In most of the countries you will find diplomatic missions, which usually refers to an embassy and/or a consulate. Diplomatic bodies represent other country interests in Dominican Republic, with the aim of strengthening international relations between the states and providing services for their citizens in Dominican Republic.

Embassies and consulates are considered legal territories of their home countries. They are not "foreign territory" but they are protected and considered the property of the country using them, meaning that Dominican Republic does not have jurisdiction over the embassy or consulate of another country.

What is the difference between Embassy and Consulate?

The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations international treaty defines the diplomatic mission’s purpose and framework. The various diplomatic missions offer several services and carry out different missions. For example:

• Embassy: This is the primary diplomatic representation of a country’s government and is headed by an ambassador. An embassy is the main location for a diplomatic presence of one country in another. A country has at most one embassy in another country and is always established in the capital city of the host country. In the absence of a consulate in a country, the embassy has also a consular section to carry out all the relevant consular services (see below).
• Consulate General: This is a diplomatic mission, headed by a consul that provides a full range of services such as: issuing passports/visas, keeping birth and marriage records, assisting expats, providing legal information, translations etc. It can be located in any major city of the host country, although often in the capital city (in certain cases, in the same building as the embassy). In major countries and large territories, you often have more than one consulate.
• Honorary Consulate: It supplements the Consulate to provide a limited range of consular services and is headed by an honorary consul. They help nationals abroad. For example, in the event of a hospital stay, missing person, death, natural disaster or other emergency. They can also issue emergency travel documents and consular declarations for which the applicant is required to appear in person.

NB: You will usually apply for a visa at the Consulate of the country you want to visit. However, if there is no such representation in Dominican Republic, you can apply for a visa at the embassy.

Where to find Consulates and Embassies in Dominican Republic

Not all countries have an Embassy and/or a Consulate as it depends of the political situation, the relationship with the host country, the size of the country, and the number of foreign citizens living there.

In some cases, countries can share representations and you can be assisted by the services of another embassy or consular service to get the information you need.

We recommend you register/contact your country’s embassy at your destination. It is a free service provided by any diplomatic mission and it will allow them to record information about your upcoming trip abroad. It can be used to assist you in case of an emergency.

Registration will also allow you to get routine information from your nearest embassy or consulate, as citizen residing abroad.

The capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo hosts 40 embassies.

There are also 99 consulates and two other representations located in Dominican Republic.

All consulates and honorary consulates are located in Santo Domingo, except for those countries who own an embassy in the capital of Dominican Republic and might have another diplomatic mission outside the capital.

You will find below a list of selected countries (the list is not exhaustive) that have a diplomatic mission in Dominican Republic. The list includes embassies, consulates, honorary consulates, and sometimes other official representations for you to be able to get information and services.

Embassies and Main Consulates in Santo Domingo

China

Embassy of China in Dominican Republic

Address: Freddy Prestol Castillo Street 10, Torre Bristol, Ens. Piantini, 10148 Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 373 38 25 
E-Mail: chinaemb_dom@mfa.gov.cn and seccionconsularcnrd@gmail.com for the consular service   
Opening hours: To handle visa, passport and certificate requests: Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 12:30 am; to collect visas, passports and certificates: Monday to Friday, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
The consular section provides a range of consular services such as document authentication and legalisation processing, as well as notary certification and marriage registration, visa affairs, and consular protection to all Chinese living abroad.

France

French Embassy in Dominican Republic

Address: Edificio Corporativo 2015, Piso 17. Calle Filomena Gómez de Cova
Ensanche Piantini, Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 695 43 00
E-Mail:  ambafrance.org@gmail.com
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/france.republiquedominicaine and https://www.instagram.com/franciaenrepdom/ and https://twitter.com/FranciaRepDom
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The French embassy in Dominican Republic provides reception of the public (consular affairs), register of French nationals established outside France, identity cards and passports, civil status: marriages, births..., other steps (legalization of signature, driver's license...), elections, national service and assembly of French nationals abroad.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santo Domingo, France has other honorary consulates in Las Terrenas, La Romana, Punta Cana and Santiago de Los Caballeros.

Germany

German Embassy in Dominican Republic

Address: Edificio EQUINOX, pisos 5 y 6, Avenida Núñez de Cáceres No. 11 (e/ Sarasota y Rómulo Betancourt), Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 542 89 49
Telephone assistance for visa matters : Monday to Friday 7:00am - 9:00am by +1 809 542 8964
E-Mail: info@santo-domingo.diplo.de
Social Media: https://twitter.com/GermanyDiplo and https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadaAlemanaSantoDomingo/
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 7:30am - 1:00pm

The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine provides passports and ID cards’ services, nationality, family and inheritance matters, criminal records, visa and entry, lawyers, doctors and translators and customs service, etc.

Japan

Embassy of Japan in Dominican Republic

Address: Av. Winston Churchill #1099, Esq. Andrés Julio Aybar, Torre Citigroup, Piso 21, Acrópolis Center, Ensanche Piantini, Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 567 33 65
E-Mail: embajadadeljapon@sd.mofa.go.jp
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadaJaponRD
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, except holidays, from 8:45 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm*

*The services at the consular window are being carried out by appointment only. Please make your appointment by calling the number indicated above.

Russia

Embassy of Russia in Dominican Republic

Russian Embassy in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela represents Russia in Dominican Republic concurrently.

Spain

Spanish Embassy in Dominican Republic

Address: Av. Independencia, 1205, Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 535 65 00*
E-Mail: emb.santodomingo@maec.es / cog.santodomingo@maec.es for the consular section​​
Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/embajadadeespanaenrd and https://www.instagram.com/embajadaespenrd/ and https://twitter.com/EmbajadaEspEnrd
* Consular emergencies for Spanish citizens: +1 809 450 2222, extension 341 or 345.

Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santo Domingo, Spain has other honorary consulates in Santiago de los Caballeros, Bávaro, Puerto Plata, Barahona, Samaná, Constanza and Nagua.

United Kingdom (Great Britain)

British Embassy in Dominican Republic

Address: Av. Winston Churchill 1099 Torre Citigroup, Acropolis, Floor 18, Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 472 71 11
E-Mail: UK.inDominicanRepublic@fcdo.gov.uk
Social Media: https://twitter.com/ukindomrep and https://www.facebook.com/UKinDomRep
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday from 8:00 am - 16:30 pm. Fridays from 8:00 am to 13:00 pm
The British Embassy in the Dominican Republic provides services to British nationals living and visiting the country, including commercial, consular, visa and information services. As well as notarial services, including certificates, letters, and notes available.

You can also apply for an emergency travel document if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen, damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

USA (United States of America)

Embassy of the United States of America in Dominican Republic

Address: Av. Republica de Colombia #57, Santo Domingo
Tel: (+1809) 567 77 75
E-Mail: santodomingoconsbf@state.gov
Social Media: https://twitter.com/EmbajadaUSAenRD and https://www.facebook.com/EmbajadaUSAenRD/ and https://www.instagram.com/embajadausaenrd/
Opening hours: 7:00am – 4:30pm Monday – Thursday, and 7:30am – 11:30am on Friday.

The US representation in Dominican Republic provides a range of consular services such as regular passport applications and renewals, Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and notarial services, assistance on death of a U.S. Citizen and emergency financial assistance, etc.
Honorary Consulates: In addition to the embassy in Santo Domingo, the US has other honorary consulates in Punta Cana and Puerto Plata.

Honorary Consulates in Dominican Republic

Contact directly the Embassy/Consulate website for more information.

For countries with no consulates or embassies in Dominican Republic, the Honorary Consulates are supervised by diplomatic representations located in other country, often LA Havana, in Cuba for Dominican Republic.

General Consulates and embassies in Santo Domingo

• Argentina (consular_edomi@cancilleria.gov.ar)
• Brazil (consular.sdomingos@itamaraty.gov.br)
• Canada (sdmgo@international.gc.ca)
• Costa Rica (embcr.dominicana@gmail.com)
• Jamaica (embjamaica@jamaica-rd.com)
• Mexico (embrdominicana@sre.gob.mx / sconsulardom@sre.gob.mx)
• Panama (embpanamard@mire.gob.pa)
• South Africa (havana.ambassador@dirco.gov.za)
• India (hoc.santodomingo@mea.gov.in)

For a complete list of embassies and consulates in the Dominican Republic, visit: Directorio de Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores