Was this with or without the lawyer?
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Bob, which police check are you waiting for?
If this is an Interpol police check, then chances are it is a delaying tactic. I know that some official processes mention this as a requirement. I cannot speak for every country in the world, but I know for a fact after speaking with the nice ladies in the Interpol office at the Ministerio de Interior y Policia, that despite their assurances that they do submit requests for Canadians, Interpol in Canada has yet to return a single report, ever.
Usually after a Canadian has been made to wait a sufficient period of time, the requirement for a current Canadian record check is either summarily waved, or the applicant is instructed to get and submit it their own.
Do not wait any longer for Interpol.I have requested residency per matrimonio. I had my interview on 8 Marzo 2016. Passed with flying colors. I am told I am waiting on Interpol.
My residencia temporal and cédula expired at the end of July 2016. I have a letter from MIP that says I have requested nationalization and they have received answers from DNCD and DNI.
Every time I call they say call back in 3 weeks.
So far so good, it is just like everyone else.
So my questions are .... is this letter from MIP valid forever? this can continue for years? If the RCMP security check helps, can they not use the one I submitted with the original residency or do i need a new one?
It is a delaying tactic. They never ask Interpol or submit any request. The current wait for citizenship is 2 years following date of interview. This is due to the number of people applying. If you want to speed it up and go through the hassle and the cost, you provide your own apostilled or legalized police check from your home country. If not, you wait 2 years from interview date for date of swearing in. In the meantime, you can get a letter (cost RD$1,000) to say you are in process which you can show to migracion when you leave the country to avoid paying overstay or to nasty migracion officers who stop you to see if you are legal.
Matilda
I had the letter saying my naturalization was in process. I used it last year (Aug 2016) when leaving the DR. I had no problem, did not have to pay overstay. I came back to DR in Dec 2016 and left again in April 2017. This time the letter was refused and I had to pay overstay fees. That was in POP. Any chance of getting that overstay fee back? Of course both my residency card and cedilla were expired. When I return to the DR I will have the criminal check from the RCMP and will hopefully finalize the citizenship.
I had the letter saying my naturalization was in process. I used it last year (Aug 2016) when leaving the DR. I had no problem, did not have to pay overstay. I came back to DR in Dec 2016 and left again in April 2017. This time the letter was refused and I had to pay overstay fees. That was in POP. Any chance of getting that overstay fee back? Of course both my residency card and cedilla were expired. When I return to the DR I will have the criminal check from the RCMP and will hopefully finalize the citizenship.
Immigration has been making a blanket rule that any foreigner in the country over thirty days, no matter why, pays overstay. It doesn't matter if you have a visa good for a year, or, in your case, that your citizenship is in process. You pay.
Someone I know, a highly placed Dominican, told me less than a month ago, that the overstay fees have become a business. It is just a moneymaking process now, with no logical thought behind it since people who entered on bases other than a tourist card are being charged the tourist card overstay fee.
There is no way you will be refunded that money. The DR is the land of "no refunds."
Incorrect, I have gone in and out of the country three times in the past year as recently as March while undergoing the citizenship process. My Cedula was locked as my residency had expired but with my in-process letter from immigration and police absolutely no problems and no payment.
Neargale, your letter might not of been excepted because it was expired, as in more than a year old and not signed by the new ministers.
I have been charged the overstay fee several times even though I entered and left the country on an unexpired visa good for a year . It is most certainly not incorrect.
Neargale recounted a situation in which he, while in the process of naturalization, was also charged. How is that not the truth?
I last entered the DR in April of this year. I questioned the Migracion officer about the 30 days and being charged the fee. She told me in no uncertain terms that all foreigners pay the fee after 30 days. No exceptions.