I have a question. I am moving in July/August from the US. I received my residency Visas for me and 2 children from the Dominican Embassy in Washington,DC. At the time they did not tell me that the Visas expired in 60 days and that I would need to go to the DR to get the Provosional within that time. I cannot wait to move to do this because I need to enroll my children into a school soon. Anyway, they let my Visas sit on the desk until I had a friend in Santiago call to question about them. He was told that I needed to send a SASE to have them sent to me (something else that I was not told and was not included on the website). Anyway, by the time I got them they were to expire in 4 weeks so I went to DR for the Provisional. I got there to Santo Domingo with copies of everything that it said I needed on the website, and including I had my friend call so that I could make sure that I had everything. Got there and was told that I needed to bring my children with me:angry: Also, I knew that I needed a Sponsor. The employee over the phone before told me that the Sponsor had to be a Dominican that could basically vouch for me and say that they will be responsible for any messes that I make (in so many words). I have several Dominican friends there that said that that would be fine. But when I got home and called again, I was told that the sponsor has to own their own car, house, business, etc. in order to vouch for me. My friends do not have that ability.
Anyway, the girl tells me on the phone that there are people that do that for money, and for $400 US a piece she could get me a sponsor and she can make sure that all of the papers go through without coplications. She gave me her extension there and her cell phone number. For 5 minutes I considered it because this process is time-consuming, pricey, and just plain getting on my nerves. But my friend in Santiago says that if I do that I may end up with fake Cedulas which of course, is not what I want. What do you do when a person sincerely wants to move to the Domincan Republic but all of their friends are poor. Who sponsors them??? And do they really even make fake Cedulas??? I am going back in April with my children for the med examination and the "final paperwork". I just have "feeling" that when I return to the US, there will be something else needed that is an impossibility.
HELP!!!
Anyway, the girl tells me on the phone that there are people that do that for money, and for $400 US a piece she could get me a sponsor and she can make sure that all of the papers go through without coplications. She gave me her extension there and her cell phone number. For 5 minutes I considered it because this process is time-consuming, pricey, and just plain getting on my nerves. But my friend in Santiago says that if I do that I may end up with fake Cedulas which of course, is not what I want. What do you do when a person sincerely wants to move to the Domincan Republic but all of their friends are poor. Who sponsors them??? And do they really even make fake Cedulas??? I am going back in April with my children for the med examination and the "final paperwork". I just have "feeling" that when I return to the US, there will be something else needed that is an impossibility.
HELP!!!
