DR Tourist Visa for Cubans
JC171 said:
Does anyone know what is needed in order for a Cuban to visit The Dominican Republic as a Tourist for 7 days?(The Cuban is not planning to stay)
I know they need an invitation letter and bring that to the Embassy..but what does the Dominican Government ask of them?
Is this visa difficult to obtain?
Indeed a DR tourist visa for a Cuban citizen is extremely difficult to obtain. If you do not know anybody in the Departamento consular of the Ministry of foreign affairs forget it. It goes all through relations and bribery. I myself went sucessfully through this process (but under the former PLD government) and could write a novel about my experiences.
First the Cuban citizen needs to obtain an exit visa isseud by the Cuban ministry of internal affairs. Main condition: A letter of invitation signed by a person living permanently in the DR (Dominican citizen or permanent resident)
Some more documents have to be produced to the Dominican consulate in Havanna. Then the whole file will be sent to Sto Dgo and there the big problems start to have a competent person approve the visa. Dominican authorities are reluctant to issue such visas to Cubans because they are afraid the Cubans will stay and compete with less qualified Dominicans in the labour market.