ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The Tourist Card is a required document for residents of authorized countries to enter the Dominican Republic exclusively for touristic purposes without a visa. It can be obtained at the Dominican Consulates or directly upon arrival at the airports in the Dominican Republic. The cost is US $10 and is valid for 30 days. (Please note that some of the tour operators include the Tourist Card in their packages.)
Residents of the following countries with Diplomatic, Official or Service Passports do not need a tourist card or visa in order to enter the Dominican Republic:
Argentina
Belize
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Israel
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Morocco
Nicaragua
Panamá
Perú
Principality of Liechtenstein
Republic of China (Taiwán)
South Korea
Switzerland
Ukraine
Uruguay
Vatican
Who can enter the Dominican Republic without a tourist card or visa?
Argentina
Chile
Ecuador
Israel
Japan
Perú
South Korea
Uruguay
Who can enter the Dominican Republic with a Tourist Card, exclusively for tourism purposes?
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK)
Germany
Andorra
Anguilla (UK)
Antigua and Barbuda
Netherlands Antilles (Dutch Antilles)
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda (UK)
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Canada
Cyprus
Vatican City (Holy See)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Denmark
Dominica
El Salvador
United Arab Emirates
Scotland (UK)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Estonia
Spain
United States
Fiji
Finland
France
Gibraltar (UK)
Greece
Grenada
Greenland (Denmark)
Greenland (Norway)
Guadeloupe (France)
Guam (USA)
Guatemala
Guyana
French Guiana (France)
Hawaii (United States)
Hong Kong (Valid for the special passports of the HKSAR of Hong Kong People's Republic of China)
Honduras
Hungary
Ireland
Northern Ireland (UK)
Cocos Island (Australia)
Natividad Island (Australia)
Palau Island I (USA)
Island American Samoa (U.S.)
Iceland
Cayman Islands (UK)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Malvinas or Falkland Islands (UK)
Northern Marianas
Marshall Islands
Norfolk Islands (Australia)
Solomon Islands
Sandwich Islands (UK)
Turks and Caicos Islands
Wallis and Futuna) (France)
Tokelau Islands
Italy
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Macau (Valid for the special passports of the Special Administrative Region of Macao People's Republic of China)
Malaysia
Malta
Martinique (France)
Mauritius
Mayen (Norway)
Mayotte (France)
Micronesia
Mexico
Monaco
Montserrat (UK)
Namibia
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niue (New Zealand)
Norway
New Caledonia (France)
New Zealand
Wales (UK)
Netherlands (Holland includes Curacao and St. Marteen)
Panama
Paraguay
Papua New Guinea
French Polynesia (France)
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico (USA)
Qatar
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Czech Republic
South Africa
Slovak Republic
Reunion (France)
Romania
Russia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
San Marino
St. Vincent and Grenadines
St. Helena (UK)
Santa Lucia
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
St John (United States)
St. Croix (United States)
St. Thomas (USA)
Sweden
Switzerland
Suriname
Svalbard (Norway)
Thailand
Taiwan
Tokelau (New Zealand)
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tuvalu
Ukraine
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Who require VISA to enter the Dominican Republic?
Abkhazia (Ind. De facto Georgia)
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Saudi Arabia
Algeria
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Benin
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Bhutan
Cape Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Chad
People's Republic of China
Northern Cyprus
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Democratic Republic of Congo
North Korea
Ivory Coast
Cuba
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Philippines
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Georgia Southern (UK)
Ghana
Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Iran
Jordan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo (Serbia)
Laos
Lesotho
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Morocco
Mauritania
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto independent within Azerbaijan)
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norf
Oman
South Ossetia (de facto independent within Georgia)
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine (Palestinian Authority)
Papua New Guinea
Central African Republic
Pitcairn (France)
Rwanda
Romania
Western Sahara
Samoa
American Samoa (REPEAT)
Sao Tome and Principe
St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Syria
Somalia
Somaliand (de facto independent within Somalia)
Sri Lanka
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Swaziland
Sudan
Tanzania
Tajikistan
Uganda
East Timor
Togo
Transnistria (de facto independent within Moldova)
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Djibouti
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
General Rules
All nationals of countries able to legally enter the European Union, the United States, Canada and Britain, may enter the Dominican Republic with the presentation of a Tourism Card. (Decree 691-07 dated December 18, 2007).
All foreigners who enter the Dominican Republic, either with a visa or a tourism card, should be in possession of a valid passport, unless there's an agreement of Passport suppression with the Dominican Republic.
All foreigners who want to enter the Dominican Republic in business matters must apply for a business visa, single or multiple, in one of our diplomatic and consular missions abroad, regardless of your country being included on the list of countries that can enter the Dominican Republic with just a tourism card, remember that this one can be use for tourism purposes only.
The Dominican consulates will grant the Business visas by the dispositions contained in the resolution of the SEREX # 01-08, dated Feb. 7, 2008.
Applications for visas, will be received and approved solely by the Foreign Ministry under the mechanisms, restrictions and procedures established by the Consular Migration Department.
Should a person need a visa and there is no Dominican consulate in his/her country of residence, should be addressed to the Dominican consular mission in the country nearby.
Should a person want to extend his/her visit while in the Dominican Republic, he/she can go through the offices of the Directorate of Migration and solicit an extension.
