that a great number of Dominicans didn't use the available space to write down their nationality, due to lack of communication of the Census information for that community. Only those with some prior indication filled the form correctly to denote their Dominican descent.
By the late 1990s, in New York City, Dominicans were the second largest Hispanic group, after Puerto Ricans. They are also considered the biggest and fastest growing immigrant population in the city.
At any given point in time there are more than 4 million Dominicans holding US visas of some type in the DR, not accounting for the record number of second generation Dominicans born to the first waves that made the US their home.
The US consulate operates under a 5 to 10 year renewal cycle in issuing the Visas in the Dominican Republic, which are not accounted towards the annual 20,000 limit for new applicants and targets of the 1, 2 and lesser of 5 years visa types offered.
The Dominican traffic flow shown in level of importance just in the JFK airport alone, underscores the fact that the numbers keep growing and the pattern never receded.
By the year 2040 is expected that the majority of the population in the DR will hold a type of visa to the US, with a traffic flow for airports like JFK in the top level of importance as well.
As a cost effective measure and to focus resources and time to more important and dangerous individuals, the DHS and the State Department have placed the DR in a fast track 10 year visa renewal status. Where individuals with a 5 year plus history of travel to the US will see their Visas renewed to that term only. A prerequisite to the fast track/long term renewal is that they are born in the Dominican Republic to both Dominican parents by two generations. People of mixed families where a foreign part is present will not qualify for that fast track/term visa renewal process.
By as early as 2015 almost the totality of Dominicans born outside of the US and holding permanent residency, would have become US citizens. Making the Dominican Republic home to the largest regional US citizen source aside from Mexico.
More interesting facts coming!
