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Dominican Republic — Citizenship Guide

Citizenship by descent is available; naturalisation requires 2 years; dual citizenship is permitted.

Why Dominican Republic?

The Dominican Republic passport offers visa-free, visa-on-arrival, ETA, or e-visa access to 113 destinations, ranking it #119 globally.

Citizenship by descent

Dominican Republic applies jus sanguinis — citizenship can be acquired by descent from a citizen parent, and in some cases from grandparents or more distant ancestors.

Naturalisation

Naturalisation typically requires 2 years of residence, usually alongside language and integration requirements.

Dual citizenship

Dominican Republic generally permits dual citizenship.

Fees & timeline

There is no standard published application fee — costs vary, so check with official sources.

Compiled from the Citizenship Hub law dataset (approximate). Verify with official government sources before relying on this information.

Where the Dominican Republic passport can travel

Visa-free, visa on arrival, ETA, and e-visa access by destination. Hover for details.

Fiji — Visa required Tanzania — Visa on arrival W. Sahara — Unknown Canada — Visa required United States of America — Visa required Kazakhstan — e-Visa Uzbekistan — Visa-free Papua New Guinea — e-Visa Indonesia — e-Visa Argentina — Visa required Chile — Visa required Dem. Rep. Congo — e-Visa Somalia — e-Visa Kenya — ETA Sudan — Visa required Chad — e-Visa Haiti — Visa required Dominican Rep. — Home country Russia — Visa-free Bahamas — e-Visa Falkland Is. — Unknown Greenland — Unknown Fr. S. Antarctic Lands — Unknown Timor-Leste — Visa on arrival South Africa — Visa required Lesotho — Visa required Mexico — Visa required Uruguay — Visa required Brazil — Visa-free Bolivia — e-Visa Peru — Visa-free Colombia — Visa-free Panama — Visa required Costa Rica — Visa required Nicaragua — Visa on arrival Honduras — Visa-free El Salvador — Visa-free Guatemala — Visa required Belize — Visa required Venezuela — Visa required Guyana — Visa-free Suriname — e-Visa Ecuador — Visa-free Puerto Rico — Unknown Jamaica — Visa-free Cuba — e-Visa Zimbabwe — Visa on arrival Botswana — Visa-free Namibia — e-Visa Senegal — Visa on arrival Mali — Visa required Mauritania — e-Visa Benin — e-Visa Niger — Visa required Nigeria — e-Visa Cameroon — e-Visa Togo — e-Visa Ghana — Visa required Côte d'Ivoire — ETA Guinea — e-Visa Guinea-Bissau — Visa on arrival Liberia — e-Visa Sierra Leone — e-Visa Burkina Faso — e-Visa Central African Rep. — Visa required Congo — Visa required Gabon — e-Visa Eq. Guinea — e-Visa Zambia — Visa-free Malawi — Visa on arrival Mozambique — Visa on arrival eSwatini — Visa required Angola — Visa-free Burundi — Visa on arrival Israel — ETA Lebanon — Visa on arrival Madagascar — Visa on arrival Palestine — Visa-free Gambia — Visa required Tunisia — Visa required Algeria — Visa required Jordan — Visa on arrival United Arab Emirates — e-Visa Qatar — Visa on arrival Kuwait — Visa required Iraq — e-Visa Oman — e-Visa Vanuatu — e-Visa Cambodia — Visa on arrival Thailand — Visa-free Laos — Visa on arrival Myanmar — Visa required Vietnam — e-Visa North Korea — Visa required South Korea — ETA Mongolia — Visa required India — e-Visa Bangladesh — Visa on arrival Bhutan — e-Visa Nepal — Visa on arrival Pakistan — e-Visa Afghanistan — Visa required Tajikistan — Visa-free Kyrgyzstan — e-Visa Turkmenistan — Visa required Iran — Visa on arrival Syria — e-Visa Armenia — Visa on arrival Sweden — Visa required Belarus — Visa required Ukraine — e-Visa Poland — Visa required Austria — Visa required Hungary — Visa required Moldova — e-Visa Romania — Visa required Lithuania — Visa required Latvia — Visa required Estonia — Visa required Germany — Visa required Bulgaria — Visa required Greece — Visa required Turkey — e-Visa Albania — e-Visa Croatia — Visa required Switzerland — Visa required Luxembourg — Visa required Belgium — Visa required Netherlands — Visa required Portugal — Visa required Spain — Visa required Ireland — Visa required New Caledonia — Unknown Solomon Is. — Visa on arrival New Zealand — Visa required Australia — e-Visa Sri Lanka — Visa on arrival China — Visa required Taiwan — Unknown Italy — Visa required Denmark — Visa required United Kingdom — Visa required Iceland — Visa required Azerbaijan — Visa required Georgia — Visa-free Philippines — Visa-free Malaysia — Visa-free Brunei — Visa required Slovenia — Visa required Finland — Visa required Slovakia — Visa required Czechia — Visa required Eritrea — Visa required Japan — Visa-free Paraguay — Visa-free Yemen — Visa required Saudi Arabia — e-Visa Antarctica — Unknown Cyprus — Visa required Morocco — Visa-free Egypt — Visa on arrival Libya — e-Visa Ethiopia — e-Visa Djibouti — Visa on arrival Uganda — e-Visa Rwanda — Visa on arrival Bosnia and Herz. — Visa required North Macedonia — Visa required Serbia — Visa required Montenegro — Visa required Trinidad and Tobago — Visa-free S. Sudan — e-Visa
  • Visa-free
  • Visa on arrival
  • ETA
  • e-Visa
  • Visa required
  • No admission

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