I believe this requirement is part and parcel of the program to weed out people of Haitian heritage. The government is within its rights to do this. It's a clever way to achieve the goal without riling up NGOs and social justice organizations who could lobby against foreign aid to the Dominican Republic.
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Heads up on new citizenship requirement
Just to try and clarify a few misconceptions.
1. All Dominican birth certificates have the parents cedula number and nationality.
2. British ones have no national id number (as we don't have one) and no nationality.
3. You need a complete Dominican birth certificate to get your Dominican cedula and passport.
4. The way to provide the information so that it can be complete, in my case, will be a copy of each of my parents passports which has a number (and I know it changes but they use passport numbers for all foreigners here who don't have cedulas) and their nationality. Each country will obviously be different, and may even have that information on birth certificates.
5. Maybe the person who warned me, who went to get her cedula and was refused, had a Cedula man who was having a bad day. Who knows. I just thought forewarned was forearmed.
Matilda
1. All Dominican birth certificates have the parents cedula number and nationality.
2. British ones have no national id number (as we don't have one) and no nationality.
3. You need a complete Dominican birth certificate to get your Dominican cedula and passport.
4. The way to provide the information so that it can be complete, in my case, will be a copy of each of my parents passports which has a number (and I know it changes but they use passport numbers for all foreigners here who don't have cedulas) and their nationality. Each country will obviously be different, and may even have that information on birth certificates.
5. Maybe the person who warned me, who went to get her cedula and was refused, had a Cedula man who was having a bad day. Who knows. I just thought forewarned was forearmed.
Matilda
My parents have no passports , however they are identified as Canadians with place of birth on my birth certificate. Hopefully that and a copy of their SIN cards it will be enough.
Did you possibly mean: A**hole Civil Servants? That would make more sense in this conversation...
No, anal, as in anal retentive. Doesn't mean they are being Aholes on purpose, just no flexibility or ability see other than in a straight line. That fact that other country do things differently means nothing to them. Kind of like American customs agents.
I'm all three
My family in law even tells me I'm probably the most happiest person holding now my Dominican Passport, happier than in my birth country German specially when watching the news.
My family in law even tells me I'm probably the most happiest person holding now my Dominican Passport, happier than in my birth country German specially when watching the news.
Losing the German Citizenship?
Will you lose your German passport?
Germany only allows double citizenship in rare cases.
donP
Will you lose your German passport?
Germany only allows double citizenship in rare cases.
donP
I might be a rare case
Still have my German passport and would not have done it if I would have made a decision to loose it or not.
Still have my German passport and would not have done it if I would have made a decision to loose it or not.
Rare Cases
Then I suppose you applied for and were granted a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung".
donP
Then I suppose you applied for and were granted a "Beibehaltungsgenehmigung".
donP
The only things I can get are birth and death certificates for both my parents. Would a scanned copy be sufficient? or do we have to do things like translate and have the Dom chancellery say those are valid? or the Canadian embassy?
With regards to the S.I.N. I can get that number from old income tax reports but the actual card is long gone. If I recall the government asks that you destroy the SIN card and the health card after death to reduce the risk of fraud by other people.
Would they simply take my word that the scanned copy of the docs, along with a printed letter giving their SIN number and maybe a 500RD bill to their favourite charity would make everything valid?
I intend to apply for citizenship in 5.5 months! and because there are 366 days in 2016 I believe I have a proper window to do this i.e. with 6 months residency past, and 6 months residency left. Phew. I just don't want to get hung up with other hoops!
With regards to the S.I.N. I can get that number from old income tax reports but the actual card is long gone. If I recall the government asks that you destroy the SIN card and the health card after death to reduce the risk of fraud by other people.
Would they simply take my word that the scanned copy of the docs, along with a printed letter giving their SIN number and maybe a 500RD bill to their favourite charity would make everything valid?
I intend to apply for citizenship in 5.5 months! and because there are 366 days in 2016 I believe I have a proper window to do this i.e. with 6 months residency past, and 6 months residency left. Phew. I just don't want to get hung up with other hoops!
I think birth certificate might work if it shows which country they were born in. This is for the Junta Central civil registry so I doubt you need to get them apostilled and translated - but in this country who knows as every department has different requirements. Might be worth asking the Junta - they are good at answering questions online. http://beta.jce.gob.do/
Matilda
Matilda
Does one need to renew residency if your's will expire while waiting for police relirts and swearing in cerimony?
I haven't and mine has run out. I carry with me now a copy of my passport, a copy of my marriage certificate (you cannot be deported if married to a Dominican for more than 10 years), and a copy of my receipt of payment for citizenship. I would have thought if you are 'in process' it should be fine.
Matilda
bob,
This isn't going to make CCCC very happy. He's going to have to call you Citizen Bob in short order.
This isn't going to make CCCC very happy. He's going to have to call you Citizen Bob in short order.
My parents place of birth is on my birth certificate from USA but of course no ID number,so will I have to find a document with their Social Security number or will place of birth be sufficient.
It is possible to get possible to get Social Security of deceased parents.
Photocopy of Original Application for a Social Security Card (SS-5),or Computer extract of Social Security Card Application https://www.socialsecurity.gov//ssa-711.pdfforms
There is a fee to do this but not much. They probably want an apostle on it as well I am sure. I am just going for my interview in 2 weeks so I have time to get all this if I need to.
Photocopy of Original Application for a Social Security Card (SS-5),or Computer extract of Social Security Card Application https://www.socialsecurity.gov//ssa-711.pdfforms
There is a fee to do this but not much. They probably want an apostle on it as well I am sure. I am just going for my interview in 2 weeks so I have time to get all this if I need to.