That is indeed the challenge. Getting the documents and making sure they are current. So when you start, be sure you can finish before any might expire. I did the short lived documents last for that reason.Well I will not be worried about the history/Spanish exam. I hear it is all about timing having all documents ready to submit together.
Congratulations Windy. Swearing in used to be the last Thursday of the month. Maybe they will start again in June. Citizenship is the best solution, this way you don't have to deal with Migracion anymore.... Thank God for that.Thanks, it did go well. All the paperwork was accepted, I had my citizenship test last week and passed it. My swearing in as a DR citizen might be delayed by the CV-19 situation. Medina will make announcements tonight at 8 PM on CV-19 and what the government is going to do about it in the DR.
I am considering applying for citizenship. I got my residency in 2006 and its one of the better decisions I have made. Now it expires mid 2021 and I could either just renew another 4 years or apply for citizenship. I also think there is an option where you get like a more permanent residency of 10 years.
Cynthia, Is the office open yet for swearing in new citizens? And is the office open that tests firearms for annual licenses?Hello, Mr. Boyter:
Yes, if you have had 10+ year as a permanent resident in the Dominican Republic you can opt for the Definitive one that lasts 10 years. Regarding the citizenship, please keep in mind that the requirements change every few years so it is better to check your options first.
Hello, Mr. Windeguy.Cynthia, Is the office open yet for swearing in new citizens? And is the office open that tests firearms for annual licenses?
Yes, you have to do your first passport in Santo Domingo. When you do make sure you have a copy of every document you submitted for citizenship, regardless of what documents they say you need.My DR citizenship was approved and I received my documents on Monday in Santo Domingo at the MIP.
Because of CV19 there was no ceremony, they just handed me my certificates and an envelope with the paperwork to apply for my Dominican Birth Certificate (which was done the same day at the JCE in Santo Domingo) and instructions on how to get my DR citizens cedula and DR passport.
The birth certificate takes up to 2 months to process at the JCE, then I call and get a "code" from them with which I can then pick up that birth certificate up along with my DR cedula in Sosua - According to what I was told at the JCE office in Santo Domingo.
The DR passport is after I have my new cedula and may nor may not be possible to do in Puerto Plata.
I hope the change in government when all these workers will be changed won't mess up the final three steps.
That might be a while if it has to be Santo Domingo. Understood on the copies and the incompetence involved.Yes, you have to do your first passport in Santo Domingo. When you do make sure you have a copy of every document you submitted for citizenship, regardless of what documents they say you need.
Yes, you have to do your first passport in Santo Domingo. When you do make sure you have a copy of every document you submitted for citizenship, regardless of what documents they say you need.
She would have to have that very special envelope that only the Migracion department can open to issue a passport.I don't see the sense in getting myself a passport
The Dominican line is short enough...no need for automated line
I rarely use SDQ... POP usually
and now - reading the hassle in getting it....
Well, I'd have my faithful lawyer do it.... so it would be easier
She has all the documents
No, I just got it a couple of years ago. They did tell me that I could do my renewal in La Vega instead of Santo Domingo. I went through the same process you just describe to get my first one.Ups, just seen your PM.
I have the dr passport for the auto gate at the airports, it's an in and out in minutes without the need of filling any immigration forms.
Hi Bob.
Going through passport renewal and not that easy as I thought it would be after having dr passport for the last 6 years.
While online system showed me all submitted is ok and ready to make a cita, at the SDQ office they asked to have JCE upload all the document from 2014 again to their system and also get a MIP certification, what a rund around.
Did you renewed yours already?
She would have to have that very special envelope that only the Migracion department can open to issue a passport.
Something tells me you have to show up to have your picture taken unless your lawyer is your identical twin.
As for my getting the passport, time will tell. Perhaps they will hire IT people that can network computers by then.
No, I just got it a couple of years ago. They did tell me that I could do my renewal in La Vega instead of Santo Domingo. I went through the same process you just describe to get my first one.
That really doesn't make any sense because yours was done correctly the first so that shouldn't have applied. The sweet young lawyer I talked to at the passport office was very nice though.Yes they told me La Vega as well but then requested me to change the office to Santo Domingo, maybe because La Vega is closed or because of the additional paperwork I had to do now.
My lawyer told me that naturalization between 2014 - 2018 have this problems because of many fake passports during these years that's why they want all these papers uploaded again.
I'm in Jarabacoa so La Vega would have been much nicer of course.