Visa requirements for Dominican Republic citizens

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

Africa
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[230]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[231]
Ascension Island	eVisa[232][233]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	eVisa[234][235]
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.[236]
Western Sahara	Undefined visa regime	Undefined visa regime in the Sahrawi administered areas. Moroccan visa required in Moroccan administered areas
Réunion	Visa required	Schengen visa covers entry
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[237][238]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometres outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[239]
Asia
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hong Kong	Visa not required	30 days[240]
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.[241]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[242]
Macau	Visa on Arrival[243]
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.[244]
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.[245]
Palestine	Visa not required[246]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[247]
Taiwan	Visa not required[248]	30 days
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.[249][250][251]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[252][253][254]
Korean Demilitarised Zone	Restricted zone.
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.[255]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Anguilla	Visa required[256]	Visa required, except for Holders of a visa issued by the United Kingdom.
Aruba	Visa required[257]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
Bermuda	Visa required[258]	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.
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa required[259]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
British Virgin Islands	Visa required[260]	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[261]	Visa not Required if you are a US, Canada or United Kingdom Resident and arrive directly from those countries.[262]
Curacao	Visa required[263]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State.
French Guiana	Visa required[264]	Schengen visa endorsed with "for French Guiana" covers entry
French West Indies	Visa required[265]	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[266]	No visa required for holders of a Schengen member State visa.
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[267][268]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[269]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa required	Not required for holders of a Schengen visa.
Sint Maarten	Visa required[270]	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 [271]	Visa not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, United Kingdom or the USA. [272]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[273]
Europe
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa required[274]
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.[275][276]
Crimea	Visa required	Visa issued by Russia is required.[277]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[278][279]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[280]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa required[266]	Schengen visa covers entry
Gibraltar	Visa required[281]	UK Visa covers entry
Guernsey	Visa required[282]	UK Visa covers entry
Isle of Man	Visa required[283]	UK Visa covers entry
Jan Mayen	Permit required[281]	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[284] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[285]
Jersey	Visa required[286]	UK Visa covers entry
Kosovo	Visa required[287]	Schengen visa covers entry
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa required[288][289]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[290]
Novorossiya	Restricted area	Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[291]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorisation.[292]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[293][294]
Svalbard	Visa not required	Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty.[295] 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[296]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[297][298]
Oceania
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[299]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[300]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[301]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[302]
French Polynesia	Visa required[303]	Schengen visa covers entry.
Guam	Visa required[304]
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[305]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[306][307][308]
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.[309][310][311][312][313][314][315]
South America
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
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.[316]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Falkland Islands	Visa required[317]	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).[318][319]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[320][321][322][323][324][325][326][327][328][329][330][331]

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[332] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being available.

An International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis is required to prove that someone has been vaccinated against yellow fever

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[333]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently.[334]

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,[335] 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, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[336] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 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.[337]

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

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

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

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[338] and South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay. Some countries have bilateral agreements with other countries to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[339][340] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[341]

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[342] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record.

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning their entry into that country. 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.[343]

Israeli border control Entry Permit (issued as a stand-alone document rather than a stamp affixed in a passport)

Kuwait,[344] Lebanon,[345] Libya,[346] Sudan,[347] Syria,[348] and Yemen[349] 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.

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage claims that having an Israeli stamp does not disqualify someone from visiting Saudi Arabia.[350]

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

Entry Permit to Nagorno-Karabakh issued in Yerevan as a stand-alone document rather than a visa affixed in a passport

Due to a state of war existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the government of Azerbaijan not only bars entry of Armenian citizens, but also all citizens and nationals of any other country who are of Armenian descent, into the Republic of Azerbaijan.[351][352]

Azerbaijan also strictly bans any visit by foreign citizens to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh[353] (the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh), its surrounding territories, and the Azerbaijani exclaves of Karki, Yuxarı Əskipara, Barxudarlı, and Sofulu which are de jure part of Azerbaijan but under the control of Armenia, without the prior consent of the government of Azerbaijan. Foreign citizens who enter these territories will be permanently banned from entering the Republic of Azerbaijan[354] and will be included in their "list of personae non gratae".[355] As of 2 September 2019, the list mentioned 852 people.

Upon request, the authorities of the largely unrecognised Republic of Artsakh may attach their visa and/or stamps to a separate piece of paper in order to avoid detection of travel to their territory.

A fingerprint scanner at Dulles International Airport collects biometric data on visitors, which can be used for confirming identities.

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 quickly change planes rather than go landside.[356]

Fingerprinting countries include Afghanistan,[357][358] Argentina,[359] Brunei, Cambodia,[360] China,[361] Ethiopia,[362] Ghana, Guinea,[363] India, Japan,[364][365] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[366] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[367] Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,[368] Singapore, South Korea,[369] Taiwan, Thailand,[370] Uganda[371] 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 legislature),[372] [373] [374] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[375]

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[376] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[377][378] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[379] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[380][381]