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We have been successful in obtaining my Residence Visa through the Cancilleria. I got my Visa issued on Monday July 30, and on July 31 applied for Residence at DGM, having the medical exam on the same day. Note this was possible because I had all paperwork ready as well as proof that I have...

I have the DSL 6MB plan and it was working fairly well until 10+ days ago. Now, I see the following behavior. Afternoon until late night (after 1AM) speeds: speed.com.do ~ 4.5MB speakeasy.net ~ 0.5MB speedtest.net ~ 0.5MB After 1AM, speeds quite suddenly go up to 4.0+ on all tests. The fact...

What would be a reasonable lawyer fee for handling a title transfer nowadays? I understand it takes around 2 months to get the title under the new laws and that I could run around the tribunal de tierra etc and do it all myself. Nothing apart from the title transfer is involved. Sale contract...

Looking at car ads lately I see many are listing a Price + Seguro. I don't recall seeing car listing with Seguro before (years ago) and it seems too high $ to be the "ley". What Seguro is this, why is it being charged at purchase-time?

The myth of the DR being a cheap place is still very much alive in much of Europe. Vacation packages to the DR are often sold dirt cheap. I think this, mixed with the "poor looks" of the country makes many people wonder why they should be paying and tipping as if in Paris or NYC, when the guy...

Mexican tycoon overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest man | | Guardian Unlimited Business Owner of DR telco "Claro".. among other things obviously. Delete if not DR related enough.

Opened a standard savings acct at Popular back in 2004. Minimum to open was $300 so I put in 400. No fees, specifically pointed out that the account was only going to sit there without activity. Was meant as a little saving/gift for the kid of a dominican friend when he needs it one day. Never...

...have just doubled overnight. Most brands appear to be between 80 and 90 R$ now incl ITBIS. PS: just posting this for info purposes.

This maybe old news buried in other thread. I was just at the Adrian Trop on the Malecon today, no beer in the middle of the afternoon. They explained that the government gave them the option to either sell beer and stay open 12 hours a day, or to not sell any liquor and operate 24h if they...

Bad news. Seems more and more online shops are checking IP addresses. My "Newegg.com" order just failed and they informed me that orders placed from non-US IP addresses are no longer possible. This sucks a lot as Newegg is one of the best if not the best for computer hardware. Any ideas what...

This is directed at people who live in apartments in SD or Santiago... I couldn't get a straight answer from any dominican friends on this, so here goes. Are there any guidelines, possibly even laws about how splitting the maintance cost should be handled in the DR? In our building in SD as...

I recall that bringing computers and related parts such as printers, monitors etc are excempt from taxation when brought into the country. Is this still correct, does it still apply? Thanks for your answers PS: I am aware there are many threads regarding this but I am interested in the law...

Despite my nickname I don't really have a "Planta full" :( I have been in Santo Domingo for a few months without planta or inverter and while it has been okay, now the electric has been getting worse. I'm looking into getting a 1.5 Trace with 4 batts directly from the Trace shop, however I...

This is a furniture shop on the carretera near Santiago... I only got to peak inside since it was closed at the time but it looked like they have nice "rustic" stuff. Does someone know what they have (onyl small items or also beds etc?) and prices? For comparison, I'm looking at some furniture...

Our TV is on its last breath and I'm thinking about flying to Miami to get a nice big flatscreen that would fit into a suitcase. Plaza Lama & co are not an option, just a ripoffs on large TVs. I know that in SDQ they are x-ray scanning a lot and getting trough without paying the whole price of...

Is anyone in Santo Domingo aware of problems with the water supply? We live in Mirador Norte near La Privada and there has been only very little water coming from the public supply for over 10 days. The building's cisterna has been used up and the amount coming from the public supply is only...

I will be doing some shopping research in Santo Domingo next week so maybe you guys could point me to some places to look for the following: - Furniture ... that doesn't have ludicrous prices-tags like http://www.remaxsantodomingo.com/xsit/sc - Computers and related peripherals. - TVs 36"...

Hi, We are planning to move to Dominican (from Florida) and while the real estate and apartment prices are reasonable, we are more than wondering about the prices of cars. Most used and new cars we found on supercarros.com and ListinDiario show prices that are out of this world. 2 times more...