Dominican passport for a child in the US: US$133 and requirements

A Dominican passport for a child living in the United States is requested at the Dominican consulate, but only after the child is on record as Dominican in the civil registry. For a child born outside the Dominican Republic, MIREX (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) says the child must first be declared at the consulate and the record transcribed at the Junta Central Electoral (JCE), or the apostilled US birth certificate must be transcribed directly. The fee is US$133.00 (‘Pasaporte menor de edad-6 años’, MIREX consular fee table for the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada; the Consulate General in New York publishes the same figure), checked October 3, 2026. MIREX asks for both parents’ authorization and copies of their cédulas.

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Key facts

ItemDetail (checked October 3, 2026)
Fee (first time or renewal on expiry)US$133.00 (MIREX, US/PR/Canada column) · $200 (New York consulate, checked October 23, 2026)
Lost passport (New York consulate)$200
Damaged passport (New York consulate)$200
Time (first passport, MIREX)1 to 15 business days
PrerequisiteDeclaration at the consulate + JCE transcription, or direct transcription of the foreign birth record
Who collects it (New Jersey consulate)Only the person who filed, with their cédula and the receipt
Payment currencyUS dollars (MIREX)

The prior step: the child must be registered as Dominican

MIREX puts it this way: ‘Para solicitar el pasaporte de niños nacidos en el extranjero, debes declararlo en el Consulado, y posteriormente transcribir el certificado de acta ante la JCE en la República Dominicana, o bien realizar directamente la Transcripción del Acta de Nacimiento del país de nacimiento del menor (APOSTILLADA y traducida, si procede).’ In short: declare the child at the consulate and then transcribe the certificate at the JCE, or transcribe the foreign birth record directly (apostilled and translated if needed).

MIREX adds that if the child has not been declared, the consular office will make the declaration, which must then be transcribed at the JCE. The step-by-step for that declaration (free at the consulate, with the child present and both parents) is in registering a US-born child as Dominican. To get the Dominican record from the US, see Dominican birth certificate from the US.

The fee table for the JCE’s offices abroad also includes a ‘Certificación para fines de pasaporte’ (certification for passport purposes) at 30.00 (table headed ‘TASAS EN USD/EUR/CHF’). That table does not say it is required in every case; ask whether your consulate asks for it.

Requirements

First passport for a child born abroad (MIREX)

RequirementDetail
Birth recordPhotocopy of the record with a QR code
Previous passportIf expired, bring it
Parents’ authorizationFrom the father and the mother; if one is absent, ‘suscripción de la declaración jurada ante la sede consular’ (a sworn declaration signed at the consulate)
Parents’ cédulasPhotocopies of the father’s and mother’s cédulas
PhotoRecent, 5x5 centimeters, color, white background, facing forward, no earrings, no smile, ears and forehead uncovered

MIREX says some consular offices have a photo service, and that offices may add requirements.

What the Consulate General in New York asks for minors under 18

  • The child must be accompanied by at least one parent, a legal guardian or an adult with a legal power of attorney for that purpose.
  • The adult’s updated cédula.
  • Birth record with a QR code (for a renewal on expiry, legalized or with a QR code).
  • For a renewal: the passport being renewed; for damage: the damaged passport. For a loss, the list checked October 23, 2026 names the adult’s cédula and the QR-code birth record and no police report.

The two sources cover different things. MIREX’s document list asks for both parents’ authorization (or a sworn declaration at the consulate if one is absent); New York’s list says who must accompany the child: at least one parent, a guardian or an adult with a power of attorney. New York’s list does not mention the parents’ authorization, and neither page says that one accompanying parent replaces the other parent’s authorization. Confirm with your consulate: Dominican consulates in the US · consulates by state.

Foreign adoptive parents

On October 3, 2026 the New York consulate’s passport page said: ‘En caso de una solicitud de nuevo pasaporte o renovación para un/una menor, por padres adoptivos extranjeros, los padres adoptivos deben de otorgar un poder a un ciudadano/a dominicano para hacer dicho proceso’ (foreign adoptive parents must grant a power of attorney to a Dominican citizen to carry out the process). The page as checked October 23, 2026 no longer carries that line; ask the consulate whether it still applies. See Dominican power of attorney at a US consulate.

Child passport fees

CaseMIREX (table, US/PR/Canada)New York consulate
First timeUS$133.00$200
Renewal on expiryUS$133.00$200
Damaged—$200
Lost—$200

The New York figures are that consulate’s, from its passport page checked October 23, 2026, which lists the same $200 for every minor case and does not mention a damage penalty or higher fees for repeat losses.

Step by step

  1. If the child was born outside the Dominican Republic and is not yet in the Dominican civil registry, declare the child at the consulate and transcribe the record at the JCE (or transcribe the apostilled US birth certificate directly). MIREX states this requirement for ’niños nacidos en el extranjero’ (children born abroad).
  2. Get the child’s Dominican birth record with a QR code (MIREX and the New York consulate both ask for one).
  3. Gather both parents’ authorization and copies of their cédulas (or the sworn declaration if one parent is absent).
  4. Take the 5x5 cm photo, or ask whether the consulate has a photo service.
  5. Go to the consulate with the child and the accompanying adult.
  6. Pay the fee in dollars: US$133.00 in MIREX’s table; the New York consulate lists $200 (checked October 23, 2026).
  7. Collect the passport: according to the New Jersey consulate, it is handed only to the person who filed, with their cédula and the receipt.

If your consulate does not print passports

MIREX says: ‘Cuando la Oficina Consular no dispone de equipo de impresión de pasaporte, tramitará la impresión de pasaporte a otra Oficina Consular o a la República Dominicana, siendo el ciudadano quien deba asumir los gastos de correo’ (an office without printing equipment sends the passport to another consular office or the Dominican Republic for printing, and the applicant pays the mailing cost), and that this lengthens the wait.

Electronic passport

MIREX says Dominican passport booklets are ’electrónicas (10 años) y biométricas (6 a 10 años)’ (electronic, 10 years, and biometric, 6 to 10 years). Its page for the first passport of children born abroad says the consular office will issue a biometric passport. In a news item dated September 20, 2026, MIREX reported that delivery of the electronic passport began in New York, New Jersey and Boston and will extend gradually to other consulates. The fee table checked has no line for a minor’s electronic passport; ask your consulate which booklet the child receives and at what price.

What MIREX’s passport pages add for minors (checked October 16, 2026)

  • Who files a loss, damage or expiry renewal: ‘Si el pasaporte es para un menor, debe gestionarlo uno de sus padres o representante legal’ (one of the parents or a legal representative must file it).
  • Validity and price: the fee line is ‘Pasaporte menor de edad-6 años’ (6 years). It costs US$133.00 in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada column and US$98.00 in the Europe and rest-of-world column. For comparison, an adult first-time 6-year passport is US$125.00 in the US column.
  • Fee table line for minors’ authorizations: the table lists ‘Autorizaciones menores de edad’ at US$50.00. It does not say which procedures that line applies to.
  • Consulate discretion: consular offices may add requirements. MIREX also says they ’tienen derecho a negarse a gestionar un servicio’ (have the right to refuse a service) if consular staff doubt its usefulness for the citizen, think it may harm the applicant’s future interests, or if it calls into question the office’s public faith.
Case (MIREX)What MIREX listsTime
Renewal on expiry (booklet issued six years ago or more)Expired booklet; birth record legalized by the JCE; 5x5 cm photo; Cédula de Identidad y Electoral15 to 20 business days, ‘dependiendo de la urgencia, de las solicitudes previas y de la disponibilidad de personal’
LostPolice report of the loss, or a sworn declaration of loss if there is no police report; birth record with QR code; 5x5 cm photo; copy of the lost passport (if available); Cédula de Identidad y Electoral3 to 10 business days from the application
DamagedThe damaged booklet, in physical form; birth record with QR code; 5x5 cm photo; Cédula de Identidad y Electoral3 to 10 business days

For a lost passport, MIREX says to first take an identity document to the nearest police station and file a loss report; the station provides proof of the report. Then ask at the consulate and/or check its list of lost documents sent by local authorities. If the passport is found, it is handed to the holder in person. MIREX’s general lists do not say whose cédula is required when the passport is for a minor.

Carta de ruta for a minor (MIREX, checked October 16, 2026)

  • Fee: US$50.00 (‘Cartas de Ruta’, US/PR/Canada column).
  • Scope: issued ’en casos excepcionales’ (in exceptional cases). It is valid 30 days, only to return to the Dominican Republic. To return to the country where it was issued, the passport must be obtained in Dominican territory.
  • Who files: ‘debe gestionarlo uno de los padres o representante legal’ (one of the parents or a legal representative), meeting these requirements:
    • the form with the child’s data and the parents’ signatures and data;
    • copies of both parents’ cédulas;
    • an authorization from the father and the mother made at the consular or diplomatic mission;
    • the child’s birth record with QR code;
    • a copy of the child’s passport (if the child has one);
    • a recent photo of the child.
  • Time: 1 to 15 business days.

If the child must travel now without a passport

To return to the Dominican Republic without a valid passport there is the carta de ruta. If the child will leave the Dominican Republic without you, see the minor travel authorization.

Your US immigration status

The MIREX and New York consulate lists for a child’s passport ask for Dominican documents (birth record, cédulas, previous passport), and MIREX’s list also asks for the parents’ authorization. They do not ask for US immigration documents.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-10-03. General procedural information for educational purposes. The New York fees are that consulate’s, and each consular office may add requirements. Verify directly with the Dominican consulate that serves you. Not legal advice.