Free Zone Minimum Wage in the Dominican Republic: What Employers Must Pay in 2026 Labor is the largest recurring cost of most free zone operations in the Dominican Republic, and it is the one line item the government resets by resolution, not by negotiation with each employer. For companies budgeting a nearshoring move, getting the […]
How to Register a Trademark in Dominican Republic: process, timeline and what foreign owners get wrong A brand that took a decade to build in Miami or Madrid can be claimed in Santo Domingo with a single filing, by someone else. Dominican law rewards whoever registers first, and companies that postpone the paperwork while they […]
Dominican Citizenship by Descent: How Children of Dominicans Can Claim a Second Passport Thousands of people born in New York, Madrid or Toronto carry a right they have never exercised: a claim to Dominican citizenship. If your mother or father is Dominican, the Dominican Constitution treats you as Dominican by birth, you do not apply […]
Retire in the Dominican Republic: The Pensionado and Rentista Residency Program Explained A monthly pension of US$1,500 or US$2,000 in passive income, is the entry ticket to one of the Caribbean’s most generous residency programs. The Dominican Republic’s special regime for retirees (pensionados) and rentiers (rentistas) grants qualifying applicants permanent residence on an accelerated track, […]
Your Personal Data in the Dominican Republic: What Law 172-13 Protects and What It Lacks A person requests their credit history and discovers outdated, or outright wrong, information in a Dominican credit bureau. The question that follows, what can I do about it?, has had a concrete legal answer since 2013: Law 172-13 on the […]
Customs Reviewed Your Import Declaration in the DR Years Later: How the Appeal Works An importing company declares, pays its duties, and considers the matter closed. Months, or even two years, later, it receives a notice: the General Directorate of Customs (Dirección General de Aduanas, DGA) reviewed the file and found a discrepancy. The initial […]
What to Do When a Client in the Dominican Republic Stops Paying: The Action for Collection of a Sum of Money A supplier invoices two million pesos to a distributor in Santo Domingo. Sixty days pass. Then ninety. The phone stops ringing on the other end. It is at that moment, not before, that most […]
The Dominican Customs Law, Explained: What Law 168-21 Means for Importers and Exporters For 68 years, Dominican foreign trade ran on a customs statute written in 1953, before container shipping, free trade agreements and electronic commerce existed. Law 168-21, in force since August 2021, replaced it with a modern code of over 400 articles. For […]
Import Regimes in the Dominican Republic: Choosing the Right Customs Treatment Under Law 168-21 Two companies import identical machinery into the Dominican Republic. One pays full duties and taxes at the port; the other pays nothing, because it declared the goods under a temporary admission regime tied to export production. The difference is not luck, […]
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