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Dominican Republic

Citizenship and Country Documents

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • DOM104956.E - Dominican Republic: Whether a person can obtain citizenship if one parent has Dominican citizenship that is not affected by the 2004 General Law on Migration, including requirements and procedures; documents required to prove that the parent is not retroactively affected by the 2004 law. - Aug. 2014
    • DOM102146.E - Dominican Republic: Documentation required and procedures to be followed by a parent wishing to travel abroad with a minor child in the absence, or without the consent, of the second parent. - Feb. 2007
    • DOM42562.E - Dominican Republic: Update to DOM36739.E of 7 June 2001 about whether a foreign national (as an employed foreigner in the country) would need a residence permit and therefore have the right to return and remain in the country; rights and obligations of a person who bears a residence permit (2003-April 2004). - May 2004
    • DOM42423.E - Dominican Republic: Whether common-law relationships are recognized in the Dominican Republic; whether a person who is in a common-law relationship with a citizen of the Dominican Republic can obtain citizenship and the procedure for obtaining citizenship - April 2004

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Entry/Exit

Foreign Government Reports  
  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • ZZZ201066.E - Dominican Republic and Haiti: The Dominican Republic's migration policies regarding its border with Haiti; exit and entry procedures at land borders, including required documents for Haitian nationals; irregular movements between the two countries - Oct. 2022

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Children

US Government Reports


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Corruption

US Government Reports

  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • DOM102148.E - Dominican Republic: Organized crime; government actions to fight organized crime; state protection for witnesses of crime. - March 2007 

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Disabilities

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Elections

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Ethnic Groups / Race

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Ethnic Groups / Race - Haitians and Dominico-Haitians

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • “Where are we going to live?” Migration and Statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic - June 2016
    • "Without Papers, I Am No One" Stateless People in the Dominican Republic - Nov. 2015
  • Human Rights Watch
    • “ILLEGAL PEOPLE”:Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic - April 2002
  • World Directory of Minorities


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Gender

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • DOM105288.E Dominican Republic: Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services available to victims (2011-September 2015) - Oct. 2015

    • DOM43368.E - Dominican Republic: Update to DOM33657.E of 3 February 2000 on the laws and protection available to women who are victims of domestic violence. - Feb. 2005

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Human Rights Watch
    • “I Felt Like the World Was Falling Down on Me” Adolescent Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Dominican Republic - June 2019
    • “It’s Your Decision, It’s Your Life” The Total Criminalization of Abortion in the Dominican Republic - Nov. 2018
    • A Test of Inequality: Discrimination against Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic - June 2004
  • Amnesty International
    • The State As A Catalyst For Violence Against Women - March 2016

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Human Rights

US Government Reports

Non-Government Organizations


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Justice System

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Law

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • DOM42423.E - Dominican Republic: Whether common-law relationships are recognized in the Dominican Republic; whether a person who is in a common-law relationship with a citizen of the Dominican Republic can obtain citizenship and the procedure for obtaining citizenship - April 16, 2004

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Maps


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Medical Availability

Intergovernmental Organization Reports


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Political Figures and Parties

US Government Reports

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
    • DOM43116.FE - Dominican Republic: Treatment of members of the Reformist Social Christian Party (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) before and during the elections. - Nov. 2004
    • DOM42023.FE - Dominican Republic: Whether a well-known member of the Morado Party (Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana, PLD) was killed by a bodyguard of President Hipolito Mejia when demonstrators surrounded and attacked a procession that included the president's vehicle, and whether security forces dispersed the demonstrators (December 2001). - Sept. 2003

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Refugees / IDPs

 

Non-Government Reports

  • Amnesty International
    • “Where are we going to live?” Migration and Statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic - June 2016


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Religion

US Government Reports


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Sexual Orientation

 

Foreign Government Reports

  • Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs) 
    • DOM41387.E - Dominican Republic: Treatment of homosexuals. - June 2003

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Specific Country Issues

None Available


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Speech / Press / Internet

Non-Government Organization Reports

  • Freedom House

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Timeline

Media


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Trafficking

US Government Reports


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Terrorism

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Torture

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Updated October 4, 2023