Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens

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Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of the Dominican Republic. Along with Cuba and Haiti the Dominican republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling. As of March 2026 the new biometric passports are available to the general public.

A Dominican Republic Passport

Dominican Republic citizens are among only a few Latin American nations, such as Bolivia and Ecuador, that still do not enjoy a visa-free regime with the European Union.

As of May 2026, holders of a Dominican Republic passport could travel to only 71 countries and territories without a travel visa or with a visa on arrival, ranking the Dominican Republic passport 63rd (tied with eSwatini) in terms of travel freedom, according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]

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Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories

Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries and restricted zones:

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Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory Special permit required Special permit required.[277]
Eritrea outside Asmara Travel permit required To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[278]
Ascension Island eVisa[279][280]
  • 3 months within any year period
Saint Helena eVisa[281][282]
Tristan da Cunha Permission required Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[283]
France Réunion Visa required Schengen visa covers entry
Somaliland Visa on arrival 30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[284][285]
Sudan Travel permit required All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometres outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Sudan Darfur Travel permit required Separate travel permit is required.[286]
Asia
Hong Kong Visa not required 30 days[287]
Kazakhstan Special permission required Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[288]
Iran Kish Island Visa not required Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[289]
Macau Visa on Arrival[290]
Malaysia Sabah and Sarawak Visa required These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[291]
Maldives Maldives Permission required With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[292]
Palestine Visa not required[293] Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[294]
Taiwan Visa not required[295] 30 days
Tajikistan Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province OIVR permit required OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[296][297][298]
China Tibet Autonomous Region TTP required Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[299][300][301]
United Nations Korean Demilitarised Zone Restricted zone.
United Nations UNDOF Zone and Ghajar Restricted zone.
Yemen Special permission required Special permission needed for travel outside Sana'a or Aden. Also, a small fee is charged on a case-by-case basis.[302]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla Visa required[303] Visa Exemptions: Passengers with a visa issued by Canada, USA or the United Kingdom for a maximum stay of 3 months.
Aruba Visa required[304] Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
Bermuda Visa required[305] Visa required, except for A max stay of 3 months for holders of a multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or the United Kingdom, valid for at least 45 days beyond the period of intended stay in Bermuda.
Netherlands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba Visa required[306] Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
British Virgin Islands Visa required[307] Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State valid for a minimum of 6 months on arrival. They must travel as tourists or on business for a maximum stay of 6 months.
Cayman Islands Visa required[308] Visa not Required if you are a US, Canada or United Kingdom Resident and arrive directly from those countries.[309]
Curacao Visa required[310] Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
France French Guiana Visa required[311] Schengen visa endorsed with "for French Guiana" covers entry
France French West Indies Visa required[312] French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.

Schengen visa endorsed with "for French West Indies" covers entry

Greenland Visa required[313] No visa required for holders of a Schengen member State visa.
Montserrat Visa not required 6 months[314][315]
Puerto Rico Visa required[316]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Visa required Not required for holders of a Schengen visa.
Sint Maarten Visa required[317] Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
Turks and Caicos Islands Visa required[318] Visa not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA.[319]
U.S. Virgin Islands Visa required[320]
Europe
Abkhazia Visa required[321]
Mount Athos Special permit required Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students).
There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[322][323]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Visa not required 3 months[324]
United Nations UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus Access Permit required[325] Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands Visa required[313] Schengen visa covers entry
United Kingdom Gibraltar Visa required[326] UK Visa covers entry
Guernsey Visa required[327] UK Visa covers entry
Isle of Man Visa required[328] UK Visa covers entry
Norway Jan Mayen Permit required[326] Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[329] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[330]
Jersey Visa required[331] UK Visa covers entry
Kosovo Visa required[332] Schengen visa covers entry
Russia Special authorization required Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorisation.[333]
South Ossetia Visa not required Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[334][335]
NorwaySvalbard Visa not required Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[336]

No one requires a visa to enter Svalbard but practically its impossible to board a flight/ferry to Svalbard without entering Norway. So double entry Schengen visa would be required to go and come back from Svalbard to mainland Norway[337]

Transnistria Visa not required Registration required after 24h.[338][339]
Oceania
Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Special authorisation required Special authorisation required.[340]
France Clipperton Island Special permit required Special permit required.[341]
Cook Islands Visa not required 31 days[342]
Fiji Lau Province Special permission required Special permission required.[343]
French Polynesia Visa required[344] Schengen visa covers entry.
Guam Visa required[345]
Niue Visa on arrival 30 days[346]
Pitcairn Islands Visa not required 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[347][348][349]
United States United States Minor Outlying Islands Special permits required Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[350][351][352][353][354][355][356]
South America
Galápagos Pre-registration required Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport at the airport prior to departure.[357]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands Visa required[358] UK visa covers entry.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Permit required Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[359][360]
Antarctica Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australia Australian Antarctic Territory,
Antártica Chilena Province Chilean Antarctic Territory, Australia Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norway Peter I Island, Norway Queen Maud Land, New Zealand Ross Dependency.[361][362][363][364][365][366][367][368][369][370][371][372]
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Non-visa restrictions

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[373] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

The African countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan and Uganda, along with French Guiana in South America, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year,[374] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.[375]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[376][377]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[378][379] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[380]

Some countries, such as Japan,[381] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[382] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[383] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[384] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[385] Philippines,[386] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[387]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[388] and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.[389]

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[390] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[391]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,[392] Lebanon,[393] Libya,[394] and Yemen[395] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[396]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[397][398] Argentina,[399] Brunei, Cambodia,[400] China,[401] Ethiopia,[402] Ghana, Guinea,[403] India, Japan,[404][405] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[406] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[407] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[408] the Schengen Area,[409] Singapore, South Korea,[410] Taiwan, Thailand,[411] Uganda,[412] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),[413][414][415] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[416]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[417] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[418][419] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[420] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[421][422]

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