The DGM will launch and begin issuing the first border resident cards to Haitians, in the province of Pedernales on 27 and 28 January 2022 in collaboration with the Ministries Interior and Foreign Affairs, as well as the National Army, Cesfront, the Directorate of Border Development, the Executive Secretary of the Dominican-Haitian Bilateral Commission, the Institute for Migration and the Organization International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The purpose of this pilot document is to grant a permit to Haitian citizens who reside in the border areas and who enter the country for a period of time of one day without intention of staying, with the objective of doing small businesses. n addition, this card will allow sustainable development and better border control.

With this document, Haitian citizens will be able to carry out commercial activities, since they will have met the requirements established by resolution 09-2021, of the DGM. This pilot project will issue the document provided for in the migration law 285-04, as well as in its implementing regulation 631-11, for Haitians residing in the region of the Dominican Republic, bordering Haiti, in the provinces of Pedernales, Independencia, Elías Piña, Dajabón and Montecristi.

The General Directorate of Immigration specifies that holders of this document may enter Dominican territory within the perimeter of the border to carry out their commercial activities, but they must imperatively return to their country of origin every day.

HL/ HaitiLibre