I was in Puerto Plata today. I had sent a letter of request using the format kindly provided by other DR1 posters to request Residencia Definitiva which lasts 10 years before being renewed. The letter was sent via the Puerto Plata Migracion office for me to Santo Domingo during the first week of June and I kept in contact with them weekly to see if I had received a response. Yesterday a response was ready, but they would not tell me the results, stating I had to go to the office. Huge red flag and indeed they had a screw up.
When I got to the office, the letter told me that there were "incongruities" in my temporary residency and that such a problem would prevent me, by law, from getting residency definitiva. It also recommended I start the process of residency from the beginning.
Now, after some words from me to the local director about the sub-human nature of the employees in Santo Domingo, she went into the back room and called and spoke to someone there. Turns out, they have lost the information on when I started residency so they could not confirm that I actually had temporary residency 15 years ago. Those were the incongruities. (Seems I remember posts about data loss at Migracion a number of years ago. This might be the cause of the issue I have now.)
The local director said that I could proceed with a 4 your renewal, yet again, of permanent residency. Or I could try and make my case in Santo Domingo if I had records from 15 years ago when I received my temporary residency to prove I had permanent residency for long enough to proceed with definitiva.
I will proceed with a 4 year renewal. It's like dealing with monkeys in a cage. It really is.
When I got to the office, the letter told me that there were "incongruities" in my temporary residency and that such a problem would prevent me, by law, from getting residency definitiva. It also recommended I start the process of residency from the beginning.
Now, after some words from me to the local director about the sub-human nature of the employees in Santo Domingo, she went into the back room and called and spoke to someone there. Turns out, they have lost the information on when I started residency so they could not confirm that I actually had temporary residency 15 years ago. Those were the incongruities. (Seems I remember posts about data loss at Migracion a number of years ago. This might be the cause of the issue I have now.)
The local director said that I could proceed with a 4 your renewal, yet again, of permanent residency. Or I could try and make my case in Santo Domingo if I had records from 15 years ago when I received my temporary residency to prove I had permanent residency for long enough to proceed with definitiva.
I will proceed with a 4 year renewal. It's like dealing with monkeys in a cage. It really is.