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 Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: some restrictions
Credit/financial checks: some restrictions
Medical screening: 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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