Global Residency Programs Report: Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic’s Fast-Track Investor Residency programme (governed by Law No. 171-07) provides an accelerated pathway to immediate permanent residency for foreign nationals, bypassing the country’s standard temporary-residency phase. To qualify, applicants must execute a minimum capital investment of USD 200,000 (or foreign-currency equivalent) into one of several approved asset classes, including a capital contribution to an active Dominican business, a fixed-term certificate of deposit at a domestic bank, localised securities, or eligible real-estate portfolios registered with the Export and Investment Center (ProDominicana/CEI-RD). Once the capital deployment is verified and the applicant clears criminal-background checks and mandatory localised medical testing, the initial investor permanent-residency card is issued within roughly 45 to 90 working days. The programme imposes zero minimum-physical-presence mandates to maintain resident status, allowing investors to benefit from the country’s territorial tax system while living abroad, while also unlocking an expedited window to apply for full naturalised citizenship in a significantly reduced timeframe.