Hello everybody,
I'm a Canadian woman who have llived in the DR (Puerto Plata) for 2 years, I'm 27 and happily married with a Dominican who arrived here in Canada since 5 months. We have decided ( more me than my husband)to move here after passing by a difficult financial situation in the DR, thinking in our future.
My husband has'nt finish University for beeing working at the same time like secretary and project promotor in a campo with a salary of 3000 pesos/month and me working for 8000 pesos/month (even if I speak/write 3 laguages: french, english and spanish). Even like that , we we're having trouble paying everything (and we were not going out very often, and doing no-luxuous grocery!). I was very well used and integrated with Dominican Republic and its people. I was feeling that I was in my place better in DR than here, but I was'nt able to see us with these salaries having children and beeing unable to pay for great school or good medical cares if necessary. So...we moved.
But I'm really nostalgic, I LOVE this country. It has'nt been difficult for my husband to settled here. everything is going very well, but maybe one day he will wants to come back who knows? I still asking me THE queestion:
Is it possible, if we don't have money to start business, to live well in Dominican Republic ??? Which careers are doing well donw there ? In 2 years I have only seen salaries of 8 000-10 000 pesos MAX. Except some hotels managers or layers thatt I know.
Maybe in Santo Domingo the work market is better ? My husband was in informatic systems engineering and still wants to do this careeer, and I'm an agriculture technician thinking now to take a university degree in translation.
Who can give me a little hope that my dream is not impossible ?
M?lanie
I'm a Canadian woman who have llived in the DR (Puerto Plata) for 2 years, I'm 27 and happily married with a Dominican who arrived here in Canada since 5 months. We have decided ( more me than my husband)to move here after passing by a difficult financial situation in the DR, thinking in our future.
My husband has'nt finish University for beeing working at the same time like secretary and project promotor in a campo with a salary of 3000 pesos/month and me working for 8000 pesos/month (even if I speak/write 3 laguages: french, english and spanish). Even like that , we we're having trouble paying everything (and we were not going out very often, and doing no-luxuous grocery!). I was very well used and integrated with Dominican Republic and its people. I was feeling that I was in my place better in DR than here, but I was'nt able to see us with these salaries having children and beeing unable to pay for great school or good medical cares if necessary. So...we moved.
But I'm really nostalgic, I LOVE this country. It has'nt been difficult for my husband to settled here. everything is going very well, but maybe one day he will wants to come back who knows? I still asking me THE queestion:
Is it possible, if we don't have money to start business, to live well in Dominican Republic ??? Which careers are doing well donw there ? In 2 years I have only seen salaries of 8 000-10 000 pesos MAX. Except some hotels managers or layers thatt I know.
Maybe in Santo Domingo the work market is better ? My husband was in informatic systems engineering and still wants to do this careeer, and I'm an agriculture technician thinking now to take a university degree in translation.
Who can give me a little hope that my dream is not impossible ?
M?lanie