The lowdown on what to expect at Migraci?n.....
I went to Santo Domingo today to interview an extremely knowledgeable person on the requirements of this new and quite confusing set of immigration regulations. It boils down to just a few ideas:
1) If you have your permanent residency card and your c?dula, you will continue to renew just like always. No problems are foreseen in this area. Just be sure that you begin the renewal process about two months before the due date that is stamped on your card.
2) Those that have Temporary Residency will probably have to jump through hoops on more than one occasion. It appears that in order to sift through the background checks and such, the people at Migration will issue more than one renewal of the Temporary Residence Permit. My person said that maybe as many as three times.
There are exceptions: Rentistas, Pensionados and so forth might be ushered in after one year of Temporary Residency.
3) There is a two-month window, people, that will close in August, for those persons who entered the DR on a tourist visa, to file for Residence status. After that time the poo hits the fan and you will have to leave, be fined or whatever they decide.
4) Anyone who plans on living in the DR will have to obtains a ?Residence Visa? at the DR consulate in their home countries before coming to the DR. Then they can start the paperwork. For those that are here already, that clock is ticking to file now or you will have to leave the country and return with one of the visas.
Since Papa knows best, you can PM me for some good pointers.
Cordially, a very tired HB?.who drove there and back?not bad except for KM 9 and those a$$holes looking for fares and that oh-so-stupid light in Piedra Blanca. There also seemed to be a large number of people in the fast lane that did not know it was supposed to be the fast lane.
HB
I went to Santo Domingo today to interview an extremely knowledgeable person on the requirements of this new and quite confusing set of immigration regulations. It boils down to just a few ideas:
1) If you have your permanent residency card and your c?dula, you will continue to renew just like always. No problems are foreseen in this area. Just be sure that you begin the renewal process about two months before the due date that is stamped on your card.
2) Those that have Temporary Residency will probably have to jump through hoops on more than one occasion. It appears that in order to sift through the background checks and such, the people at Migration will issue more than one renewal of the Temporary Residence Permit. My person said that maybe as many as three times.
There are exceptions: Rentistas, Pensionados and so forth might be ushered in after one year of Temporary Residency.
3) There is a two-month window, people, that will close in August, for those persons who entered the DR on a tourist visa, to file for Residence status. After that time the poo hits the fan and you will have to leave, be fined or whatever they decide.
4) Anyone who plans on living in the DR will have to obtains a ?Residence Visa? at the DR consulate in their home countries before coming to the DR. Then they can start the paperwork. For those that are here already, that clock is ticking to file now or you will have to leave the country and return with one of the visas.
Since Papa knows best, you can PM me for some good pointers.
Cordially, a very tired HB?.who drove there and back?not bad except for KM 9 and those a$$holes looking for fares and that oh-so-stupid light in Piedra Blanca. There also seemed to be a large number of people in the fast lane that did not know it was supposed to be the fast lane.
HB