It's 90 days - here's the facts, vs. old horror stories
ajicaribe said:
up to 3 months..
Given that your husband is leaving the country, he may have to pay US$ 20.00 for departure tax, and because he over-stayed that should not be an issue.
My wife overstayed for 2 years and had to pay RD$500.00.
It is was not written on paper but she was forced to bribe someone because they were going to make her lose here flight.
1. It's 90 days not 3 months and there is a small chance someone will do the math. Either way per the requests ( 9/20 to 12/6) the time was not an issue there. They ask you right on the tourist card how many days (not months) are you staying, so you can put 1-90 in there.
2. At SDQ anyway, everyone pays departure tax of $10 US, not $20 and often like with AA it's in the ticket now. Thank God. No more stickers and stamps.
3. For the excess stay fee/tax/fine whatever you want to call it: there is a booth for this purpose with a sign which says: "For the use of tourists who have overstayed their tourist card"
It is official, it is not a bribe - you just tell them you are a month or 6 months late - then you go to the booth where there is a set scale and you pay and go, you are not tossed in the pokey or are bribing anyone or doing anything backhanded.
Tourists and non regular visitors and non residents need to know what is the straight dope.