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Dominican Republic visa rules for Canada passport holders

Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting the Dominican Republic.

The answer

Yes. Canada passport holders can visit the Dominican Republic visa-free for up to 30 days.

Entry
Visa-free
Stay
30 days per entry
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Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA-FREE30 DAYS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

migracion.gob.doDirección General de Migración (DGM)Checked 29 Oct 2026

To all foreigners who wish to extend their stay in the Dom. Rep. For more than 30 days established for tourists.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs the E-Ticket form completed; it can be filled in until before immigration.
  • Needs a return or onward air ticket.
  • Until 31 December 2026, the passport needs to stay valid only for the stay and departure; the usual 6-month minimum validity is waived.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

El pasaporte debe tener una validez mínima de seis (6) meses.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Dominican Republic passport holders need to visit Canada.

Dominican Republic passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Santo Domingo, nearest first.

  1. HaitiPort-au-Prince, about 260 km from Santo DomingoVisa-free · 90 days
  2. Turks and Caicos IslandsCockburn Town, about 360 km from Santo DomingoVisa-free · 90 days
  3. Puerto RicoSan Juan, about 400 km from Santo DomingoVisa-free · 6 months
  4. US Virgin IslandsCharlotte Amalie, about 520 km from Santo DomingoVisa-free · 6 months
  5. British Virgin IslandsRoad Town, about 560 km from Santo DomingoVisa-free · 1 month

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Santo Domingo

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Santo Domingo, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 30.2°CLow 21.5°CRain 60 mm
  2. FebHigh 30.2°CLow 21.4°CRain 53 mm
  3. MarHigh 30.6°CLow 21.8°CRain 46 mm
  4. AprHigh 31.0°CLow 23.1°CRain 91 mm
  5. MayHigh 31.3°CLow 23.8°CRain 133 mm
  6. JunHigh 32.0°CLow 24.6°CRain 110 mm
  7. JulHigh 32.5°CLow 24.8°CRain 164 mm
  8. AugHigh 32.5°CLow 24.8°CRain 187 mm
  9. SepHigh 32.6°CLow 24.6°CRain 175 mm
  10. OctHigh 32.4°CLow 24.6°CRain 169 mm
  11. NovHigh 31.5°CLow 23.5°CRain 154 mm
  12. DecHigh 30.9°CLow 22.4°CRain 75 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 10 to 28 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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