Residency - 2025 - Dominican Republic forum

classygringo · 2025-09-12T21:32:56+02:00

Explore common issues with residency renewals in the Dominican Republic, including document uploads and the transition to permanent residency.

Residency - 2025

classygringo Contributor

Member since 11 December 2014

classygringoContributor12 September 2025 19:32:56

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I have been renewing my residency for a number of years and every single year I experience the same thing. I am told to upload it again in jpg format. I carefully check all the documents and am sure they are in jpg. I also work heavily on a computer daily so I am sure this is done correctly. I am just curious if anyone else experience this or is this just me? I literally delete and upload the same exact image not changing a thing, and they eventually approve it. But nothing has changed it was jpg before it is when I upload for 5th, 6th time. Why does this happen? Just curious. Also wanted to ask about going permanent residence did anyone else apply immediately after 5th renewal of temp or did you wait the year? My thoughts were to just start the clock on permanent asap so I don't have to go through this every year.

snowinpalm Contributor

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snowinpalmContributor13 September 2025 14:31:48

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planner Dominican Republic Expert

Member since 27 December 2010

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plannerDominican Republic ExpertYesterday 14:22:05

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Nothing surprises me about this.聽 Sadly the best programmers work remotely for non Dominican companies.聽 I currently employ 48 Dominican programmers and almost all of them previously worked for government or lol cal banks and large corporations here.聽 Often the issue is not the actual programmers but the lack of correct planning on projects.

Sounds like the coding has an error and it's never been properly fixed, they just patched it. Errors like that and bad coding exist all over banking platforms, insurance platforms etc.

I am not sure about when you can apply for permanent after you 5th renewal.聽 Let me ask!

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I applied for the permanent residency 45 days before the 5th temp renewal expired.聽 It is my understanding that is the earliest you can apply while your temporary residency is still active. It takes about 4 months for the temp to permanent residency transition to be completed.聽 I have never had an issue with the uploading of the jpeg documents.