Dominican Republic country guide
General investment · Last checked 2026-08-07
Residencia Permanente en calidad de Inversionista
Qualifying investment
Dominican permanent residence in investor capacity is for an applicant with a qualifying foreign investment supported by CEI-RD or CNZFE certification.
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Applicant basis
- Qualifying investment
- Responsible authority
- Dirección General de Migración, División de Inversión Extranjera
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Document at least US$200,000 in qualifying foreign investment and obtain the applicable CEI-RD or CNZFE investment certificate.
- Hold the required RS residence visa and provide a passport with the validity required by the current DGM service.
- Provide the current identity, birth, civil-status, police-record, medical, insurance, investment, and corporate evidence that applies to the applicant.
- Apostille or legalize foreign documents as applicable and provide the accepted Spanish translation when required.
- Begin through the DGM online portal, then deposit the required original documents and complete the in-person steps identified by DGM.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Applicants with at least US$200,000 in qualifying investment and the required foreign-investment certification.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Current Dirección General de Migración investor-residence and investor-renewal procedures.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- At least US$200,000 in a qualifying foreign investment supported by the applicable CEI-RD or CNZFE certificate.
- Government service fees
- Confirm the current DGM service-page amounts immediately before payment; no numeric fee is hard-coded here.
- Initial status
- Direct permanent residence in investor capacity. The current DGM service describes a first residence card valid for one year and later cards valid for four years.
- Renewal
- File the investor permanent-residence renewal at least 45 days before card expiry with the current identity, residence, investment, corporate, police-record, and photograph evidence required by DGM.
- Dependents
- Dependent treatment is not modeled on this page because a current route-specific dependent checklist was not established.
- Work rights
- Investor permanent residence does not by itself support a claim of unrestricted employment rights on this page.
- Presence considerations
- The cited investor services do not establish one route-specific physical-presence rule.
- Permanent residence
- This is already a permanent-residence category. Residence-card validity and renewal do not convert it into citizenship.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate process; this route does not establish an automatic result or timeline.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.