The president of the Partido Reformista Social Cristiano, Federico (Quique) Antun complained publicly yesterday that while the naturalization process is free for foreigners in the Dominican Republic, Dominican expats abroad have to pay upwards of US$500 at Dominican consulates to initiate the naturalization procedures for their children born abroad. He noted that the irony that Dominican authorities have set aside more than RD$1 billion to register foreigners living in the DR, but nothing has been set aside for Dominicans who live abroad.
Expats presented the complaint when he visited the chapters of the PRSC in the United States. On behalf of his political party, Antun demanded equal treatment in naturalization processes for Dominicans born abroad.
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