The passport # doesn't match the numbers to any of my old passports that I found. Totally weird -
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The passport # doesn't match the numbers to any of my old passports that I found. Totally weird -
When you purchased the car, they should have put the passport number in that block. Have you checked it against your drivers license number? It's possible they might have used that instead(?).
it's a 9 digit number so it looks like an older US Passport #.
No letter in front of it like the new US Passports. It dies not match my driver's license either that starts with a letter. I bought the vehicle new from a dealership in Santo Domingo. Perhaps the clerk who handled the paperwork screwed up. Wonder if I should go back to the dealer and get this cleared up since one day down the road I'll sell the car.
Or does it matter?
Hate the thought of driving back to that city and dealing with those insane, kamikaze drivers
Did you try and get a new marbete? I would do that first before I go anything else.
Then if you have a problem perhaps try the motor vehicle registration office near where you live.
Sounds like the clerk putting in the wrong number is a possibility(?). Not sure how much problem that would cause you on a sale(?). Third parties often get marbetes for others, so you shouldn't have any problem with that. They only need a copy of the passport or cedula as proof of whom the marbete was given to.
I just got back from getting my 2025 Marbete at Ademi this morning. This is my expierence.
There were 7 or 8 people in front of me but the whole thing took exactly 1/2 hour. Not bad at all. As an illegal alien, I don't have a cedula. The bank's workaround was to nab the guy in front of me to use his cedula. I gave him my matricula and the 1500 pesos and everything worked fine. This was done at the bank lady's suggestion but the dude in front of me had no objection. No propinas for anyone as I didn't think it would look good at a bank.
There were 7 or 8 people in front of me but the whole thing took exactly 1/2 hour. Not bad at all. As an illegal alien, I don't have a cedula. The bank's workaround was to nab the guy in front of me to use his cedula. I gave him my matricula and the 1500 pesos and everything worked fine. This was done at the bank lady's suggestion but the dude in front of me had no objection. No propinas for anyone as I didn't think it would look good at a bank.
This just goes to the tune of if you don't succeed in one place just go elsewhere. 2020 needs to read this..................
That's never been a problem as far as I know(?). Many third parties using their own cedula pick up marbetes for friends and others. A copy of your passport would have worked, too.
No, it's because of the new Cedula that's coming in 2025. Because all the ones we have (both expats and locals) is currently expired and they supposed to start that on October.
Migración started with this (asking the Cedula) on all Dominicans entering and leaving the country.
Now is supposedly a mandate from DGII to banks and match data from matriculas with cedulas and passports.
cc @cavok
Yesterday the immigration guy at SDQ asked to see Mr AEs cedula. He then told him to hold it in his hand until he reached baggage claim. We both had to do fingerprints
I still do not see why the bank teller cannot simply enter a cedula number into their system and see the picture of the client and approve it that way.
What effect does the new as yet non-extent cedula have to do with what is being done today?
Matching a cedula with a matricula can be done entirely in the on line data bases, but no, they need a paper copy...
Backwards and silly and inefficient, but hey this is the DR...
It is even more silly for Migracion to ask for a Cedula when a Passport is used for travelling. Makes no sense at all.
I would love to hear Migracion's reason for this. Don't they trust that passports are real?
Perhaps MrAE has another nationality ?
Say a US passport, used for traveling.
Just guessing, though
If MrAE had another nationality other than Dominican, then he might have legal residency and have a card for that as well as a cedula. Otherwise he would just enter on a tourist card with his foreign passport and have no cedula at all.
Having a cedula out instead of a passport or legal residency ID card makes NO sense regarding the airport situation described.
I would love to see the reasons for that requirement for a cedula at an airport instead of just a DR passport or a Foreign passport and perhaps a legal residency card.
I think Mr AE is a DR citizen, no?
Unless I recall incorrect, I think it was previously stated that this was to check who's in the military and who is not, but I think even this information could and should be included in the passport, that's the way it's done where I'm from. I agree, the requirement of having the national ID cedula at an airport does not make any sense, passport is internationally the only valid ID. Even back home, I can use only my passport exclusively in any given situation, but driver's license not enough...
He is a dual US/DR citizen for over 40 years. He travels with his US passport, he has an expired DR passport that he hasn’t used in decades. Leaving immigration we had to show our passport opened to the new entry stamp, and he had to also show his cedula. This was at the door to luggage where we used to hand over the handwritten form we filled out for immigration. All I can think is that it’s because his stamp doesn’t have a date on it because he’s Dominican and can stay forever if he wants.
That is a bit different than having a DR cedula out until you reach the baggage claim area afer arriving. I showed my DR passport to prove I was a DR citizen when goint to the USA where I must use my USA passport to board. No cedula was involved a few months ago.
So, are they only making people with foreign passports and Dominican Citizenship/Legal Residency show a cedula to prove there legal status in the DR?
Or do people with Dominican passports only also have to show a cedula now on arrival and departure as I understand the new requirement?