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Old 04-30-2008, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Matilda View Post
Just out of interest, I assume that if you are from another country in the world, be it Uk or USA or whereever, and you are here illegally in that you have overstayed your visa and do not have residency then exactly the same applies to any children you have here - no Dominican birth certificate?

By the way, thanks Dolores that was very clear.

Matilda
Exactly! If you are a foreigner in the DR, given as you said to reside out of status due to either one of the examples you made; then by a good margin your kids won't get a BC as they'll be considered to be "in transit".

It don't matter the race or nationality of the children and parents, but their legal status in the country.

The DR has been allowing pregnant women come from Haiti for the sole purpose of having their kids free of charge in Dominican Hospitals. Now imagine if we allowed every single pregnant woman to come to the DR to have their kids and also get Dominican citizenship just because they were born here?
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