Our visas officially arrived today! This means we are legally able to stay in the DR for a year before they will need to be renewed for another one year term. Overall, the entire process took about six months from start to finish. This included organizing and obtaining nearly 100 pages worth of documents. We had to get certified birth certificates, marriage certificate, FBI background checks, financial statements and so much more. Stay tuned as I will be adding a visa checklist to our resources page. This was the only way we could keep track of everything. I will also share a bit more about the apostille process and what it actually means. If you are like us, this was a new word and process we got to learn about. 😬