Dominican Republic country guide
Passive income · Last checked 2026-08-07
Residencia por Inversión en calidad de Rentista
Qualifying permanent foreign rent
Dominican rentier residence is a one-year category for an applicant who receives at least US$2,000 per month in permanent income generated outside the Dominican Republic.
- Country
- Dominican Republic
- Applicant basis
- Qualifying permanent foreign rent
- 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 permanent foreign-source income of at least US$2,000 per month through the current rentier evidence that applies, such as qualifying dividends, property income, or foreign-bank investment income.
- Hold the required RS residence visa and provide a passport with at least six months of validity under the current DGM service.
- Provide the current birth, civil-status, foreign criminal-record, photograph, guarantee-policy, and medical evidence that applies to the applicant.
- Apostille or legalize foreign documents as applicable and provide an accepted Spanish translation when required.
- Begin through the DGM online portal, upload the requested files, then deposit the required originals and complete the in-person document and card steps identified by DGM.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Applicants able to prove durable foreign-source rent, dividends, property income, or investment income and complete the prior residence-visa and DGM filing sequence.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Law 171-07 and the current Dirección General de Migración rentier initial and renewal services.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- At least US$2,000 per month in qualifying permanent income generated outside the Dominican Republic.
- Government service fees
- The current initial service lists RD$28,800 for the file, RD$3,500 for the card and identity-document step, and RD$6,300 for medical examinations. Confirm the live amounts immediately before payment.
- Initial status
- Residence in rentier capacity for one year.
- Renewal
- The current renewal service describes another one-year residence and directs filing 45 days before expiry. It requires current evidence that the qualifying rent continues and is received or consumed in the Dominican Republic; renewal is not automatic.
- Dependents
- No automatic dependent entitlement or route-specific financial increment is modeled from the cited rentier service.
- Work rights
- This page does not infer unrestricted local work rights from rentier residence.
- Presence considerations
- The cited rentier services do not establish one route-specific physical-presence rule.
- Permanent residence
- The current rentier services describe a renewable one-year category. No automatic conversion to permanent residence is established here.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate process and is not established by this route.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
Residencia por inversión en calidad de rentistaDirección General de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Renovación de residencia por inversión en calidad de rentistaDirección General de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Ley 171-07 — pensionados y rentistasCongreso Nacional / Dirección General de Migración · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07
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.