I think you're right if you're applying for residency on the basis of a Dominican spouse.
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How to look up Application status of permanent residency or temp
The DR is trying to attract a specific demographic with their residency program. There are several classifications one can apply for residency under. None of these are intended for someone who is of working age with a foreign job and "just wants to live in the DR", at least that was the case when I applied. Under the various classifications all of the requirements are clearly spelled out. Pensioners must prove receipt of a monthly pension and cannot use other income sources. Those with rental income can use that to meet the requirements of the residency class that allows that type of income. None of the programs allow the use of a weekly wage from employment as that is not a secure enough source of funds. The OP should ask his lawyer what classification he applied for. Then look up the requirements and see if his income source qualifies and he meets the other class requirements. Knowing at least that he qualifies for the class is step one.
Residency requires some minimum level of guaranteed monthly income. the applicant(s) must be relatively healthy and are not supposed to be criminals. Having a Dominican spouse helps but if you do not have an acceptable income source, you're pretty much out of luck.
Residency requires some minimum level of guaranteed monthly income. the applicant(s) must be relatively healthy and are not supposed to be criminals. Having a Dominican spouse helps but if you do not have an acceptable income source, you're pretty much out of luck.
I didn't have to submit any proof of income nor proof of assets ...... Things may have changed since.
Also, when preparing to submit for residency, we were told that being married to a dominican didn't give me any special rights / category.
Hence why I ran around for financial docs.
However in the end, they didn't want any of them....go figure lol.
Oh, and I was in my early 30's when I started residency thingy. And probably " poor" in the eyes of the high level of dr1 standards O.O
like a 150,000 peso joke lol ? I was getting quoted for 150 with a English-speaking lawyer then went to another who only spoke Spanish and explained my situation and it went down to 60 and a few more quotes in and around that.
To be honest, there is really no need for any lawyer. In case you do not speak spanish, just get some help from somebody that does. The entire process is very clear cut and straight forward. No way you want manage by your self. In adition; any asistance or help you need you might get at the imigration Office or hotline for free.
Honestly when I did it 12 years ago, and the subsequent renewals up to 4 years ago, I used a lawyer just so that I didn't have to do many trips to SD. Just show up at the migration office, sit and wait for my turn to take photo, get my card and out of there. Never needed to present any papers or anything. And because as some have already mentioned, sometimes they might say that they need papers, or when you show up they'd say that your missing papers that wasn't written anywhere, or at least that was how it was 10 years ago when nothing was done digitally. So then you would have had to go back another day and so on and so forth. But I guess being that more and more are done digitally, there's less need for lawyers, at least if know some Spanish.
Renewals are a piece of cake - no lawyer needed for those, but the initial application process can be rather daunting, even if you speak Spanish fairly well. The OP is doing this on the basis of having a Dominican spouse. I can't even find the requirements for that(?). Also, he is doing it contrary to the requirement that the residency be started in his home country. No way you're going to be able to do that without a lawyer or some contacts high up in DGM.
At least when I did it, there was no such thing as applying for residency having a Dominican spouse, don't know how it is now though.
And also doing it this way on the basis that the lawyer is going to be able to go around the "normal" requirements, raises a lot of questions.
First of all, how do you "know" that the lawyer actually has these connections to be able to do that? How many lawyers don't just say whatever to get the client's $? And then, even if they have those connections, how can you be sure that they are actually going to use them or is even able to do that?
You need to trust a lot in that person just to avoid doing it the "correct" way.
And by the looks of it, no answer since March? Hmm, sounds a bit fishy, so I would not be surprised if the lawyer hasn't actually done sh**.
I have communicated with her and have had people who have done trespasos with her. She does have a professional page, and what appears to be real certificates along with a stack of passports I did see that were legit ( unless they are real good copies ? ) but she's done a lot of haitian and venuzuelan ones from what I see. I mean it's been since March like you noted, I did message her the other day and put her in the hot seat with accountability and needless to say that's not liked here at all but, I would be hard pressed if she didn't eventually get them tbh I mean she does it pretty openly and is right across from the PN station.. and if she is just a big BS she took a lot of time to set it up.
Have you done the FBI fingerprints or taken the official medical exam yet? Does the lawyer have your passport?
I think if you have been married to a Dominican spouse for at least two years and have been a resident for at least 6 months, you can apply for citizenship. Other than Malko, I don't recall anyone getting residency based on having a Dominican spouse(?). He got that a long time ago and a lot of rules have changed since then though.
Still, when I first came here, the first lawyer that I used she did all my papers and also had a bunch of certificates and had a business page and everything and it went well.
But then a couple of years later when I applied for citizenship and I used the same lawyer, I had a very similar to your current situation.
She told me that after around 2 weeks after the application date I would be summoned for the interview part.
However, I waited several months and nothing. Every time I contacted her, she just said that Migration was working on my application and that she asked about the status every week.
After waiting 1 year, she then told me that the papers had expired and that I would have to apply again.
Through another lawyer that I got into contact with through mutual friends, she found out what had really happened, and basically, that first lawyer hadn't done anything and was just BS me.
So just because someone has a good reputation and you've even had personal experience, doesn't mean that they won't "scam" you at one point.
Yes, that was how I got the citizenship, through marriage with a Dominicana.
However, when I first came here there was no 2-year marriage requirement, just the 6-month residency.
Which was actually quite interesting when I got the citizenship the requirement was to have at least 6 months of residency but the residency needed to be valid for at least 1 year.
And how do you do that with temp residency that is only valid for 1 year?
So basically you needed to apply the same day you renewed the temp residency.....
However, the lawyer who helped me with the process talked to the minister of migration who was appointed at that time, and was able to waive that requirement as my residency at that time was soon to expire.
So I didn't need to renew my residency and then apply for citizenship again...
This sounds almost exactly like what happened to a friend of mine that applied for initial residency. This is a lawyer that I knew and even worked with on non-related matters and thought to be a very good lawyer.
I get you, that's reoccurring thing here unfortunately not to come off track but, barber for 1 year tried telling me clients pay double in December "regalo" it always comes.
Residency today:
migracion.gob.do
There should be contact information there in order to look up the status of a residency application.
Residencias - DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE MIGRACIÓN
Documento o tarjeta requerida que permite a un ciudadano extranjero residir en el país por un período de tiempo fijo o indefinido.
migracion.gob.do
There should be contact information there in order to look up the status of a residency application.