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Thanks for this update!

@AttyLishali2

The visa options seem to not include us, yet we are investing heavily in the DR.  We are moving to DR 8 months prior to our home construction is completed.  It appears we will have to start our residency process after we finalize the construction/transfer of our home.

We are building our home (lot is purchased and we are 4 months into construction so we have invested well over $200K into the DR).  Since still under construction the home is not transferred into our name, thus we do not qualify for the investment visa.  We do not own rental property in the DR or abroad.  We are working remotely and do not plan to retire for a few more years, thus we do not qualify under the pensioners visa.  We earn a healthy income and do have bank accounts established in the DR. 

We have been advised to open a company in the DR and put the home under the new company.  However, we do not want to get into filing company taxes etc in the DR.  We truly wanted to be law abiding from the start and not go through the overstay issue (even though not costly).  Any other suggeestions?

Thank you

Investing in your personal residence does not qualify you for the "investors visa" regardless.   Investors visa requires an investment that creates jobs.  As far as I know that has not changed as of now.

We renewed our residency this morning and the process was much more efficient than in years past! Our appointment at Migración was at 9:00. We were walking out the door with our new Residencia cards just before 10:00. We then drove across town to the new cédula office location. We had renewed cédulas in hand before 11:00!

@ddmcghee

Excellent good news!

How many years are the now issuing the Cédula.

Why I ask they issued my residency 1 year and my Cédula 2 years till expiration

@CHRISTOPHER DAVID56

My cedula is only a year - did they make a mistake on yours?

With Pensionada Residency, you get one year to start, then each renewal gives you two more years. This was our third two-year renewal. Not sure when it gets longer than two years.