Hi all
As I am now in the process of planning a relocation to DR, wanted to know if some of you guys who already took the dive could help me with some of my worries; here they go:
1. securing a pension. my father tells me that you need to work in the US for 10 yrs to secure your pension. I have only been working w/ my current employer for 8 yrs. will I lose the pension if I say, go to DR for 2 yrs or 3?...how does this work
2. Cell Phone; I have had my phone for a while and here you can port your number to any carrier. If I cancel it, so many people will lose touch with me. I will tell some that I am moving, but cant possibly tell all. any advice on this?
3. I will divest of all (albeit not much) I own. its hard; but it seems like the logical thing to do. I will come back to US at some point I know to work for dollars (I just know I'll have to); when that happens, I will need to start all over again since I got no place to leave any of my stuff. any thoughts on this?
4. this is an exntension of the above. I have a lot of things that I need but dont see the point of taking with me i.e.books from college, winter clothes, and some other things of sentimental value, etc. I want to go to DR as lite as possible; what have some of you guys done in such case?
5. what about mail, I am worried about the mail situation. I really dont have any one to give this responsibility to. well, I do; but I can forsee the job not being done. I have a PO box at the moment, but I don't know if its wise to keep paying it while in DR (I could use that money in DR anyways) and I dont know for how long the post office will store my mail. when you factor all the junk mail I get, it adds up.
this is what i've got so far, I am trying to anticipate all the moves I need to make to settle business here ahead of time and not have problems once there. however, i can just feel I will forget to take care of something important.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
As I am now in the process of planning a relocation to DR, wanted to know if some of you guys who already took the dive could help me with some of my worries; here they go:
1. securing a pension. my father tells me that you need to work in the US for 10 yrs to secure your pension. I have only been working w/ my current employer for 8 yrs. will I lose the pension if I say, go to DR for 2 yrs or 3?...how does this work
2. Cell Phone; I have had my phone for a while and here you can port your number to any carrier. If I cancel it, so many people will lose touch with me. I will tell some that I am moving, but cant possibly tell all. any advice on this?
3. I will divest of all (albeit not much) I own. its hard; but it seems like the logical thing to do. I will come back to US at some point I know to work for dollars (I just know I'll have to); when that happens, I will need to start all over again since I got no place to leave any of my stuff. any thoughts on this?
4. this is an exntension of the above. I have a lot of things that I need but dont see the point of taking with me i.e.books from college, winter clothes, and some other things of sentimental value, etc. I want to go to DR as lite as possible; what have some of you guys done in such case?
5. what about mail, I am worried about the mail situation. I really dont have any one to give this responsibility to. well, I do; but I can forsee the job not being done. I have a PO box at the moment, but I don't know if its wise to keep paying it while in DR (I could use that money in DR anyways) and I dont know for how long the post office will store my mail. when you factor all the junk mail I get, it adds up.
this is what i've got so far, I am trying to anticipate all the moves I need to make to settle business here ahead of time and not have problems once there. however, i can just feel I will forget to take care of something important.
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance