Hi,
Just found this site... Awesome!! I live in Calgary, AB and wanting to move to the DR by Sept. 1. We are a family of 4 (me, my husband and our 2 kids aged 12 and 16. I have many questions as I am getting conflicting stories and not sure if it's even possible. I am hoping all of you can help us out with this!
I have contacted the Embassy of DR in Ont. and they told me we can only get residency if we fall into one of the 4 categories (relative of a dominican, spouce of a dominican, retired with a pension plan, or an investor who has a brick and motor business, making a minimum of $300,000/yr. We don't fall into any of these categories. Our family would be living out there while my husband would be coming back and forth from DR to Canada for work. I will not be working at a local place, rather I am an online entrepreneur. We were wondering if we took a trip out there at the beginning of July, would we have better success going to the office in DR to apply for temporary residency? Or are these now strict policies where there is no way around it? If possible (applying for temp. residency in DR), how long would this take? If we are only there for a week and it takes a few months, how would we receive our temp. residency card?
When it comes to living in the DR, where are the best places to live? We do want to be ocean front with a pool. What are the average prices of homes for rent in this location with the above description and a minimum of a 3 bedroom, 2 bath? Security is also very important and not to far from major shopping and a good private school for our kids. Would it be better to home school our kids or is the school system out there good?
We were also planning on getting our vehicle shipped out there and again having a difficult time finding a place in Canada that does this. Anyone shipped their vehicle out there from Canada? If so, how long did it take? Also, I hear you have to be a resident of DR to do this... is this a temp. residency or a permanent resident?
When it comes to DR citizens, do they have different prices for tourists (much higher)? I hear this a lot when reading about other foreign countries.
We don't speak any Spanish, although I am definitely gonna get on that! Would it be better to hire a local to take with us when applying for residency?
Thank you for all your help in advance!!! Really appreciate all the feedback I can get!
Just found this site... Awesome!! I live in Calgary, AB and wanting to move to the DR by Sept. 1. We are a family of 4 (me, my husband and our 2 kids aged 12 and 16. I have many questions as I am getting conflicting stories and not sure if it's even possible. I am hoping all of you can help us out with this!
I have contacted the Embassy of DR in Ont. and they told me we can only get residency if we fall into one of the 4 categories (relative of a dominican, spouce of a dominican, retired with a pension plan, or an investor who has a brick and motor business, making a minimum of $300,000/yr. We don't fall into any of these categories. Our family would be living out there while my husband would be coming back and forth from DR to Canada for work. I will not be working at a local place, rather I am an online entrepreneur. We were wondering if we took a trip out there at the beginning of July, would we have better success going to the office in DR to apply for temporary residency? Or are these now strict policies where there is no way around it? If possible (applying for temp. residency in DR), how long would this take? If we are only there for a week and it takes a few months, how would we receive our temp. residency card?
When it comes to living in the DR, where are the best places to live? We do want to be ocean front with a pool. What are the average prices of homes for rent in this location with the above description and a minimum of a 3 bedroom, 2 bath? Security is also very important and not to far from major shopping and a good private school for our kids. Would it be better to home school our kids or is the school system out there good?
We were also planning on getting our vehicle shipped out there and again having a difficult time finding a place in Canada that does this. Anyone shipped their vehicle out there from Canada? If so, how long did it take? Also, I hear you have to be a resident of DR to do this... is this a temp. residency or a permanent resident?
When it comes to DR citizens, do they have different prices for tourists (much higher)? I hear this a lot when reading about other foreign countries.
We don't speak any Spanish, although I am definitely gonna get on that! Would it be better to hire a local to take with us when applying for residency?
Thank you for all your help in advance!!! Really appreciate all the feedback I can get!