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    Which documents to translate?...Re Immigration Canada

    I did my duty and searched the posts before asking my question...:ermm: So, besides the usual: -extracto de acta de nacimiento -baptism certificate -extracto de acta de divorcio -certificacion bueno conducto -declaracion jurada (by father due to late birth declaration) -declaracion jurada (by 2...
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    Can I bring mangos with me? To Canada...

    I'm going back home to Quebec for a 2-week visit and I was wondering if I can bring back some mangos with me? It seems I'm allowed to travel with fruits per security CATSA but I know that there is always that question in the form for customs that asks if you are carrying fruits? I just hope...
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    Electrical advice for an A/C, anyone?

    I used to live in Santiago and consumed an average of 300Kwh/month (?10Kwh/day). Since I moved to La Romana my average consumption has doubled to almost 600Kwh/month (?20Kwh/day). After reading many posts here, I started writing down my meter numbers daily. During the day I was using about...
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    renting a piece of land

    A few questions about renting a piece of land: We wish to rent a piece of land in La Romana on which we want to build a modest outdoorsy comedor for locals. Investment calculated ?RD$100,00 to build the cement rectangle 20x14 that will house kitchen and a palapa above it all. I know nothing...
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    DR law

    Here is the situation: My dominican husband I think is being played by his ex-wife (who has both Dominican and US citizenship). They had a son together while married. Their son was born in Puerto Rico for the obvious reason of getting US citizenship. They divorced and she left to llve in PR...
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    How to calculate electricity bill?

    Hola, I'm living in La Romana and have EDEESTE as my energy supplier. This month my bill is for the 1st time 830Kwh and they have charged me the entire 830Kwh at RD$8.57. On their website it clearly says: Edeeste it clearly says that I should pay per scale consumption such as: 0-200 kWh...
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    Tourist card scam?

    Recently in mid-july, I arrived at POP and bought my tourist card as usual except this time the guy standing in front of the customs counters was asking for the card back... I argued a bit because on my last 3 trips, I was always told to keep my card for the return. But, this guy was very...