Can one person renew TWO perm Residencia's??

Simple question..... I think? Our 2nd Permanent Residencia expires in August. My wife will return to the DR in August to renew BOTH hers and mine. I know folks who have done this in the past, where only ONE person renewed BOTH Permanent Residencia's. But I also "heard" (read RUMOR) that now this is not possible, and BOTH of us will have to be present to get this done. Does anyone have any RECIENT experience with one person renewing both Residencia's? On a side note we have only been gone from the DR for three months this year. THANKS in advance!
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Oh sheesh......(grumble). So.....I understand you to say that even though my Perm Resedencia does not expire until 8/23/2012, I need to renew it BEFORE 8/01/2012...or start from scratch? Thanks for the info. I guess I missed that part!
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Thanks for the info. I Love "new rules". In searching other posts in the last several weeks, I really never ran across the "new rules". Do they include banking info and or property ownership etc? We already own property. This made it very easy for us to obtain our first Temp and Perm Resedencia. It sucks to have to fly down there just for a couple days to do this if you know what I mean.
But again.....thanks for the info mon!
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Our Cedula's are current and won;t expire until next May. (What sucks is that we just could never seem to get the Residencia AND Cedula to expire at the same time). Gee....they already took my "bio-metrics" on the last renewal . I'm doing a little more research in determining whether to fly back before the 1st of August...or not. I am wanting to get the "citizenship thing" going this year also....or at least started and it MIGHT be advantageous to do this before the 1st or August....who knows.... Otherwise I will just get the residencia renewed and start the citizenship thing when we return permanently in November. Once a citizen, then no more dealing with all of this stuff.
On a side note I have a friend that had permanent residencia for 10 years. He always renewed for himself and his wife alone in the capital. Well...in January they would not do it unless she was present. He had enough and threw the whole thing in their face and is not going through the process again. It will be interesting to see what happens to him in the future. He owns property and spends about 8 months in the DR per year. Stay tuned! Thanks for the info and I will continue to update as things move.....um....in a forward direction????

To update........ our Permanent Residencia was set to expire on August 23rd. We arrived at Immigration in Santo Domingo at 8:00am, Friday morning the 27th. The first thing I noticed that changed was you now need to obtain a "pass" from the Information Desk inside the lobby to be able to enter the Immigration area. We had to surrender our Cedulas (or passport) to obtain the pass. They will not let anyone into the Immigration area that does not have a pass.
Go to window 10 first. They give you a paper to fill out, name, parents name, birthplace, Cedula number (which I did not enter because the information desk had them...no problem) and they "INK" your fingerprints on the bottom of the form. Might just be some sort of stupid verification to enable them to compare the information to what they already have on file.
We were told to stand in line in window number 3 (renewal) in 30 min from returning the form and things will be ready to continue. So....30 min later went to window 3, paid the $4000.00 RD each, plus $1000.00RD for VIP service. Total of $10,000.00 RD for the two of us. Waited about 30 more min for picture, and then about 30 more min until the card was completed. We got there at 8:00am and left about 10:45am. It could have gone a little faster, but I stood in line at window 3 first. Gotta go to window 10 first...Whatever. It all went good, no lawyer, DONE. They would only renew for two years...I asked for more. The next step for us will be to get citizenship as we are eligible. We will start sometime this fall when we return for the winter.

Hispanola....I understand your question and its a good one! I have no idea! In fact, because tomorrow is August 1st, the new rules may apply for me this fall.....or in typical DR fashion......they won't! So....this fall when I apply for Citizenship, I'll let you know the "hoops" I may have to jump through. On a side note, don't bother coming to the DR to renew your PR now. You will need to wait to within 30 days BEFORE it expires. I think you will be OK to come near your October expiration.
I am curious why you are hesitant about becoming a citizen. from me.....in these changing times, I think its a good idea to have at least one other passport other than your home country. (save for another thread).
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