PUBLIC AND MIGRATION MANAGEMENT POLICIES

1. PUBLIC AND MIGRATION
MANAGEMENT POLICIES

2. PARTICIPATING AUTHORITIES
 Ministry of Interior & Police
 Migration Council
 General Migration Department
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

3. LEGAL GROUNDS

4. Norms & Regulations
 Law 285-04 (7 years for its application)
 Decree 613-11 (Regulation Application Law 285-04)
 Ruling 168-13
 Migration Council (November 2011)
 Decree 327-13 (PNRE)
 Law 169-14, 520-14
 Decree 250-14
 Ruling No. 2556-14
 Law 875 Bilateral Agreements of Reciprocal Implementation
Authorization by the Executive Power
Cards (Decree)

5. MIGRATION MANAGEMENT

6. MIGRATION MANAGEMENT
 Decree 327-13
 Foreigners under illegal immigration status, who entered the country
prior to 10/28/2011 (MIP)
 Law 169-14, Decree 250-14, Law 520-14
 Born in the D.R., children from foreign parents under illegal immigration
status, not registered in the Civil Registration Book before April 2007 (MIP)
 Born in the D.R., children from parents under illegal immigration status,
registered in the Civil Registration Book (JCE)

7. (Decree 327-13)

8. Decree 327-13:
CONDITIONS FOR APPLICATION
 Illegal immigration condition
 Entry to Dominican soil prior to October 18th 2011
 Identification documentation
 Time of residence in the Dominican Republic
 Links with Dominican society
 Labor and socioeconomic conditions
 Family core

9. Decree No. 227-13
OUTCOME FOR THE IMMIGRANT
 Obtain legal immigrant status
 Legal Resident Alien Card valid for 2-year term
 Immigrant Category
 Renewal at the General Migration Department (Dirección General de
Migración)

10. Law which creates a special
regime for persons born in
Dominican soil, illegally registered
in the Dominican Civil Registration
and on Naturalization
(Law169-14, Decree 250-14 and Law 520-14)

11. Law No. 169-14,
Decree 250-14 and Law 520-14
A. Creates a special regime in benefit of children of foreign parents
who are non-residents, born in Dominican soil in the period
comprising June 19th 1929 to April 18th 2007, registered in the
Dominican Civil Registration Books.
B. Establishes a Registration of children born to foreign parents with
illegal immigrant status, born in the Dominican Republic and not
registered in the Civil Registration Book.

12.  B) Born in the D.R., children from parents
under illegal immigrant status not
registered in the Civil Registration.

13. Conditions:
 1- To have been born in Dominican soil prior to April 18th 2007
 2- Submit one of the following:
 Proof of birth in a public hospital or private medical center, which states the name of
the mother, gender of the child and date of birth.
 Act of notoriety signed by a notary public, and signed by seven witnesses, all of them
working Dominicans who state the date and place of birth, as well the name of the
child and names of the parents.

14.  Sworn affidavit before notary public by the midwife who delivered the
child, indicating the date and place of birth, as well as the name of the
mother.
 Affidavit by notary public of Dominican family members in first or second
degree who possess Dominican Republic national documentation.

15. Results:
 Registration in the Foreign Registration Book
 Obtain legal immigrant status
 Access to Dominican citizenship after two years of regularization
Process:
 Ministry of Interior and Police (MIP) receives application
 MIP grants no objection to registration in the Central Electoral Board (Junta
Central Electoral) Foreign Registration Book
 Foreigner receives legal immigrant status

16.  A) Born in the D.R., children by parents with illegal
immigrant status, registered in the Civil Registration Book
 - Dominican Citizen
 - Fraudulent registration, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) requests the courts to
nullify the registration.

17. Planning and Implementation of the
National Regularization Plan (PNRE)
Phase
I
•Creation of Implementation Unit
•Socialization of Plan, meetings with
NGOs, International Organizations
and the Diplomatic Corps.
• Creation of decision-making
procedures and structures.
Phase
II
•Implementation and development of
the National Regularization Plan

18. PNRE Structure
Viceministry
Migration and Citizenship
Help Desk Analysis Unit
Regularization
Centers
Regional
Coordination and
Supervision
User Service Line
*788
Executive Direction
National Plan for
Regularization of Foreigners

19. Regularization
Centers
 25 Regularization Centers
 3 Mobile Units
 468 employees

20. 288,466
Registered applications in the National Plan for
Regularization of Foreigners
8,755
Applications for registration in the
Foreign Birth Registration Book

21. Additional Information:
 Filed applications per identification type:
 Birth certificate 102,940
 Voter Registration (Cedula) 69,997
 Passport 95,164
 Undocumented 20,365
 Complete Applications 4,514 1,56%

22. Special Benefits:
 Legal immigrant status for applicants with:
 Passport
 Cedula (National ID card) and Birth Certificate
 Pensioned by the State
 Students