“US embassy in DR to close this year with 210,000 “nonimmigrant” visas for Dominicans” | Daily list

The U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic estimates that by 2023 it will end up issuing 210,000 “nonimmigrant” visas to Dominicans who want to visit the North American country temporarily as tourists, students, or for work and medical treatment reasons. .

Patricia Aguilera, charge d’affaires of the US Embassy in the country, said this yesterday during a lunch with businessmen and government officials on the occasion of Thanksgiving organized by the American Chamber of Commerce.

According to Aguilera, the number of processed 210 thousand visas (also known as NIV in English) will exceed the amount recorded by the US Embassy in 2019.

“The good news doesn’t end there,” he said, announcing that the embassy would soon process more than 65,000 “immigrant” visas for the United States, the highest number ever recorded in the national territory.

Unlike “nonimmigrant” visas, an individual with this type of visa (called an IV in English) can reside permanently in the United States.

The embassy official also spoke about the launch of a ‘Global Entry’ program in the DR that would facilitate the entry of Dominican travelers to the North American country.

Aguilar said the project will increase travel and trade between the two countries, as well as build trust and facilitate investments.

“This is a brief sketch of the incredible cooperation between our countries over the past year,” he said.

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According to Greg Segas, Consul General of the U.S. Embassy, ​​the Dominican Republic is second only to Mexico as the country in the world processing the most citizenship visas for the United States, in terms of the number of Dominicans legally present. status in that nation.