Visa policy of the Dominican Republic

Entry and exit stamps.

Visitors to the Dominican Republic must obtain a visa unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries.

Visa policy map[]

Dominican Republic

Countries with visa-free access to Dominican Republic

Visa required for entry to the Dominican Republic

Visa exemption[]

Nationals of the following 108 countries and passport-issuing jurisdictions do not require a visa to enter the Dominican Republic for 90 days (longer stays may be requested with a fee):^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

All European Union citizens
Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina^[a] Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Canada Chile^[a] Colombia Costa Rica Dominica Ecuador^[a] El Salvador	Fiji Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras Hong Kong Iceland Israel^[a] Jamaica Japan^[a] Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Liechtenstein Macau Malaysia Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Micronesia	Monaco Montenegro Morocco Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nicaragua North Macedonia Norway Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru^[a] Qatar Russia Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Serbia	Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea^[a] Suriname Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom^[b] United States Uruguay^[a] Vanuatu Vatican City

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Exempt from the tourist fee.
^ Only holders of British citizen passports and British overseas territories citizen passports are eligible.

Date of visa changes

19 April 1957: Japan^[5]
27 October 1966: Spain^[6]
22 March 1968: Austria^[7]
31 July 1968: Israel^[8]
4 March 1982: South Korea^[9]^[10]
1 June 1989: Finland^[11]
18 December 2007: Albania, Andorra, Bahrain, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Cyprus, Estonia, Fiji, Guyana, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, Qatar, Romania, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu^[12]^[13]
15 May 2015: Colombia^[14]
14 July 2021: Morocco^[3]

Cancelled:

16 December 2019: Venezuela^[15]

The visa exemption also applies to holders of valid visas or resident cards of Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.^[2]

Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports of Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Uruguay and Vietnam do not require a visa.^[2]

Visa exemption agreements for holders of diplomatic and service passports were signed with China in November 2018,^[16] with Serbia in December 2018,^[17] and with India in August 2019,^[18] but they are not yet in force.

Visas are not required for citizens of any country who were born in the Dominican Republic as per their travel document.

Tourist fee[]

Visitors are required to pay a tourist fee of US$10, except for:^[19]

citizens, residents or holders of visas of the Dominican Republic
diplomats accredited to the Dominican Republic
nationals of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Israel, Japan, Peru, South Korea or Uruguay^[2]^[3]
those arriving in a small private aircraft (up to 30,000 pounds and 12 passengers)

This fee was previously collected in the form of a tourist card on arrival, but from 25 April 2018, the card is no longer required from those arriving by air. Instead, the fee is charged with the airfare for all tickets issued outside the Dominican Republic. Visitors who were automatically charged the fee with the airfare but satisfy one of the exemptions may request a refund of this fee online, to be issued within 15 days on a credit card, check or local bank account.^[19]^[20]

Visitors who arrive by land or sea (and are not exempt) are still required to purchase the tourist card on arrival. The fee may alternatively be paid as 10 EUR.^[4]

Reciprocity[]

Dominican Republic citizens can enter all of the countries whose citizens are granted permanent visa-free access to Dominican Republic without a visa except for the European Union, Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda (grants eVisa), Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain (grants eVisa), Barbados, Bolivia (grants Visa on arrival), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Fiji, Iceland, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Macao (grants Visa on arrival), Marshall Islands, Mauritius (grants Visa on arrival), Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaragua (grants Visa on arrival), North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, South Africa, Suriname (grants eVisa), Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey (grants eVisa), Tuvalu (grants Visa on arrival), Ukraine (grants eVisa), United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Vatican City.

Visitor statistics[]

Most visitors arriving to Dominican Republic were from the following areas of residence or countries of nationality:^[21]

Country/Territory	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
United States	2,073,963	2,085,186	2,001,909	1,784,486	1,587,404
Canada	827,721	768,486	745,860	706,394	684,071
Germany	265,709	259,133	247,613	230,733	214,151
Russia	245,346	136,249	71,572	180,821	188,110
France	221,492	232,024	227,483	229,678	232,754
Argentina	182,170	137,642	133,888	112,489	107,305
Spain	177,993	169,760	172,245	150,859	142,207
United Kingdom	177,534	165,111	142,083	126,563	108,236
Puerto Rico	111,095	121,131	115,084	103,891	74,580
Venezuela	109,734	170,713	167,176	112,854	75,173
Colombia	103,444	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total	5,354,017	5,178,050	4,872,319	4,511,062	4,117,493

References[]

^ "Country information (visa section)". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA) through Gulf Air.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d List of countries and visa conditions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b ^c Requirements for foreigners to enter the Dominican Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b About the tourist card, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).
^ "一部旅券査証の相互免除に関する日本国政府とドミニカ共和国政府との間の取極（交換公文）" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 8 April 1957. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1981/11/monstate.pdf
^ https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1968/08/monstate.pdf
^ https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1968/12/monstate.pdf
^ Under arrangement on 2 February 1982.
^ [1]
^ https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1989/09/monstate.pdf
^ [2]
^ "Impuestos Internos" (PDF).
^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (May 8, 2015). "República Dominicana ya no les exigirá visa a los colombianos". El Tiempo.
^ Finol, Mary Cruz (December 9, 2019). "República Dominicana exigirá visas de ingreso a venezolanos".
^ https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=35484&SEO=china-and-dominican-republic-sign-cooperation-agreements
^ "Minister Dacic: "It is our desire for Serbia and the Dominican Republic to build friendly bilateral relations and a strategic partnership"". mfa.gov.rs.
^ "India, Dominican Republic sign visa waiver agreement". India Today. 27 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Announcement about the application of the 10-dollar fee for the tourist card, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic. (in Spanish)
^ Request refund, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic. (in Spanish)
^ "Banco Central de la República Dominicana". www.bancentral.gov.do.

External links[]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish)
About the Tourist Card (in Spanish)

[exempt-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Exempt from the tourist fee.

[6] Only holders of British citizen passports and British overseas territories citizen passports are eligible.

[1] "Country information (visa section)". Timatic. International Air Transport Association (IATA) through Gulf Air.

[MFA1-2] List of countries and visa conditions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).

[MFA2-3] Requirements for foreigners to enter the Dominican Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).

[tourist-4] About the tourist card, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic (in Spanish).

[7] "一部旅券査証の相互免除に関する日本国政府とドミニカ共和国政府との間の取極（交換公文）" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 8 April 1957. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[8] ttps://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1981/11/monstate.pdf

[9] ttps://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1968/08/monstate.pdf

[10] ttps://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1968/12/monstate.pdf

[11] Under arrangement on 2 February 1982.

[12] [1]

[13] ttps://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1989/09/monstate.pdf

[14] [2]

[15] "Impuestos Internos" (PDF).

[16] Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (May 8, 2015). "República Dominicana ya no les exigirá visa a los colombianos". El Tiempo.

[17] Finol, Mary Cruz (December 9, 2019). "República Dominicana exigirá visas de ingreso a venezolanos".

[18] ttps://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=35484&SEO=china-and-dominican-republic-sign-cooperation-agreements

[19] "Minister Dacic: "It is our desire for Serbia and the Dominican Republic to build friendly bilateral relations and a strategic partnership"". mfa.gov.rs.

[20] "India, Dominican Republic sign visa waiver agreement". India Today. 27 August 2019.

[refund-21] Announcement about the application of the 10-dollar fee for the tourist card, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic. (in Spanish)

[22] Request refund, General Direction of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic. (in Spanish)

[23] "Banco Central de la República Dominicana". www.bancentral.gov.do.

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