Okay. Today I called the Dominican Consulate in Washington D.C. the dude said that I have to go to the Foreign Ministry (on Independence Ave. in Santo Domingo?!) in D.R. to start the process of getting a citizenship (my mother is Dominican. I am 20 years of age). However, the guy I talked to did not mention anything about getting my birth certicate translated into spanish and all this other stuff that i am going to list below...
I've read every citizenship thread on this forum. Guzman always pasted this whenever someone asked about obtaining citizenship:
A person born of a Dominican father or mother has the right to acquire Dominican citizenship by virtue of Article 11 of the Constitution and Article 26 of Law 1683 of 1948. The steps to be taken are the following:
1. Petition to the Minister of Interior.
2. Affidavit prepared by a Notary Public in which the applicant states his wish to apply for Dominican citizenship.
3.Birth certificate of the applicant, authenticated at a Dominican Consulate and translated into Spanish by an official translator.
4.Birth certificate of the applicant?s Dominican parent.
5.4 pictures, 2 x 2 inches.
6.Application and newspaper fees.
now... i have no idea what almost any of the stuff above means! what do steps 1 and steps 2 entail (petition to minister of interior?!?!? notary public?!?! how? what?). Also, another person said this regarding acquiring DR citizenship
"To request the citizenship for a baby born abroad, a legal transcript of the birth certificate should be requested. This should be brought to Santo Domingo to be legalized at the Legalization Department of SEREX. This department then sends a letter to the Junta Central Electoral del Distrito Nacional that will issue a letter to the corresponding Oficial?a authorizing the registration of the child as a Dominican citizen."
The above method differs from what Guzman said..... there's no mention of "public notary" and stuff...
and another person had a third perspective on how to get citizenship:
his is a long process but you qualify for Dominican citizenship. Your family can get the process going for you in the Dominican Republic. The departments you will deal with are the Ministry of Interior and Police (Secretaria de Interior y Policia) and the Central Electoral Board (Junta Central Electoral).
so basically... can someone please just tell me a detailed step by step process on for a Dominican child (American born) to obtain dual citizenship. I have my mother's dominican birth certificate, I also have my American birth certificate, my american passport, and my american social security card. I live in Washington D.C. I am 20 years old.
Thank you very much,
aaron
I've read every citizenship thread on this forum. Guzman always pasted this whenever someone asked about obtaining citizenship:
A person born of a Dominican father or mother has the right to acquire Dominican citizenship by virtue of Article 11 of the Constitution and Article 26 of Law 1683 of 1948. The steps to be taken are the following:
1. Petition to the Minister of Interior.
2. Affidavit prepared by a Notary Public in which the applicant states his wish to apply for Dominican citizenship.
3.Birth certificate of the applicant, authenticated at a Dominican Consulate and translated into Spanish by an official translator.
4.Birth certificate of the applicant?s Dominican parent.
5.4 pictures, 2 x 2 inches.
6.Application and newspaper fees.
now... i have no idea what almost any of the stuff above means! what do steps 1 and steps 2 entail (petition to minister of interior?!?!? notary public?!?! how? what?). Also, another person said this regarding acquiring DR citizenship
"To request the citizenship for a baby born abroad, a legal transcript of the birth certificate should be requested. This should be brought to Santo Domingo to be legalized at the Legalization Department of SEREX. This department then sends a letter to the Junta Central Electoral del Distrito Nacional that will issue a letter to the corresponding Oficial?a authorizing the registration of the child as a Dominican citizen."
The above method differs from what Guzman said..... there's no mention of "public notary" and stuff...
and another person had a third perspective on how to get citizenship:
his is a long process but you qualify for Dominican citizenship. Your family can get the process going for you in the Dominican Republic. The departments you will deal with are the Ministry of Interior and Police (Secretaria de Interior y Policia) and the Central Electoral Board (Junta Central Electoral).
so basically... can someone please just tell me a detailed step by step process on for a Dominican child (American born) to obtain dual citizenship. I have my mother's dominican birth certificate, I also have my American birth certificate, my american passport, and my american social security card. I live in Washington D.C. I am 20 years old.
Thank you very much,
aaron
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