New stuff going on for folks entering/ overstaying visas.

[lifeisgreat]

Anybody has a solution wihout me having to buy or invesss a lot of cash, orto marry an old Dominican,( but I would go for one in is twenties)... you know, request assylium because Canada is too damn cold for me as I suffer of fibromyalgie

Roflmfao

[lifeisgreat]

My neighbors friends cousin had to pay exit fee for his pet also! Charged double because has 4 legs..

[yacht chef]

So people over stay and pay the fine now the dapate is about if thy can come back after repatingly over staying.
Here is the question why do thy care. Thy get the money and it is not like the Dom's in the usa geting benifits. Gringos get nothing and put money into the ****ry.

[cavok]

O dont know whether you noticed, but the Presidente in S. Fl tastes like unadaulterated Shyte.

Unfortunately - yes.

[Riva_31]

So people over stay and pay the fine now the dapate is about if thy can come back after repatingly over staying.
Here is the question why do thy care. Thy get the money and it is not like the Dom's in the usa geting benifits. Gringos get nothing and put money into the ****ry.

Maybe goverment is starting to be less prostitute than before, and starting to get into the path just like most of other countries.

[CristoRey]

Maybe goverment is starting to be less prostitute than before, and starting to get into the path just like most of other countries.

100% aGREED so they definitely have their "work" cut out for them.

[ohmmmm]

People from the USA, Europe and other countries can go to Columbia and many other Latin American Countries for three months at a time visa free and can easily extend the their stay up to six months. I hope the Dominican Republic considers this and extends the visa free travel rules / tourist visa to three or six months... It certainly would make the country more friendly and open to new development and bring in more revenue.

[ChelseaRose]

When you enter, do you inform the immigration agent in the airport that you will be in the RD for six months, or do you just buy the 30 day tourist card and go on your way?

I have a return ticket for the end of the school year that the school purchases for me (every year they get me a new one- whatever is the cheapest flight off the island). I fill out the immigration forms saying I'm on vacation and use the date on the ticket as my exit date. When talking to the immigration agent, I tell them right away that my husband teaches at the Carol Morgan School. They've never asked to see my return ticket. They've never given me a hard time about overstaying my visa. Maybe there's some understood agreement with the school?

[chico bill]

People from the USA, Europe and other countries can go to Columbia and many other Latin American Countries for three months at a time visa free and can easily extend the their stay up to six months. I hope the Dominican Republic considers this and extends the visa free travel rules / tourist visa to three or six months... It certainly would make the country more friendly and open to new development and bring in more revenue.

Mexico is 6 months, because there are enclaves of extranjeros which come for extended winter stays from the cold North of the US and Canada - they keep some places like Mjijic, Baja, Playa Carmen and Guanajuato alive

[cobraboy]

So people over stay and pay the fine now the dapate is about if thy can come back after repatingly over staying.
Here is the question why do thy care. Thy get the money and it is not like the Dom's in the usa geting benifits. Gringos get nothing and put money into the ****ry.

It's not about North Americans overstaying and their money.

It's about Haitians, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans.

If the DR singles out those groups on immigration policies, the World Bank and IMF will beat their ears about prejudicial "profiling" at review time. The DR has to please the Money Men because the DR economy depends on their loans, both new and old rolling over.