Hello everyone,
My name is Veljko and I am from Serbia and Montenegro. recently I came uppon some articles from a man from my country who lived in DR for nine months. Lived and worked and the overall experience was great for him... Adventure and a lot of new experiences.
My life long dream is to live and work at least for some tim e in a tropical paradise and reading these articles only added oil to that fire of mine...
And now I am becoming increasingly interested in posibilities and ways for me to come to DR and stay there for at least for some time...
That is where I need your help adivce and experience.
First, for my country I don;t need a visa for DR and I can stay up to three months but I read that getting a residence permit is not a problem?
Second, would it be possible for me (and my girfriend) to find some kind of job, bar, restaurand, shop, something that will finance us while there. What money could I expect.
And let me add, I don;t have to live in a villa, drive a jaguar etc... for me it is enough to be in carribean and have enough money for basic living, food, bills etc...
Could I rent a small apartment and how much is it? What costs come along with it?
And of corse when planning something like this you have to think about possibly not finding any work, or not finding it for some time so I would like to know how much a month would I need to live in DR (rent, food... very basic life, low cost). So when you tell me how much money I would need to survive then I can say ok I am taking enough for four months and if I don;t find work and nothing works out, I have a return ticket and I can go back...
In adition to this you probably know what else is important to know.
Do any of you guys know any business owners who would hire me and my girlfriend. I speak English and a bit of German and she speaks also English and French. Is knowledge of Spanish an absolute necesity in order to find some work?
By the way, I am a graphic/web designer, lived and studied in California and New York... but now I'm back in Seriba ex Yugoslavia...
Thank you very much and I hope that I will be able to come and live in the paradise for a while. At least it will be good adventure.
Best regards
My name is Veljko and I am from Serbia and Montenegro. recently I came uppon some articles from a man from my country who lived in DR for nine months. Lived and worked and the overall experience was great for him... Adventure and a lot of new experiences.
My life long dream is to live and work at least for some tim e in a tropical paradise and reading these articles only added oil to that fire of mine...
And now I am becoming increasingly interested in posibilities and ways for me to come to DR and stay there for at least for some time...
That is where I need your help adivce and experience.
First, for my country I don;t need a visa for DR and I can stay up to three months but I read that getting a residence permit is not a problem?
Second, would it be possible for me (and my girfriend) to find some kind of job, bar, restaurand, shop, something that will finance us while there. What money could I expect.
And let me add, I don;t have to live in a villa, drive a jaguar etc... for me it is enough to be in carribean and have enough money for basic living, food, bills etc...
Could I rent a small apartment and how much is it? What costs come along with it?
And of corse when planning something like this you have to think about possibly not finding any work, or not finding it for some time so I would like to know how much a month would I need to live in DR (rent, food... very basic life, low cost). So when you tell me how much money I would need to survive then I can say ok I am taking enough for four months and if I don;t find work and nothing works out, I have a return ticket and I can go back...
In adition to this you probably know what else is important to know.
Do any of you guys know any business owners who would hire me and my girlfriend. I speak English and a bit of German and she speaks also English and French. Is knowledge of Spanish an absolute necesity in order to find some work?
By the way, I am a graphic/web designer, lived and studied in California and New York... but now I'm back in Seriba ex Yugoslavia...
Thank you very much and I hope that I will be able to come and live in the paradise for a while. At least it will be good adventure.
Best regards
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