This is my twopenneth, getting back to the original title of the thread.
1. The immigration law is here http://www.migracion.gob.do/web/trans/archivos/39.pdf and is not up for change.
2. As I thought it confirms in there that you cannot be deported even without residency if you have been married to a Dominican - male or female for more than 10 years or if you have children with a Dominican who have been registered here
" Art. 123.- Podr? no ordenarse la deportaci?n o expulsi?n del extranjero
prevista en los art?culos anteriores, de la presente ley, en los siguientes casos: a) Cuando el extranjero (a) estuviere casado (a) con un c?nyuge dominicano (a) por un per?odo de m?s de 10 a?os o tuviere hijos dominicanos por nacimientos debidamente declarados. b) Cuando tuviere una residencia legal, pac?fica y cont?nua en el pa?s
superior a los 10 a?os, a partir de su ingreso legal correspondiente. c) Cuando circunstancias especiales establecidas en el reglamento as? lo aconsejen"
3. My cedula is actually one of those cancelled. I married 10 years ago and when I went to get my residency and cedula renewed I gave them my marriage certificate so both could be issued in my married name. My residency was but the cedula people said they could not do it with a marriage certificate but only with my British passport which was still in my maiden name. So I would have to wait to get a new British passport. Given my cedula had years to run I never bothered and until they started all this messing about never had a problem. However when they went through all of the cedulas recently they obviously didnt bother cross checking against the residencies (cedulas and residencies have the same number), and cancelled me! Luckily most places don't bother checking and I just show my out of date cedula as most Dominicans do. Moral of story is take the so called figures with a few sackfuls of salt.
Matilda
1. The immigration law is here http://www.migracion.gob.do/web/trans/archivos/39.pdf and is not up for change.
2. As I thought it confirms in there that you cannot be deported even without residency if you have been married to a Dominican - male or female for more than 10 years or if you have children with a Dominican who have been registered here
" Art. 123.- Podr? no ordenarse la deportaci?n o expulsi?n del extranjero
prevista en los art?culos anteriores, de la presente ley, en los siguientes casos: a) Cuando el extranjero (a) estuviere casado (a) con un c?nyuge dominicano (a) por un per?odo de m?s de 10 a?os o tuviere hijos dominicanos por nacimientos debidamente declarados. b) Cuando tuviere una residencia legal, pac?fica y cont?nua en el pa?s
superior a los 10 a?os, a partir de su ingreso legal correspondiente. c) Cuando circunstancias especiales establecidas en el reglamento as? lo aconsejen"
3. My cedula is actually one of those cancelled. I married 10 years ago and when I went to get my residency and cedula renewed I gave them my marriage certificate so both could be issued in my married name. My residency was but the cedula people said they could not do it with a marriage certificate but only with my British passport which was still in my maiden name. So I would have to wait to get a new British passport. Given my cedula had years to run I never bothered and until they started all this messing about never had a problem. However when they went through all of the cedulas recently they obviously didnt bother cross checking against the residencies (cedulas and residencies have the same number), and cancelled me! Luckily most places don't bother checking and I just show my out of date cedula as most Dominicans do. Moral of story is take the so called figures with a few sackfuls of salt.
Matilda
