Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 2 years | 5 years |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | no trouble | — |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 815 · estimate | — |
| Basket | $ 24,5 | — |
| Life expectancy | 73.87 | 81.9 |
| Homicides/100k | 9.12 | 15.21 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 6.8 | — |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Dominican Republic — 16, Puerto Rico — 16. Types present in both: work, study, family and investment. Dominican Republic adds: retirement. Puerto Rico adds: startup and talent.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Dominican Republic: fees range from 7,000 to 42,000 DOP. Routes stating an income threshold: 5; the lowest is 1,500 USD a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 15; the shortest is 7 days. Puerto Rico: not a single route publishes its fee.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Dominican Republic after 5 years; the other country publishes no term. Citizenship: Dominican Republic after 2 years, Puerto Rico after 5 years. Both allow a second citizenship.
Dominican Republic in brief
The Dominican Republic is built around a resort economy: direct flights to North America and Europe, and the country's busiest airport is in Punta Cana, not the capital. Residence by investment, pension or rentier income is granted directly in permanent status, bypassing the five-year temporary-residence step required for other grounds; two years then remain before citizenship. Dual citizenship is permitted by the constitution, with no requirement to renounce the previous one. The entire territory lies in the tropical-cyclone zone (season June–November, the maximum risk score on the INFORM scale) and in a seismically active part of the Caribbean basin.
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