And to finish..... as a citizen, I too have no passport.....
I use my Cdn one
The RD passport isn't that good for travel..... too many restrictions
I use my Cdn one
The RD passport isn't that good for travel..... too many restrictions
My Dominican husband hasn't had a Dominican passport in decades. He travels with his American passport.And to finish..... as a citizen, I too have no passport.....
I use my Cdn one
The RD passport isn't that good for travel..... too many restrictions
My husband was born in Santo Domingo, and he needed to present his American passport for BHD Bank too, so don't feel as though you were treated differently. He got a little huffy about it though, haha.Thanks everyone, very good to know, as I was a bit puzzled by her answer. As when the process was over I thanked her and said that I was not going to get the passport as I also don't deem it necessary, as a Sweden citizen there are few places where it would be advantageous to use the Dominican passport over my Swedish one. So she answered me that I had to do it, and I wondered why, then she told me that "migration no trabaja con cedula, solo con pasaporte y tarjeta de residencia" so basically if I didn't get the passport I would always have to pax overstay taxes when I left. Which just sounded crazy, but nothing would surprise me here.
Which I just noticed when trying to open a local bank account (I don't have a local one, as I don't see any reason to personally) and they told me that although being Dominican they needed my Swedish passport (which is currently expired). So although being "Dominican" in certain circumstances I'm still not treated like a Dominican.
No, I know that I'm not treated differently, it's just a joke. Because when my wife (who only have her Dominican passport) opened a bank account in the same bank (also BHD) they only required her cedula and that's that. Because one of the reasons why I've not bothered opening a local bank account expect for not finding a good reason for it, is that they all require a bunch of papers I cannot provide. Popular requires me to provide tax returns from my country of origin. But I've not lived and paid taxes in Sweden for almost 10 years. So I don't have any tax returns to provide.My husband was born in Santo Domingo, and he needed to present his American passport for BHD Bank too, so don't feel as though you were treated differently. He got a little huffy about it though, haha.
You do not need to get a passport, just like most Dominicans do not have one. But I recommend having your lawyer get one for you as it is included in the fee for most. Good to have.I asked my lawyer about this...... she disagrees with your lawyer
No need for a passport w/ citizenship
True, but if a Dominican wants to leave the country they actually do need a passportYou do not need to get a passport, just like most Dominicans do not have one. But I recommend having your lawyer get one for you as it is included in the fee for most. Good to have.
An example, I was in Buenos Aires about 12 years ago and had money transferred there by Money Gram. I went to a bank to get it with my US passport. It was impossible with all the forms and questions. I got fed up and left and went to another bank with my DR Passport and got the money immediately. Was all the US BS the bank had to fill out.
Thank you very much for this message.Here is what my friend , a lawyer , answered when I sent the thread to read -
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Saw the whole thread.
He doesn’t need a dominican passport, that is optional. I was born in the US, hold ONLY a US passport and show my cedula for the rest of my dominican activities, I only use passport to travel because it obviously offers more.
What I do to avoid overstay fee is that I show my cedula when leaving the DR (like last week) and when asked for my returning ticket coming back to DR from the US I show my cedula which means I also have dominican citizenship and I don’t need to present a returning ticket back to the US. It has been like this for me at least for 12 years and it was still this way last week.
A different case: my parents were born in DR, both hold cedulas and only have a US passport.
Related to the bank:
One thing that happens to me that will never happen to my parents, is that every time I want any product from the Bank they have to wait clearance from the US government to give me even a savings account, because although I apply for whatever product as a dominican with my cedula, they can see that I also hold a US citizenship because the cedula says “place of birth MA, USA”, this never will happen to my parents because the bank is not able to see that they have dual citizenship as their cedula says “place of birth Bani”.
Unless my parents inform the bank of having a second nationality, the bank will never report their activities to the US as they don’t know.
Hopefully this gives you a better understanding of why this attorney/friend of the new Dominican was confused.
Now you know another reason I did not use a lawyer for this process.Short answer, your lawyer is wrong.
My wife is dominican and swiss.
She travels on a swiss passport, and when arriving/departing the DR, she shows her Dr cedula.
She has no DR passport
P.S: well she did, but never renewed it---- the infos on it were handwritten at the time, lol . If it was 1950 I could understand, but it was somewhere between mid90's and the 2000's 😂😂😂😂😂
A bank needing to see your foreign passport sounds wrong if you are a naturalized DR citisen.. Of course, I could be wrong about that.Thanks everyone, very good to know, as I was a bit puzzled by her answer. As when the process was over I thanked her and said that I was not going to get the passport as I also don't deem it necessary, as a Sweden citizen there are few places where it would be advantageous to use the Dominican passport over my Swedish one. So she answered me that I had to do it, and I wondered why, then she told me that "migration no trabaja con cedula, solo con pasaporte y tarjeta de residencia" so basically if I didn't get the passport I would always have to pax overstay taxes when I left. Which just sounded crazy, but nothing would surprise me here.
Which I just noticed when trying to open a local bank account (I don't have a local one, as I don't see any reason to personally) and they told me that although being Dominican they needed my Swedish passport (which is currently expired). So although being "Dominican" in certain circumstances I'm still not treated like a Dominican.
Well I would NEVER have done it on my own, as just being at DGM when doing the renewal was stressful to me, and then I didn't have to do anything basically. But it was just CAOS every year.Now you know another reason I did not use a lawyer for this process.
I'm not American, so I have no idea why they wanted my passport as it doesn't have anything to do with US gov or anything about that. And it was BHD Leon. Personally, I believe it's just one of their policies, no matter who, if they aren't born in DR they require a passport.The reason the bank asked for the passport is to report your new account to the US Gov. Not all banks here do this.
Which bank was that anyway?
Yes , you are correct, but once I got my cedula the BHD was perfectly happy to change my account identification document to my Cedula.I'm not American, so I have no idea why they wanted my passport as it doesn't have anything to do with US gov or anything about that. And it was BHD Leon. Personally, I believe it's just one of their policies, no matter who, if they aren't born in DR they require a passport.
Okay, no idea what this has to do with anything.Yes , you are correct, but once I got my cedula the BHD was perfectly happy to change my account identification document to my Cedula.
They don't use a passport for US reporting requirements. The bank NEVER asked for mine. Just my Social Security Number.The reason the bank asked for the passport is to report your new account to the US Gov. Not all banks here do this.
Which bank was that anyway?
If you are a Dominican citizen you dont require any passport, foreign or local, just your cedula. Americans are treated different than the rest because of the American government requirements for keeping an eye of their citizens banking activities.Okay, no idea what this has to do with anything.
In the 10 years, I've lived here, I've not opened any bank account, as I've not got any income from local work and I've not really found any personal reason to have one, as it would only be an expense. For me, it's worked fine just using an ATM, as the only charge I have is 1.25% in a currency exchange fee from my bank. And as there is no cooperation between DR and Sweden, there are no options to make any bank transfers between the banks, anyways.
So I still think it's a bit "strange" that they require a foreign passport to be able to open a bank account (at least in BHD Leon), if I'm supposed to be treated just like any other Dominican citizen.