Hi Iam a single mother of two living in the US, my mother lives in Tamboril Santiago and would like me to go and live with her.
I have been considering the posabity of living there the only thing that Iam affraid is for my kids school and a good job for myself, I have lived in the US for all my life and this would be a big change.
I need help and info
Thank you I would gladly appreciate all the help.
Reading your post and the responses that were created leaves me wondering a few things:
1. Why would your mother want for you to live near her?
2. Does your mother knows anyone with the slightest access to power? (ie. police, military, prominent business person, knows someone who has connections, etc)
3. Do you really want to make this move or are you giving your mother's suggestion a much higher priority over your own opinion?
4. Have you discussed this with your kids? Regardless if they are very young or young adult, talk to them about the possibility of moving to the DR and simply listen and see how they react to the idea. It would be wise to ask them while on a trip to the DR to see if they can see themselves living there. This should give you an idea of how open your kids may be to this change.
The DR is a great country with plenty of things to offer, both good and bad, but only if you know how to gain access to these goodies. I know alot of people (some family and others simply acquaintances) who live in the DR (mostly Moca, Santiago, La Vega, and Santo Domingo and a couple in Puerto Plata). Some of them are professionals and live a very comfortable lifestyles. Others are experts in their respective fields but not professionals per se, work for multinational companies and are living very comfortably. Then there are those who are retired and again, living well either from their own financial plan or living off remittances from their kids and extended family. A single denominator that is present in all of them includes: 1. good connections, 2. Have an expertise in a particular field (ie. accountants, doctors, civil engineering, etc), and 3. has an extended family that is able and quick to react to any financial or emotional trauma that may suddenly arise.
Think two, three, and four times before making such a radical move. This holds true not just for moving from one country to the DR, but in reality applies to all places.
Good luck!
-NALs