Like the title says can this be looked up without a lawyer intervening? Context I applied for my residency using in a lawyer in DR ( I know it's supposed to be done in applicants' home country ) I honestly didn't want to deal with it and seemed better to do it through connections for less resistance. This woman has taken since March when she told me it was 10-15 weeks. I want to make sure I see something "en processo " on the website y no "en me banco"
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How to look up Application status of permanent residency or temp
Your lawyer will have to have created a username and password for you. You would have to get that in order to go online and check the status. Something seems really wrong after all this time. Some documents could have expired. This happened to a friend of mine also. Three years later and he still doesn't have residency and several thousand dollar down the drain. I suggest you get a friend that speaks Spanish and call DGM direct.
Then definitely give DGM a call and ask. I kept telling my friend to do that and he never did. He would just go to his lawyer every once in a while and complain. That got him nowhere.
You'd be surprised how many gringos here that speak little to no Spanish - even ones that have been here for quite a while.
Ask your lawyer for your username and password so you can follow the process online, when you have it here is the link to login.
Tell her your going to the fiscal if she refuses or delay's giving you your login info.
If you have paid her for this it's your right to see where you are in the process. Good luck
Tell her your going to the fiscal if she refuses or delay's giving you your login info.
If you have paid her for this it's your right to see where you are in the process. Good luck
I second " calling DGM " . They actually answer the phone --- no waiting time --- and are kind of helpful.
I was on the phone with them today as I fat-fingered a step while doing something on-line, and they sorted me out there and then.
For me it helps to have a " script " in front of me for phone calls as my Spanish is not good enough for thinking and speaking at the same time. 🫤
I was on the phone with them today as I fat-fingered a step while doing something on-line, and they sorted me out there and then.
For me it helps to have a " script " in front of me for phone calls as my Spanish is not good enough for thinking and speaking at the same time. 🫤
Phone support is extremely professional, friendly and they even respond within a few seconds. (809) 537-0188, exts. 736 / 737 / 686 They should be able to give you the requested info using your passport number. BUT YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT SPEAKS SPANISH TO CALL THEM (foreign accent helps).
legal or illegal if there is a difference in DR? Half the lawyers offer some form of immigration help here for processing the ones that do help normally have a primo, tio amigo de mio in the assembly line. I did it this way cause I didn't want to deal with the bureaucracy heavy taxation, and safety that would come with being a resident and having a million eyes look over personal documents. I am not retired so I would have to pay tax after the grace period and am in my prime professional years and I refuse to accept giving a corrupt government 27% of my earnings and being harassed for years to come. If I am in whatever other country fair game, I'll contribute to a better society like everyone else but I am not paying for a family member 4runner jeepeta. That's my motivation for doing it the other way.
I've been coming here for 11 years and living around 2.5 now, long enough to know the "right way" is getting the screwed way sometimes and this is one of those things if you are in my situation. Although I will humbly admit while smirking I could get screwed this way too as there is more vulnerability
I've been coming here for 11 years and living around 2.5 now, long enough to know the "right way" is getting the screwed way sometimes and this is one of those things if you are in my situation. Although I will humbly admit while smirking I could get screwed this way too as there is more vulnerability
But surely you are resident of somewhere, no ? And hence pay taxes there ?
Nobody ever said anything about taxes to me, here in the DR. If they ask if I work here, I say no, which is the truth.
I don't think they tax income from abroad, but there again, I have no ideal from a legal perspective.
I'd have to consult a lawyer tax/corp = here but from my understanding, you have to provide financial proof while submitting your residency paper for a source of income. I could be wrong though. My income is foreign yes, but it confuses me because if I am in the country doing work on my computer providing then potentially it could be argued in another direction. I don't know i'd have to get more info. In summary, my motivation for submitting with lawyer X was not because I have a criminal record or anything was simply for privacy and taxation.
100% sure? even if you're actively "working" in the country as in your body is here geographically performing a task for an American or foreign entity?
Quiénes pagan este impuesto?
Toda persona natural o jurídica residente en la República Dominicana y las sucesiones indivisas de causantes con domicilio en el país, pagará el impuesto sobre sus rentas de fuente dominicana, y de fuentes fuera de la República Dominicana provenientes de inversiones y ganancias financieras.
There are plenty of digital nomads here. In general, foreign earned income is not taxable. The only catch is that no Dominicans, here or in another country can be involved and the income must be received in your home country.
I don't see how applying for residency here avoids you have to claim a source of income though(?). No income - no residency.
Unless you have a " garante ". Case in point, I ran around for documents for income/assets to submit for residency.
And the day I submit, they went, don't need that, don't need that, don't need this ...... I was wtf ?
A Dominican SO is de-facto your "garante" in their eyes.
It may or may not be the case of the OP, so throwing it out there.