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Ley 171-07, Régimen de Pensionados. A Dominican law granting fast residency and a permanent tax exemption on foreign pension income for qualifying retirees.

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Ley 171-07, Régimen de Pensionados

A 1-year residence card initially, then a permanent residence card renewed in 4-year increments.

Who qualifies

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

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Does it fit your family?

3 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

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What it takes.

Income
Steady income each month, rising with each person who moves.
Just you$1,500
2 people$1,750
4 people$2,250
Time
A few months to about a year.
Cost
Government fees plus legal assistance, typically a few thousand dollars.
The hard part
Proving the pension is a genuine, recurring, verifiable foreign-source payment, not a one-time transfer of savings.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

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Citizens by 2030.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

  1. 2027
    First residence permit

    1 year, renewable for 4 years at a time.

  2. 2029
    Apply for citizenship

    With a civics test.

  3. 2030
    Citizenship

    The decision usually takes 4–12 months.

Civics
An interview and a Dominican general-culture exam set by the Interior Ministry.
Time away
Two years of uninterrupted residence. The law says trips abroad of up to a year, with the intention to return, do not break it.
Two passports
Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.
  • Permanent residence from the start (a one-year card, then four-year cards); citizenship after two years of residence.
The law behind these dates
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Living there.

Time you must spend there
No published minimum days; the residence card itself, not physical presence, is what must be renewed on schedule.
Tax
Permanent exemption from Dominican income tax on the qualifying foreign-source pension income.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

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Start today.

  1. Apply through the Dirección General de Migración’s pensionado/rentista service.Open migracion.gob.do ↗
  2. Gather these documents.
    • Proof of steady income: at least $1,500 a month
    • Request your FBI Identity History Summary
    • Health cover for the move
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