My son was born in DR. Me and my wife are foreigners /no cedula/ and the baby was registered in Junta Electoral as Extranjero. What is the procedure for him to obtain a Dominican passport and to leave the country on it? Does he needs a EU visa to enter EU as we, his parents, are EU citizents?
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Born as Extranjero
Your son is not a Dominican citizen, he is only a citizen of whatever EU country you and your wife are from. Contact your embassy to get him a passport from that country.
As far as the DR is concerned, I believe they consider you all illegal aliens since you're not legal residents with cedulas.
AE
As far as the DR is concerned, I believe they consider you all illegal aliens since you're not legal residents with cedulas.
AE
Depending what country you are a citizen of so too is your offspring a citizen of the same country. You'll need to get a copy of the Dominican foreign birth certificate. Take it to your consulate or embassy and have the birth register in you country's vital records office. The exact procedure of getting this done depends on your country of origin and you did post it. Please post your country of citizenship if you want better advice and help.
NotLurking
One law the DR got right - no anchor babies
In my opinion, this is one law the DR got right. Being born in the DR does not make a child of foreign parents a Dominican citizen. No anchor baby status here in the DR.
The others are correct that the child's citizenship is based upon its parents citizenship only. It will be far better for the child to have an EU passport. Hope you can work out the details with your embassy.
In my opinion, this is one law the DR got right. Being born in the DR does not make a child of foreign parents a Dominican citizen. No anchor baby status here in the DR.
The others are correct that the child's citizenship is based upon its parents citizenship only. It will be far better for the child to have an EU passport. Hope you can work out the details with your embassy.
The new Dominican Constitution states:
Article 18. Nationality. The following persons are Dominican nationals:
3) Any person born within the territory of the Dominican Republic, except those born to members of foreign diplomatic and consular missions, and foreigners who are “in transit” or reside illegally in Dominican territory. A foreigner “in transit” is any person defined as such by the laws of the Dominican Republic.
The child, therefore, is not a Dominican national.
Article 18. Nationality. The following persons are Dominican nationals:
3) Any person born within the territory of the Dominican Republic, except those born to members of foreign diplomatic and consular missions, and foreigners who are “in transit” or reside illegally in Dominican territory. A foreigner “in transit” is any person defined as such by the laws of the Dominican Republic.
The child, therefore, is not a Dominican national.