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Goverment starts Implementation of National Legalization Plan

The Dominican government started the implementation of the National Legalization Plan earlier this month to legalize the status of all immigrants who entered into Dominican territory illegally, as well as of those who, having entered legally, overstayed the period of admittance.

The Dominican government will grant a special identification card to all foreigners residing irregularly in Dominican Republic, provided that they can establish that they had been residing in the country on a permanent basis before the new immigration regulations came into effect on October 11, 2011.

The ID card will be valid for one year and the holder, upon expiration, may apply for regular residency under Immigration Law 258-04.

Guzmán Ariza at the Annual Seminar of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey

Guzmán Ariza attorneys Dr. Christoph Sieger and Juan Moreno were invited to give a special presentation at 13th Annual Sun, Surf & Seminar of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey, held recently at the Hard Rock Hotel in Punta Cana, on the ruling by the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic which denied Dominican nationality to all persons born in the country since 1929 of parents who were not legal residents.

Dr. Christoph Sieger, partner at Guzmán Ariza, is a former professor of Public and Constitutional law in Germany. Juan Moreno is a specialist in Civil law and an associate at the firm.

The presentation, scheduled for an hour, was extended to two hours because of the many questions from the audience and members of the board of the Association.

Guzmán Ariza has been asked to repeat the presentation at the annual meeting of the National Hispanic Bar Association to be held in Washington, D.C. in September 2014. [May 2014]