Dominican Republic or Paraguay
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| Dominican Republic | Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | — |
| Citizenship | 2 years | 3 years |
| Partner can work | yes | — |
| Parents | — | — |
| Pets | no trouble | no trouble |
| Pet limit | no limit | 5 |
| Quarantine | no | no |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 815 · estimate | $ 687 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 24,5 | $ 22,9 |
| Life expectancy | 73.87 | 73.98 |
| Homicides/100k | 9.12 | 6.88 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 6.8 | 2.6 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Dominican Republic — 16, Paraguay — 11. Types present in both: family and investment. Dominican Republic adds: work, study and retirement.
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. Paraguay: fees range from 585,385 to 2,926,925 PYG. Routes with no fee: 2.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Dominican Republic after 5 years, Paraguay after 2 years. Citizenship: Dominican Republic after 2 years, Paraguay after 3 years. Dominican Republic allows a second citizenship, Paraguay does not.
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.
Paraguay in brief
Paraguay stands out for two things. The first is nature: earthquakes 0.1 out of 10, cyclones 0.0, an overall risk of 2.6 on the INFORM scale. That is one of the calmest profiles in this guide; what remains is river flooding and heat. The second is how residence is built: the temporary status under law No. 6984/2022 carries the right to work and study from the moment the application is filed, becomes permanent after two years, and three years after that opens the way to citizenship with no language exam. Count the whole chain, though: about five years from arrival, not three. The main constraint is that citizenship here replaces the old one rather than adding to it — multiple nationality is allowed only by international treaty, and a naturalised Paraguayan loses the passport on voluntarily acquiring another. Control of corruption at −1.02, among the worst in the region, also deserves weight.
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