Dominican Republic: visa, passport and entry requirements
Passport · Passport validity: valid for the duration of your visit until 31 December 2026. Rules may change after this date.
Entry document
- ✓Passport
- ✕National ID card
Passport validity
valid for the duration of your visit until 31 December 2026. Rules may change after this date.
British passport holders can enter and leave the Dominican Republic for tourism purposes. You will be denied entry if you do not have a valid travel document or try to use a passport that has been reported lost or stolen. — You must fill in an entry and exit form before arriving in and leaving the Dominican Republic. This form includes your customs declaration and international boarding and disembarking form. You can fill in the form up to 7 days before you arrive in the country. You’ll get a QR code, which you may be asked to show at check-in, or when you arrive in or leave the country.
Visa
Not required
Contact the Dominican Republic Immigration Service to extend your visit. — 30 days for tourism. Can be extended up to 120 days by contacting the Dominican Republic Immigration Service.
Your whole journey
Stopovers aren’t in our pages yet: the Sherpa link checks them for your nationality.
Passport, visa and stopovers: check on Sherpa ↗Free tool, pre-filled for a British passport: change the nationality if needed.
Recommended vaccinations
Yellow Fever
Depending on your circumstances, this may include a yellow fever certificate. At least 8 weeks before your trip, check the vaccinations and certificates you need in TravelHealthPro’s Dominican Republic guide
Yellow fever risk areas (WHO list)
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad*, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya*, Liberia, Mali*, Mauritania*, Niger*, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan*, Togo, Uganda
Americas: Argentina*, Bolivia*, Brazil*, Colombia*, Ecuador*, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama*, Paraguay*, Peru*, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago*, Venezuela*
* only in parts of the country
A country may apply its own list: the official text above prevails.
Source: WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1, 18 November 2022, revised 3 January 2023 ↗