Sorry Mike again a rare disagreement. I read Spanish quite well and no point trying to tell me a Cuban or Indian is anything other another foreigner who overstayed his tourist stay as most clearly reported. I guess I'm not so racial as many. Only SKY has posted clearly. Glad you have inside knowledge on the Dutch guy and Albanian...share it.
We have 4 more years to judge all this so it appears you have joined the chorus and will eat humble pie if you are wrong in those next 51 months.
i don't like pies and such stuff,
i love my steaks and will continue to eat them, first class, as usual.
and my joy on doing so, living my life my way, does not the slightest depend on anything related to immigrations or such stuff. form my side they can deport everybody who lives here illegally or works here illegally, i would not cry a tear for a single one.
but they are not that stup1d to bother their big income venue, named Tourism, and deporting people who overstay a toursit card allowance, just for that, without working or living here illegally, such would be a not significant but in the press noticed small dirty dot an a white jacket, no need for such.
the overstaying mid term visitors pay anyways their overstay fees upon departure, and they have their return ticket purchased/handy to show it as proof that they are just overstaying tourists, and not illegal immigrants.
and that is the significant difference between those 2 groups, whom some seem not be capable to differ between.
a TOURIST, is OBLIGED to hold a return flight ticket, as simple as that.
even bothered in any ID check thingy with no ID or such handy, once interrogated the ID will be revealed and the existence of a return ticket can easily be prooved/ confirmed.
a illegal Immigrant does not hold such ticket, hence here the line can be drawn withotu any big affords necessary.
a snowbird, mid-term tourist/visitor, will never be a target for anything, they pay good money upon departure in form of the overstay fee, everybody is happy.
that system should stay in place for a very long time to come
and the snowbirds, specially our very welcomed Canucks fleeing cold winters, are rising in numbers and a funny crowd in the 'hood.
ju10prd,
what the DR wanna get out, is illegal immigrants, to that group also count the ones who enter the country on a tourist card without a valid return ticket, i fully agree with you that they all can be kicked out.
but,
i don't think anybody will target them in any specific way on any searches around the 'hood,
those raids will be for the ones who make for 99% of illegal immigrants in DR, Haitian Illegals.
the long term illegally overstaying other nationalities are so small of a number, it really doesn't matter a thing to catch''em or not, so no extra affords necessary, such would be a waste of resources/time/money.
some will be caught by coincedence duw normal daily things which can go wrong for some, and kicked out, SOME,
the few left will be fine to live their life Their elected way, stayout of troubles, keep the head low.
the vast mayority of overstayingt visitors is real visitors/tourists, people who hold for example a valid passport and a valid return flight ticket, they do not have the intention to stay for ever, they just enjoy some weeks and/or months per year, and nobody in DR has any beef with such, the opposite, they are welcome.
Mike
