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Investment-company Manager or Specialist Residence

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The foreign-investment company files and signs the investment-residence application form endorsing the request, and an original employment contract registered with the Ministry of Labour, notarised and endorsed by the Attorney General's Office is required. Staff hired abroad and transferred to the Dominican Republic submit the apostilled foreign contract and a designation letter from abroad.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The company's guarantee letter must state the position and salary and justify that the person is an indispensable human resource because of their activities, knowledge and experience: (a) for the company's proper functioning, (b) their speciality is not met by national technicians, (c) in that position they guarantee the security of the investor's investment. Proof that the speciality is not met by national technicians is required; for managerial staff it applies only to senior positions that allow the investor to secure the investment.

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  • https://migracion.gob.do/servicio/residencia-por-inversion-para-personal-gerencial-y-o-tecnico-extranjero/
    dicha carta deberá especificar las generales del empleado, el cargo que desempeña o va a desempeñar, fecha de ingreso, el salario devengado y debe justificar la importancia de que este personal entre al programa de residencia por inversión, (porque en razón de sus actividades, conocimientos y experiencias, constituyan recursos humanos indispensables: a) para el buen funcionamiento de la empresa, b) su especialidad no está satisfecha por técnicos nacionales. c) que, en esa posición, el extranjero, garantiza la seguridad de la inversión del inversionista. deberá anexar prueba de la especialidad no satisfecha por técnicos nacionales, y en el caso del personal gerencial solo aplicara para las altas posiciones que permiten al inversionista asegurar la inversión.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Family can accompany as dependants: the spouse (application made jointly with the principal) and minor children; children over 18 only if economically dependent on the beneficiary for study or disability reasons. Dependants must also have a repatriation policy. The source does not state what work the permission allows or whether the holder is tied to the sponsoring employer.

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Limits of the record
  • Work scope and whether the holder is tied to the sponsoring company are not stated on the DGM service page.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permission is granted for one year and renewed for a period of one year as an investment employee. The official source does not state any longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • No official statement found on progression to permanent residence for this category.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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