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technology, as established in Law 16-95 of Foreign
Investment (see Section 5.2).
The beneficiaries of the program are the foreign
investors and their employees (managers, technicians),
as well as their families and economic dependants.
The request must be filed with the Foreign
Investment Desk of the Immigration Office, which shall
issue the residence permit within 45 days at the latest.
The documents to be filed with the application are the
following:
a) Form of request of residence for investors, which is
available free of charge at the Foreign Investment
Desk of the Immigration Office;
b) Copy of complete original passport, valid for at
least three months. If the last entry is not
registered in the passport, a certification of the last
entry issued by the Immigration Office must be also
filed;
c) Entry permit (visa or tourist card);
d) Original birth certificate;
e) Proof of Foreign Investment Registration or
registration request, issued by the Central bank of
the Dominican Republic;
f) Police Record issued by the competent Dominican
authorities or by the authorities of the country of
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origin if the applicant has been for less than 30
days in the country;
g) Receipt of payment of medical examinations issued
by a physician certified by the Immigration Office;
h) Eleven 2" x 2"photographs (seven frontal and four
side) for persons older than 18 years. Seven (five
frontal and two side) for applicants between 16 and
18 years old, and five (three frontal and two side)
for those less than 16 years old;
i) If the applicant is a shareholder in the company,
certified copy of Board Resolution stating his status
in the company;
j) If the applicant is a manager or technician, original
work contract or letter of appointment;
k) If the application includes the spouse and/or minor
children, the following documents must be filed in
addition: marriage certificate and the documents
referred to in a), b), c), d), f), g) and h). For
minors, requirement f) is not necessary;
l) For applicants more than 16 years old four samples
of each document must be filed (one original and
three copies). Otherwise, it is sufficient to file two
sets of each document;
m) All of the documents issued abroad must be duly
translated into Spanish and legalized by the
respective Dominican Consulate.
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