I still would like to know if having a letter of employment in the DR is still part of the requirements.
Not necessarily, you should show solvency, and if that means a letter of employment then yes, if the applicant gets money other way they should show that with for example bank statement.
LOL.. I'm real I can confirm these reservations are dummy tickets whether the embassy/ consulate whatever sell dummy visas I know nothing about.
Lol, what I was asking for was to know if these "dummy tickets" are actually accepted? Because any webdesigner/developer can add "posts"/"reviews" that their service is accepted by whoever, so that's never a guarantee.
From what I understand the act of getting the dummy ticket is to eliminate that "stress of not knowing if you spent..."It seems that the travel agencies have this down to a science.
What? "stress of not knowing if you spent..."??
My point is very valid, why do they even require one if they are just to show that you "know how to get from point A to point B", then what's the point?
Wouldn't writing it on the visa application show that anyways?
"I'm going from DR to Spain taking a flight from SDQ to MAD on DATE"...
The only 2 reasons I would think of why any embassy/consulate would like you to show an itinerary, would be 1) to show that you actually have the intention of doing the trip, which you would think just applying would suffice, it's not like anyone would voluntarily go through the process of collecting all the necessary documents and then pay for the visa application, and then NOT go? and 2) To show that you actually have the means to purchase that ticket, which also would be enough to show what money you have in the bank.
Neither of these a "dummy ticket" that is basically just a piece of paper that shows that this is the route that is available from point A to Point B, as you do not show that you have the intention of going, and as you didn't purchase the ticket you'd still not show that you have the means to purchase it.