The Migration Agency (DGM) has called on those foreigners enrolled in the National Foreigners’ Status Legalization Plan (PNRE) to renew or change their migration category or status. DGM noted that the current period ends on 26 August 2018 and that the foreigners who have not obtained their updated residency permits can go to their local office and check to see if they are on the list at the Migration Agency website.
To renew the card, a visit in person is required to present the corresponding PNRE card or passport with a sticker, legalized birth certificate and permanent address in the Dominican Republic as well as a contact number. The applicants also have to take four photographs. The extension of the validity of the PNRE cards has been granted mostly to benefit Haitians who have not been able to secure the documentation from the Haitian government that are needed to complete the status regularization process. The Haitian government on innumerable occasions as committed to produce the documentation, but has not come through.
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Diario Libre
14 August 2018
