- Thread starter St. Bernard
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Leaving the country?
Not a big deal really. I assume you will be flying and not going on a cruise. You still have to fill out the small cards for Customs and wherever you are heading to. The main thing is that since you have your cedula it doesn't matter how long you've been here, you won't need to pay the exit fees for any overstay. The other thing is on your way back in you can skip the line for buying the tourist card and go straight to the line for immigration.
Instead of the blue paper for tourists, you fill in the white (smaller) paper for residents. On the back you write your cedula number and residence card number (at least that's one immigration officer told me and since then I have always done it. You show the residence card + the white migration form at the migration desk.
The customs form (if they have it, last time I travelled they ran out of them) you give when leaving the migration area.
When coming back you ask (in the plane) again the white form for residents (they will ask if you need the form for Dominicans: yes you do). You don't buy the tourist card and go straight to the migrations desk for residents.
The customs form (if they have it, last time I travelled they ran out of them) you give when leaving the migration area.
When coming back you ask (in the plane) again the white form for residents (they will ask if you need the form for Dominicans: yes you do). You don't buy the tourist card and go straight to the migrations desk for residents.
Depending on the airline and your destination even though you are a resident you may have to pay a small tax fee, again it depends on the airline. Ask at the ticket counter or at the gate.
That's what I do, write my Cedula/Residence number (Same Number) on the back of the paper and it goes much faster getting through immigration.
Sounds like they are ripping you off, never heard of such a thing.
If you are a resident, then there are no additional fees.
It's been so long since I've flown out of here I can't quite remember, but I think in the past I had to pay something at a desk once through and into departures, am I imagining this, and if not do I still do this.
1. You pay an overstay tax/fee as a NON resident past 30 days, you DO NOT pay anything as a resident for an overstay.
2. There is $10 departure tax included in the ticket on US bound flights, may or may not be included in ticket price on other destinations, has nothing to do with residency.
yes but Canadian airlines include the $10 tourist card in the flight cost... I just keep mine and give it to an american friend for their next trip down
If you read my post, I said may or may not be included to other destinations, my apologies if I offended anybody from Manitoba, I'll consult with my pal Pedro in Pinewa.
Tom from Tuktoyaktuk is a better source for travel related questions.....
Pedro is a transplant.......
Pedro is a transplant.......
He only used Manitoba b/c its easier to spell than Saskatchewan .....
But . clearly, he studied geography.......
But . clearly, he studied geography.......
One more uncertainty. Is it true that as a resident I am required to be in the country for a certain length of time each year?