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, […]
Purchasing pre construction real estate property in the Dominican Republic may be one of the most challenging processes, at times complex, while full of both opportunities and potential risks for buyers. Real estate developers, promoters and sales agents will provide plenty of marketing plethora and promotional materials into what might be the investment of a […]
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, […]
Stopping Counterfeits at the Border: The DGA’s IP Rights Registry in the Dominican Republic A brand owner discovers that a container of counterfeit goods bearing its trademark is about to clear Dominican customs. What can it do before the merchandise disperses into the market? Dominican law provides a border enforcement toolkit, but it works best […]
From One Building to Many Owners: Constituting the Condominium Regime in the Dominican Republic Every apartment sold in the Dominican Republic exists twice: once as concrete, and once as a legal object created by paperwork most buyers never read. A building is, by default, a single property with a single title. What converts it into […]
Gathering the Pieces of a Parcel: The Consolidation of Constancias Anotadas A great deal of Dominican land is owned in fractions of somebody else’s parcel. The constancia anotada, the document evidencing rights over an undetermined portion of a parcel, without its own individualized survey, is the legacy of decades of informal subdivision: parents distributing land […]
Buying the Loan, Not the Property: Registering an Assignment of Credit in the Dominican Republic There is a second market beneath the Dominican property market: the market for the debts secured by it. Banks sell loan portfolios, investors buy distressed credits at a discount, private lenders exit positions, and estates liquidate the mortgage credits a […]
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