United Nations Treaty Series/Volume 318/1/4619

Ciudad Trujillo, D. N., 20 March 1957

Your Excellency,

With reference to the exemption of Japanese and Dominican citizens from visa formalities, I have the honour to inform you that the Japanese Government is prepared to conclude with the Dominican Government an agreement in the following terms:

1. Dominican citizens, whatever their place of residence, may enter Japan without a Japanese consular visa, for a sojourn of not more than three months upon presentation of a valid national passport.

​2. Japanese citizens, whatever their place of residence, may enter the Dominican Republic without a Dominican consular visa, for a sojourn of not more than three months upon presentation of a valid national passport.

3. Consular visas shall continue to be required by Japanese and Dominican citizens proceeding to the above-mentioned countries in order to stay there for an uninterrupted period of more that three months or to exercise a trade, profession or any other gainful occupation. Applications for visas must be made, before departure, to the Japanese or Dominican consular authorities at the applicants' place of domicile.

4. Each of the Governments reserves the right to refuse admission to or sojourn in its territory to any person whom it deems to be undesirable.

5. The abolition of the consular visa requirement provided for in this Agreement for sojourns of not more than three months shall not exempt Japanese or Dominican citizens from conforming strictly with the internal Japanese or Dominican laws and regulations concerning the entry, sojourn and departure of aliens.

6. This Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date of the exchange of notes referred to in the following paragraph. Either of the Contracting Parties may, however, denounce it at one month's notice.

The Japanese Government is agreeable to considering this note and your reply confirming the concurrence of the Dominican Government as constituting ​an agreement between the two Governments on the matter.

I have the honour to be, etc.

His Excellency
Mr. Porfirio Herrera B.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Worship
City

​Ciudad Trujillo, D. N., 20 March 1957

Your Excellency,

Monsieur le Ministre,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your note No. 26 of today's date reading as follows:

In reply, I have the honour to inform you that the Dominican Government agrees to the conclusion of this Agreement regarding the abolition of the consular visa for sojourns of not more than three months, and accordingly has pleasure in considering this note and your note as constituting the said agreement.

I have the honour to be, etc.

His Excellency Kenkichi Yoshida
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan
Japanese Legation