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scotia

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The airline will force you to buy a return ticket. There are alternatives to that but I've never used them. I think Sky knows a website you can use for refundable return tickets.
I recently bought one way tickets from Puerto Rico to SDQ on JetBlue and only got warning message about onward tickets might be necessary. I have my return ticket to Canada so that won't be a problem for me entering the DR. In the past when I was unsure how long I'd stay I'd always buy a ticket that was changeable, pay overstay fees when leaving.
 
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If you know how long you will stay just buy a return ticket. I will return end of February, no problem with that.
Isn't the problem there that despite the fact that you have a return ticket, you're still overstaying the tourist visa? That would be the same situation as going without a return ticket?

I realize you can apply for the extension in migration after you've landed but how does the airline treat that option?
 

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The absolutely least stress-free option is to purchase a flexible return ticket, and be done with it. Do a little cost comparison of that versus buying a regular one-way fixed date return ticket (I know fares change all the time so it's not fool-proof) and see if you can live with the price difference. VerifiableTickets may work just fine but you'll still need a return ticket at some point :) As far as applying for an extension of your tourist visa, one more unnecessary piece of stress. Far easier to just pay the overstay when you leave
 

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Isn't the problem there that despite the fact that you have a return ticket, you're still overstaying the tourist visa? That would be the same situation as going without a return ticket?

I realize you can apply for the extension in migration after you've landed but how does the airline treat that option?
Airlines leaving the DR could care less about your length of stay. Just pay the Overstay Fee when you leave like thousands do here...........No Airline here will even mention this........
 
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Isn't the problem there that despite the fact that you have a return ticket, you're still overstaying the tourist visa? That would be the same situation as going without a return ticket?

I realize you can apply for the extension in migration after you've landed but how does the airline treat that option?
The airline is only required proof of a return ticket, the return date not, as you mention one could be applying for an extension. I also put the days of stay (100+) in the Eticket visa and it isn’t flagged by DR immigration. Just being honest can work. I have done this a few times now and it seems nobody cares how long I will stay. For me I can plan my stay and return ahead and only have the overstay fee when I leave. Also tickets are much cheaper when you buy them months before the flight. Lastminute tickets from the DR are always expensive.
 

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Airlines leaving the DR could care less about your length of stay. Just pay the Overstay Fee when you leave like thousands do here...........No Airline here will even mention this........
This wasn't really the point. If you stay over with or without a return ticket, is really irrelevant as far as I can see, as you've overstayed. The airlines may check your ticket as officially, they are responsible for getting you out of the DR if you're illegal as they are the ones that brought you in and of course, they would not want to absorb the cost of getting you out of the country free of charge...
 

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The airline is only required proof of a return ticket, the return date not, as you mention one could be applying for an extension. I also put the days of stay (100+) in the Eticket visa and it isn’t flagged by DR immigration. Just being honest can work. I have done this a few times now and it seems nobody cares how long I will stay. For me I can plan my stay and return ahead and only have the overstay fee when I leave. Also tickets are much cheaper when you buy them months before the flight. Lastminute tickets from the DR are always expensive.
Interesting, so what you're saying kind of implicates that this whole ordeal of requiring a return ticket does not make any sense, as it's only because of the visa regulations, and if an airline does not care about your return date, they are in fact allowing you to stay illegally (officially). Once you're over the tourist visa period of time, whether or not you have a return ticket or not, you're still illegal, having a return ticket after 5 years does not really change your status...

I have always put less than the officially allowed days on all forms for this exact reason, but now see that they don't actually care...
 
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Interesting, so what you're saying kind of implicates that this whole ordeal of requiring a return ticket does not make any sense, as it's only because of the visa regulations, and if an airline does not care about your return date, they are in fact allowing you to stay illegally (officially). Once you're over the tourist visa period of time, whether or not you have a return ticket or not, you're still illegal, having a return ticket after 5 years does not really change your status...

I have always put less than the officially allowed days on all forms for this exact reason, but now see that they don't actually care...
I think we need to separate airlines and immigration responsibilities. Airlines require (return)ticket, passport and proof of Eticket to show. That’s it. They can’t read the contents of the Eticket, nor do they need to know what I do in the DR, where I stay etc. That’s up to immigration and that is the grey area where there is always confusion (overstay/illegal).

I could be wrong but this is how I perceive it. If someone was denied with a 30+ days return ticket I would like to know because that might void my current approach.
 

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This wasn't really the point. If you stay over with or without a return ticket, is really irrelevant as far as I can see, as you've overstayed. The airlines may check your ticket as officially, they are responsible for getting you out of the DR if you're illegal as they are the ones that brought you in and of course, they would not want to absorb the cost of getting you out of the country free of charge...
First off you only need a return ticket going TO the DR. Not leaving the DR. Any one way ticket, a passport accepted at your destination, and filling out the E Ticket will get you on board. At customs you pay an Overstay Fee if a tourist over 30 days. All else is totally irrelevant...........
 
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Why is this stuff still confusing to some of you ? IMO some people should not be flying out of Country , if this is the type of stuff you cant grasp , even after a thousand Posts on the same exact exact topic . holy smokes .
Bottom line be prepared to buy a Return or onward ticket ON the spot at the airport, if you want to Chance a ONE way ticket .
Best yet, dont play games .
And If you dont have the money to do that on your Card, if needed , then stay home.
 
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Why is this stuff still confusing to some of you ? IMO some people should not be flying out of Country , if this is the type of stuff you cant grasp , even after a thousand Posts on the same exact exact topic . holy smokes .
Bottom line be prepared to buy a Return or onward ticket ON the spot at the airport, if you want to Chance a ONE way ticket .
Best yet, dont play games .
And If you dont have the money to do that on your Card, if needed , then stay home.
One more time here. You do NOT need a return ticket flying out of the DR, only coming here if you are NOT a citizen or resident...........End of story here...........
 

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First off you only need a return ticket going TO the DR. Not leaving the DR. Any one way ticket, a passport accepted at your destination, and filling out the E Ticket will get you on board. At customs you pay an Overstay Fee if a tourist over 30 days. All else is totally irrelevant...........
Who is talking about leaving the DR? I agree with your comment but not sure what has this to do with this thread?
 

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Maybe you should Read the OP's comments,
She added this to her thread . see here post #112.
I did, multiple times, please find below post #112 in quotation marks:

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Good day everyone,
question : if I enter Dominican Republic( from canada ) without a return ticket and no visa to stay >30 days will I be denied access ?"

So you're saying that they are asking if they cannot return to Canada or rather would be denied boarding leaving the DR and going back to Canada? Doesn't make sense to me, you can always return to your home country, no? Then all the responses regarding return ticket are also irrelevant?

I understood (I admit that their post is not perhaps very clearly written) that they were asking if they are allowed to board a flight from Canada to the DR without a return ticket, as that has been a common question on this forum. My apologies if misunderstood this...
 

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Hey ,
I appreciate your response and I have heard and read this many many many times …..and I consider myself pretty smart and very astute to personalities…….and I have called him out many many times as a fraud ,,,,,,but I have not yet caught him in a lie and I have tried many times with that to…..
in the end and up to this point I have attributed our differences in culture and language To be a barrier……but I still have strong feelings for him…….
and while I may have spent money on him and helped him out financially …….is that a crime ? NO.it is not , I know these people are very hard workers , they work their butts off in every way and do not get up the ladder very quickly or often at all. I feel for these people immensely…….it’s a very poor country they live in……but they , most , are very good people……
Just a question: If he was someone you met in your ---I'm assuming "first world"---community, would you be "helping him?"
 

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I think you directed that to the wrong person..
My difference was not with you on any of your posts .
It was not directed at you at all. Just the whole thread is anything but clear. I hope I cleared any misconceptions about return tickets................
 
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What I do is buy tickets that allow date changes for a reasonable change fee. If I can fly back as planned, then great. If not, pay a little (so overall cost is less than fully-flexible tickets). I have not overstayed anywhere but this is a reasonable option which avoids the 'return ticket' question and is easy enough to do. And most of the time a return is cheaper than two one-ways