Need Residency Visa Help!
I am an American citizen and have been traveling to DR for the past year and a half about a dozen times. I have an apartment with my wife in Santiago and she is six months pregnant with our daughter. (my wife is Dominican and we were married on 3/3/2018) For the FBI background check I have multiple felonies from over 10 years ago that were really nothing but look really bad on paper (fake id in college is felony conviction for ID fraud) plus numerous other charges.
Should I apply for the residency visa and risk getting denied? If I do get denied will they then not allow me in the country?
Should I wait until I have lived here for 5 years and then apply because the background check will then need to come from dominican republic and not show anything?
If the first part of the visa gets approved then could I get denied during the second part?
Any help would be appreciated.
I am an American citizen and have been traveling to DR for the past year and a half about a dozen times. I have an apartment with my wife in Santiago and she is six months pregnant with our daughter. (my wife is Dominican and we were married on 3/3/2018) For the FBI background check I have multiple felonies from over 10 years ago that were really nothing but look really bad on paper (fake id in college is felony conviction for ID fraud) plus numerous other charges.
Should I apply for the residency visa and risk getting denied? If I do get denied will they then not allow me in the country?
Should I wait until I have lived here for 5 years and then apply because the background check will then need to come from dominican republic and not show anything?
If the first part of the visa gets approved then could I get denied during the second part?
Any help would be appreciated.