Dominican Immigration has extended the stay for tourist

Uzin

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Interesting they failed to mention this re-entry issues or deportations on their latest fee increase, as if they forgot, Oooops ..... !!!? lol

As long as enough money is being made by the DGM (and their immigration officers, wink wink), there will be no issues, the "incentive" is to the opposite direction, more the merrier and all that... :cheeky:
 

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Am I reading that wrong, or does this most recent overstay fee/fine list say it's for those who are paying for an extension while applying to get legal? These amounts look similar to what was already in place for that. Migración still has the existing overstay fee list in place at:


https://www.migracion.gob.do/Menu/index/21

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Am I reading that wrong, or does this most recent overstay fee/fine list say it's for those who are paying for an extension while applying to get legal? These amounts look similar to what was already in place for that. Migración still has the existing overstay fee list in place at:


https://www.migracion.gob.do/Menu/index/21

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You are reading wrong my friend. This list is for EVERYONE that enters and leaves the DR with a tourist visa. People that are applying for residency may have to pay also until a certain point in the process.
 

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You are reading wrong my friend. This list is for EVERYONE that enters and leaves the DR with a tourist visa. People that are applying for residency may have to pay also until a certain point in the process.
Exactly. My friend paid according to this schedule over a year ago. She'd overstayed a previous visa (not tourist card; a visa) without applying for residency and this was detailed in her charges during the application process. She had to "get right" at this rate before they would process her application - basically an exception so she wasn't required to leave the country to apply for residency.

This document says specifically it is for people who have violated the 30 day deadline for appearing at Migración and depositing their documents and application for residency or other migratory status - after entering the country on a visa. This is not new.

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windeguy

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Interesting they failed to mention this re-entry issues or deportations on their latest fee increase, as if they forgot, Oooops ..... !!!? lol

As long as enough money is being made by the DGM (and their immigration officers, wink wink), there will be no issues, the "incentive" is to the opposite direction, more the merrier and all that... :cheeky:

Migracion already published a separate notice about their policy on not being allowed back in the country after previous overstays. Here that is again:

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Uzin

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Am I reading that wrong, or does this most recent overstay fee/fine list say it's for those who are paying for an extension while applying to get legal? These amounts look similar to what was already in place for that. Migración still has the existing overstay fee list in place at:


https://www.migracion.gob.do/Menu/index/21

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I was also wondering about this, my Spanish is not that good, but it clearly mentions residency applicants, and those who "submitted an application" and overstayed, later says for any other status but that means anyone who submitted an application for any other purpose. What has this got to do with tourists who don't need a visa and no need to submit any application... !?

Absolutely no date on this document, what a great official document, also not says from when this applies (if new/changed policy). I am very suspicious, DR1 spin doctors at work.... lol (some really get a kick out of this - get a life).

My friend left DR on 22 May and paid the old fee schedule for your info.
 

windeguy

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Exactly. My friend paid according to this schedule over a year ago. She'd overstayed a previous visa (not tourist card; a visa) without applying for residency and this was detailed in her charges during the application process. She had to "get right" at this rate before they would process her application - basically an exception so she wasn't required to leave the country to apply for residency.

This document says specifically it is for people who have violated the 30 day deadline for appearing at Migración and depositing their documents and application for residency or other migratory status - after entering the country on a visa. This is not new.

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They actually kept track of the fact that your friend had previously overstayed. Interesting.
 

windeguy

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You are reading wrong my friend. This list is for EVERYONE that enters and leaves the DR with a tourist visa. People that are applying for residency may have to pay also until a certain point in the process.

I would use the word's "tourist card" instead of "tourist visa" with respect to all of the countries that can enter the DR visa free. There are about 107 countries that can enter the DR without a visa.
 

Kip

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They actually kept track of the fact that your friend had previously overstayed. Interesting.
They knew by her passport stamps. She entered then never left. Her husband carried the whole family's passports to the states and obtained visas, then brought them back. So, she had a visa without entry under it. *However*, it is worth noting that she'd once before had a visa in 2014/15, and had left since, paying over stays....but they charged her this penalty going back to the *original* visa.

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windeguy

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Maybe because it is not new ....

Just a lack of being thorough. It is true that the laws being discussed are not new at all. What is new is that those laws are being discussed at all along with the consequences of violating them.
 

windeguy

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They knew by her passport stamps. She entered then never left. Her husband carried the whole family's passports to the states and obtained visas, then brought them back. So, she had a visa without entry under it. *However*, it is worth noting that she'd once before had a visa in 2014/15, and had left since, paying over stays....but they charged her this penalty going back to the *original* visa.

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I suspect she had a tourist card and overstayed unless she was from one of the few countries for which the DR requires a visa for entry.
 

Uzin

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I think we jumped the gun on this one document with no date, I wait until we get more confirmation that there is actually and really have been an increase in fee schedule...
 

windeguy

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I think we jumped the gun on this one document with no date, I wait until we get more confirmation that there is actually and really have been an increase in fee schedule...

The fee schedule is easy to find . Here is the link and notice the wording:
https://www.migracion.gob.do/Content/docs/prorroga.pdf


PRÓRROGA DEPÓSITOS DE EXPEDIENTES
A partir de la fecha, todos los casos de usuarios extranjeros que, habiendo violado el plazo de
treinta (30) días prescrito en el PARRAFO y del artículo 45 y del artículo 71 de la Ley General de
Migración No. 285-04, del 15 de agosto del 2004, dentro del cual debieron realizar el depósito
de sus aplicaciones y que solicitaren PRÓRROGA PARA SOLICITUD DE DEPÓSITOS DE
EXPEDIENTES CON FINES DE RESIDENCIA Y/O CUALQUIER OTRO ESTATUS MIGRATORIO que sea
de lugar conforme a la ley, se les cobren los siguientes importes, según el caso:
De 1 a 4 meses RD$5,000.00 Pesos
De 4 a 5 meses RD$6,000.00 Pesos
De 5 a 6 meses RD$7,000.00 Pesos
De 6 a 7 meses RD$8,000.00 Pesos
De 7 a 8 meses RD$9,000.00 Pesos
De 8 a 9 meses RD$10,000.00 Pesos
De 9 a 10 meses RD$11,000.00 Pesos
De 10 a 11 meses RD$12,000.00 Pesos
De 11 a 12 meses RD$13,000.00 Pesos

A partir de un (1) año de haber ingresado al país se cobrará cinco mil pesos con 00/100
(RD$5,000.00), por cada año o fracción. Para los fines pertinentes, el plazo se computara a partir
de la fecha al país no del período establecido en la visa de residencia.


Google translation:

EXTENSION DEPOSITS OF RECORDS As of the date hereof, all cases of foreign users who, having violated the term of thirty (30) days prescribed in PARAGRAPH and article 45 and article 71 of the General Law of Migration No. 285- 04, of August 15, 2004, within which they had to make the deposit of their applications and request EXTENSION FOR APPLICATION OF DEPOSITS OF RECORDS FOR RESIDENCE PURPOSES AND / OR ANY OTHER IMMIGRATION STATUS that is of place according to the law, charge them the following amounts, depending on the case: From 1 to 4 months RD $ 5,000.00 Pesos From 4 to 5 months RD $ 6,000.00 Pesos From 5 to 6 months RD $ 7,000.00 Pesos From 6 to 7 months RD $ 8,000.00 Pesos From 7 to 8 months RD $ 9,000.00 Pesos From 8 to 9 months RD $ 10,000.00 Pesos From 9 to 10 months RD $ 11,000.00 Pesos From 10 to 11 months RD $ 12,000.00 Pesos From 11 to 12 months RD $ 13,000.00 Pesos From one (1) year of entering the country, five thousand pesos will be charged with 00/100 (RD $ 5,000.00), for each or or fraction. For the pertinent purposes, the term will be computed from the date to the country not of the period established in the residence visa.
 

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I suspect she had a tourist card and overstayed unless she was from one of the few countries for which the DR requires a visa for entry.
She had an NM1 visa, which is the same as she was issued last year, which she has now used to convert for residency. This was one of many sticking points with the Dominican Consulate in Miami. Despite having a Residency Visa listed on the website, they assured both our families that they did not issue such a thing.....then said they could possibly issue it but wouldn't recommend using it to apply for residency (go figure that out). They said the only reasonable way was to get another visa (NM1 specifically) and apply with that after arriving back in the DR.

Both our families have a long history with the Miami Consulate. Over the past 4 years, we've asked many of the same questions repeatedly and rarely get the same answer twice. Heck, their website was horribly wrong in 2015 as to prices and requirements for visas.....and still is. They updated the facade of the site but copied and pasted all the incorrect information.

In 2015, my family tired of so many differing opinions from their personnel. We literally took the *four* different lists of required documentation we'd received in the months leading up to our move and assembled everything from all of them into a single 2" binder. We hand delivered this binder to the Consulate, sat down with the folks there and went through it page by page. Having several different prices, we also waited until that appointment to get a "right-this-minute" price so we could walk to the bank down the street and get a cashier's check to pay them.

As recently as March this year, they were reporting that visa applicants must purchase the repatriation insurance required for residency - before receiving a visa. They wanted people to buy the same insurance while stateside....which, by the way, was not from one of the approved companies in RD....so one would of course need to buy it again to obtain residency. This, thankfully, was removed from the list more recently. I'm still irregular at the moment, but I'm going back next month....binder in hand....

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william webster

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You should be applauded for your perseverance...

As has been noted here before-
Even the official agencies are unsure of the requirements and procedures.

Makes life interesting - huh?
 

Uzin

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Windy; you posted this already, do you have the link to the previous fee schedule (as now apparently old)...!? If so we can compare the wording and see if they are the same.
 

windeguy

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Windy; you posted this already, do you have the link to the previous fee schedule (as now apparently old)...!? If so we can compare the wording and see if they are the same.

I found this about when it had previously changed, but I cannot find the wording. I don't recall the wording being the same, but I could be wrong. What is most important is the wording in the recent document from Migracion which says :

In this sense, the General Directorate of Migration, making use of the powers granted by Law 285-04 and its Regulation of Application, established by presidential decree 631-11, provides that any foreign national who exceeds the period authorized for their stay in the national territory, whose limit should not exceed the (60) days when he enters as a tourist, is SUBJECT TO NO ADMISSION AT THE TIME OF RETURNING TO THE COUNTRY, without prejudice to the penalty or rate of stay to which the FIFTH paragraph of Resolution DGM-05-2013 on the immigration control procedure in the Dominican Republic.



Here are the older fee schedules when they were compared:

1 DAY – 3 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $2,500, Old Fine: RD $800, Increase of 313%
3 – 9 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $4,000, Old Fine: RD $1,000, Increase of 400%
9 – 12 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $5,000, Old Fine: RD $2,500, Increase of 200%
12 – 18 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $6,500, Old Fine: RD $4,000, Increase of 163%
18 – 24 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $8,000, Old Fine: RD $5,000, Increase of 160%
24 – 30 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $9,500, Old Fine: RD $6,500, Increase of 146%
30 – 36 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $11,000, Old Fine: RD $9,000, Increase of 122%
36 – 48 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $16,000, Old Fine: RD $14,000, Increase of 114%
48 – 60 MONTHS New Fine*: RD $20,000, Old Fine: RD $14,000, Increase of 143%
6 YEARS New Fine*: RD $30,000, Old Fine: RD $17,000, Increase of 176%
7 YEARS New Fine*: RD $40,000, Old Fine: RD $17,000, Increase of 235%
8 YEARS New Fine*: RD $50,000, Old Fine: RD $17,500, Increase of 286%
9 YEARS New Fine*: RD $60,000, Old Fine: RD $18,000, Increase of 333%
10 YEARS New Fine*: RD $70,000, Old Fine: RD $18,500, Increase of 378%

http://ourtropicallife.com/dominican-republic-tourist-overstay-penalties-fines-fees/