Carrying Cash on Plane

[IslandDreaming]

I don’t know what country you are traveling from, but as far as United states goes upon departure you must declare your cash to customs if the amount exceeds $10,000 or its foreign equivalent (Family and persons flying together, this is the Total For example if you have $4,000.00 and your wife has more than $5,999.00 it must be reported) The Dominican Republic is a signatory of the Declaration of Kingston regarding money laundering so these restrictions apply to the bringing of money to the DR also

It makes no difference if you hand carry it, wire it or stick it up your donkey's butt, it must be declared or face seizure and loss for failure to declare

You are allowed to bring any amount of money into the country, it simply must be declared if over $10,000.00 and be prepared to explain where it came from and it’s intended purpose (Only time I have experienced this was driving through a Canadian crossing from US, couple of us had a bunch of cash heading to casino Ontario and went through a bunch of crap from Canadian Border control)

 

[IslandDreaming]

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[dropshort]

You can carry a cashiers check for a trillion dollars payable to anyone through customs without a declaration.
You must declare more that $9,999.99 and explain where you received the funds.
Does the cashiers check come uer scrutiny? Yes! But not by ICE/customs.

I have checked with both US and Canadian Customs and agents at both sides of the border.

The only funds that concern customs are funds that can be freely negotiated.
Such as cash and travelers checks.

Please note that by saying check I really mean cheque. A cashiers cheque is really a bank draft.

You can only follow the rules when you understand the rules. Which is the object of this thread.

 

[Dandman]

You only have to declare over $10,000 BUT if you are carrying over $5000, The TSA counts and documents it and also searches all carry on luggage. It has happened to me and to two of my friends. Three different airports. It happened to me in Philadelphia and to my friends in NYC and Miami.

 

[AlterEgo]

You only have to declare over $10,000 BUT if you are carrying over $5000, The TSA counts and documents it and also searches all carry on luggage. It has happened to me and to two of my friends. Three different airports. It happened to me in Philadelphia and to my friends in NYC and Miami.

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And HOW do they know you're carrying over $5,000??? The only question is if you have over $10K.

I've never flown to DR with less than $5,000 in my purse, usually more, and I've never been stopped, questioned, counted, etc.

 

[Criss Colon]

You have a LOT to learn about the DR!!!!!!
I hope the cost of some of your education is not $30,000 US!
If customs finds $30,000 in a barrel, It's DRUG MONEY, and you can spend 5 years proving it isn't, and that's ONLY, if they don't just take it, and they WILL!
Many of us deposit money in our US bank accounts, and then cash our personal checks here at a "Casa De Cambio" where we have a relationship.
I have used the same one here in SD since 1986!!!!!
Cashed checks for as much as $80,000 US.
People arriving at the airports, and declairing over $10,00 US, have been robbed of large amounts of cash.
The customs, and or immigration agents, get their home address" then call to have their people just wait for the people with the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to arrive at their home!
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[Africaida]

MiamiDRGuy...we are cousins !!!! I know what a coincidence !

I am coming down this summer, I can take some $$ for you, not a problem.

That's what family are for, don't thank me

 

[Criss Colon]

"Mi Primo" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[SKing]

"Mi Amorrrrrrrrrrr"!!!!!!!

SHALENA

 

[SKing]

"Mi Amorrrrrrrrrrr"!!!!!!!

SHALENA

 

[pelaut]

FYI:

Things are changing. The "Patriot Act" has a "know your customer clause" which the regulators in the new Administration in D.C. began to tighten, and tightened again with the application of the Dodd/Frank control legislation. Merrill Lynch (Bank of America now) "discovered" I was permanently living overseas after 36 years and unilaterally closed my account.

Read this, and don't let your bank know you're a full time ex-pat.

 

[Contango]

Its so much harder to wash these days... I saw an ad in the newspaper yesterday I got a chuckle out of " IWASH Corp. I wonder what they do?

 

[LindseyKaufman]

Even when wiring large sums of money into a bank account, you must show what the funds are for. For example, when we bought our condo and wired funds to our account, before they would be deposited, we had to show the purchase papers. It's not a big deal. As was said earlier, they just don't want drug money coming into the country, and when possible, they try to avoid laundering. At least that is the way it goes at my bank- Banco Santa Cruz.

Lindsey

 

[Barahonacity]

I got through the airport with 9,000 cash. No problems.

 

[jstarebel]

I've always kept my banking in the states with BOA. Direct deposits, bill pay online, and cash when I need it at the going exchange rate from any Scotiabank ATM in the Caribbean free of any other bank charges. I just dont like walking around with a lot of cash on me and not just in the DR, but the other Caribbean islands as well. I figure if I'm going to get robbed, then they're not going to get a significant amount of cash from me.