VisaDominican child travel permits have different digital and multiple-trip procedures
Parents should distinguish the RD$6,300 digital package from a one-year multiple-exit permit and check who must authorise the child’s departure.
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The digital package includes more than the migration charge
Families arranging a child’s departure from the Dominican Republic should identify the correct permission before comparing prices. This current-rule guide examines the digital service for travel with one parent and the separate multiple-trip procedure. They have different scope and should not be selected solely because one advertised charge appears lower.
An official DGM news announcement dated 7 August 2026 says the free public pilot ended and gives RD$6,300 as the regular digital package price. Its breakdown is RD$2,000 for migration certification, RD$3,000 for the electronic notarial authorisation, RD$700 for legalisation and RD$600 for the family-relationship certificate. The announcement describes document submission, payment and receipt online. A quotation of RD$2,000 alone therefore does not describe all services included in that digital package. The post is an August announcement, not a new November fee change.
The travelling parent starts and the other parent authorises
The digital portal says the parent travelling with the child must initiate the application, while the other parent signs in through a separate account to authorise it. Prepare both parents’ identity-card numbers, the travelling parent’s and child’s passport numbers, the child’s unique identity number, a recent photograph, destination details and a payment card. Both parents need email access and a camera-equipped device.
The portal describes a permission valid for 90 days after grant. It says notarisation and authorisation can take up to 24 service hours, counted Monday to Friday from 8am to 3.30pm, excluding holidays and weekends. That is not a promise of completion within a calendar day. Although the portal still displays a beta label, it shows the same RD$6,300 price as the paid-service announcement. Its support number is 809-508-2555, extension 3890.
A one-year permission retains the same authorised companion
Resolution DGM-011-2025, signed on 22 December 2025, establishes a multiple-exit certificate for Dominican children and foreign resident children who require exit permission. It lasts one year from issuance and permits repeated journeys only while the authorised accompanying person remains the same. A family should not assume that a document naming one parent covers a later journey with a different adult.
The resolution sets an administrative charge of RD$10,000 for a child and RD$8,000 for each additional sibling travelling together. It requires an authorisation specifying destinations and repeated journeys; its procedure also calls for original authorisation and payment evidence to be deposited in person at the Certifications Department in Malecón Center. This differs from the entirely online service described above. Ask DGM which procedure applies before assuming a multiple-exit application can be completed through the parent-only digital package.
A guardian’s third-party case has its own document checklist
The official decision guide has a separate branch for a Dominican child without another nationality travelling with a person authorised by a legal guardian. That branch requires the guardian’s legalised notarial authorisation and the judgment establishing guardianship. It also lists the child’s birth record with a legible QR code, relevant identity documents, the child’s and companion’s passport data pages, a recent photograph and destination visa or residence evidence where required.
This branch directs applicants to upload JPG documents through the services portal, await validation and payment instructions, and attend the selected office with originals. It instructs applicants to download and print the resulting permission in colour for departure. These instructions should not be replaced by the digital parent-service description merely because both concern children. A guardian or third-party companion should follow the branch matching the actual relationship and ask DGM if the facts do not fit it.
Older advice explains why a smaller figure still appears
A DGM notice dated 20 December 2024 warned families about intermediaries offering to accelerate child travel permits and urged direct applications. That notice quoted a RD$2,000 migration charge, described uploading documents followed by their deposit at an office, and referred to 48 working hours for approvals. It predates both the multiple-exit resolution and the 2026 digital package announcement.
Its older price and timetable should therefore be read with their original procedure, rather than presented as the complete current digital bill or a guaranteed deadline for every case. The notice identifies a legalised parental or guardian authorisation, passport copies, a photograph, the authorising parent’s identity card and the child’s birth record among the evidence. Begin sufficiently early to resolve authorisation and document issues; none of these pages establishes that booking a flight excuses a missing permission or guarantees urgent approval.
