DOM passport

[nitewired]

Hello. I'm U.S. Citizen. Over the pass several months I have visited Dominican Republic often due to my girl friend is Dominican. I've spent a lot of time with her family, and now basically I'm part of the family. It is now time for to meet mine. Here's the question. How do we get a DOM. passport for her to travel to the states. Neither of us have a clue where to get started. Please help.

[Ken]

The hard part is not getting a DOM passport for her, but to get a US visa that permits her to visit the US. It is more likely that your parents will meet her if they come to the DR to do so.

[ricktoronto]

Originally posted by nitewired
Hello. I'm U.S. Citizen. Over the pass several months I have visited Dominican Republic often due to my girl friend is Dominican. I've spent a lot of time with her family, and now basically I'm part of the family. It is now time for to meet mine. Here's the question. How do we get a DOM. passport for her to travel to the states. Neither of us have a clue where to get started. Please help.

Maybe Mr. DeLuise will lend you his. Presuming you mean a DR or Dominican Republic passport despite its almost total lack of usefulness it is remarkably easy to get through the normal channels, - application form, pictures, cedula, etc.

Ken is bang on, the chances of her getting a visitors visa to come and see you are slim and none and Slim left town a long time ago.

If you are serious about the vamily meeting scenario, bring yours down - in addition to being very easy ( e.g. no visa) they'd probably like to see the country, the family, how they live etc.

Hope you all speak some Spanish.

[Pib]

Originally posted by ricktoronto
Maybe Mr. DeLuise will lend you his. Presuming you mean a DR or Dominican Republic passport despite its almost total lack of usefulness it is remarkably easy to get through the normal channels, - application form, pictures, cedula, etc.

I don't remember any application form... maybe for the first one? It was very long ago that I got my first one but I still can't remember any application form. Oh well, I could be senile. Cédula (I.D.), acta de nacimiento (birth certificate), pictures.

But as others said... If she wasn't able to get a visa on her own, chances are slimmer if she says that she's visiting her boyfriend. To get a visa she must have proof of a solid economic situation here (nothing like rich, just good enough not to want to leave the country and whatever she has here). Good luck.

[Fabio J. Guzman]

Passports can be easily obtained at any of the many passport offices in the country (Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Francisco de Macoris, Puerto Plata, Las Americas Airport, etc.) For a first passport, a true copy of the applicant's birth certificate is required. You do have to fill out an application form and hand in passport pictures. Time to get the passport is about a week. There is an express, more expensive, service whereby you can get your passport the same day.

[nitewired]

Thanks everyone.