Dominican Republic passports are issued to citizens of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

to travel outside the country. Along with

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and

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

, the Dominican Republic passport is considered the weakest passport in Latin America for traveling.

Controversy

In May 2001,

Kim Jong-nam Kim Jong-nam (, ; 10 May 1971 – 13 February 2017) was the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. From roughly 1994 to 2001, he was considered the heir apparent to his father. He was thought to have fallen out of favour after em ...

, the eldest son of then

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

n dictator

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...

, was

arrested An arrest is the act of apprehending and taking a person into custody (legal protection or control), usually because the person has been suspected of or observed committing a crime. After being taken into custody, the person can be questi ...

Narita International Airport Narita International Airport ( ja, 成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) , also known as Tokyo-Narita, formerly and originally known as , is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airport ...

, in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, travelling on a forged Dominican Republic passport. He was detained by immigration officials and later deported to the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The incident caused Kim Jong-il to cancel a planned visit to China due to the embarrassment caused by the incident.

Visa requirements

As of 10 September 2023, Dominican Republic citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 70 countries and territories, ranking the Dominican Republic passport 76th in terms of travel freedom (tied with the Gambia and Azerbaijan), according to the Henley visa restrictions index.

Biometric Passports

In 2023, the Dominican government announced that passports would go

biometric Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify in ...

by early 2024.https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2023/07/06/going-to-the-electronic-passport-would-open-borders-to-the-dominican-republic/

References

External links

Dominican Republic's Passport Official Website
* http://translate.google.nl/translate?hl=nl&langpair=es, nl&u=http://jeantaveras.host56.com/2009/03/paises-los-que-no-se-requiere-visa-para.html Government of the Dominican Republic Passports by country {{DominicanRepublic-stub

Controversy

Visa requirements

Biometric Passports

See also

References

External links