Palm trees and beach bungalows on Catalina Island, Dominican Republic

Who needs a visa for Dominican Republic?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Santo Domingo

Photo: Mstyslav Chernov / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 108 enter Dominican Republic with no paperwork at all. The rest: 90 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Dominican Republic government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Dominican Republic's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 108

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa required 90

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Dominican Republic

Region
Caribbean
Capital
Santo Domingo
Population
11,520,487 2025 · 84th of 197
Size
48,671 km² 128th largest of 199
Density
237 per km²
Language
Spanish
Currency
Dominican peso DOP
Borders
Haiti

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.