North America

Dominican Republic

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In the Dominican Republic, education checks, criminal records checks, credit and financial checks, medical screening, adverse media checks and address checks are all permissible for new candidates. However, there are some restrictions on these types of checks, particularly regarding union membership and political views.

Background check summary

Education: permissible
Criminal: some restrictions
Credit/financial: some restrictions
Medical: some restrictions
Adverse media: permissible
Union membership: restricted
Political views: restricted
Address: some restrictions

Zinc's background check turnaround times

Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
10
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25

Right-to-work rules

Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)

N/A

Body name
Ministry of the Interior
Foreign Citizens

N/A

Natural citizens: Alternative routes

N/A

Country details

Birthrate
23.22
Population
10,847,910
capital
Santo Domingo
GDP ($/capita)
6000
TLD
.do
developed/developing
Developing
Currency
Dominican Peso
Net migration
-3.22
Literacy(%)
84.7

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