The Dominican Republic between 2010 and November 2021, granted 4,201 student visas to Haitian citizens, of which 65% (2,749) were issued by the Dominican Consulate in Port-au-Prince.

Special program :

In May 2021 a special visa program was created to provide a visa to Haitian university students who obtain the fewest student visas, despite being the majority of foreign students in Dominican public educational institutions https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33662-haiti-flash-a-special-visa-for-haitian-university-students-in-the-dominican-republic.html

Between May and October 2021, the Dominican Republic received through the consulates located in Port-au-Prince, Ounaminthe and Cap-Haitien, 1,767 visa applications for the special program of which 93.7% (1,656) were approved and 1,370 were issued.

However, after granting the first visas to Haitian students https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33683-haiti-flash-visa-applications-for-haitian-students-approved-by-the-dominican-authorities.html , the program was suspended indefinitely on November 1st, 2021 by President Luis Abinader due to fraud and trafficking of visas granted to ineligible persons https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35246-icihaiti-dominican-republic-traffic-of-student-visas.html

The Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified that the indefinite suspension of the special program does not include requests received by Dominican consulates in Haiti and the Dominican Chancellery has clarified several aspects of this measure https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35153-haiti-flash-suspension-of-haitian-student-visas-in-the-dominican-rep-clarification.html

On the sidelines of the Summit of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires (Argentina) which ended on January 7, 2022, Jean Victor Généus the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs after having met in Argentina his Dominican counterpart Roberto Álvarez reports that the Dominican Chancellor "promised" to him to find an "immediate solution" to the problem of visa suspensions for Haitian students https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35679-icihaiti-celac-harvest-of-diplomatic-promises.html . However, nothing has been announced by the Dominican Government so far...

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