Your best course of action is to go with a reputable moving company there in France, which is local. The clearing process is to be carried out by a local (DR) agent.
What’s important, is that your husband applied for the residency via work process, so all your home stuff is cleared with little to no duties.
That starts at his end there in France.
This would depend on where your husband job in SD will be located. Once you have this piece of information, there are plenty of options that can be formulated.
This country is located in a Caribbean island, shared between two nations. Everything is either boated or flown in and out.
Expect to pay higher rates for anything that’s imported and/or uses lots of import raw materials in the manufacturing.
There’s nothing prohibitively here, just a tad or higher more expensive.
DR follows US bed sizes, European shoe sizes.
Don’t ship any electronics, Best to buy them for US rated electrical service/plugs. it will be a hassle to keep hauling and using adapters for your EU electronics for long here. You can keep some important ones for your travels back to France. We buy them from the US and bring them with us most of the time.
The rest we buy here, more expensive but with warranties.
There’s no minimum stay away requirement.
You MUST not overstay your visa free stay, since you plan on applying for residence thereafter.
There are still flights to Cuba, but it’s a touch and go with gov there.
Yes, there are large sizes but not so much for shoes. Clothes need not be specialized for humidity. Just get what you like and don’t worry.
Another plus in the DR is that you can have your clothes custom tailored to your liking for cheap.
My niece is 6’ 1” and she finds what she shops for most of the time here. But since tailors are a Dime a dozen here…cheap!
It depends on type of rental. Furnished rentals have everything. Unfurnished rentals may or most likely may not. No curtains and basic lighting fixtures to customize with your tastes.
High end rentals usually come with fixtures in place.
To bring your pet is not too hard, just a bit more complicated now than before covid.
Yes to both. It’s more to your needs. But it’s highly recommended they don’t live-in.
Most homes come with water cistern/tanks solutions. Inverters are the norm on high end rentals, not so much for unfurnished rentals.
It’s necessary, more so during powerful storms which are seasonal here.
Best of luck!
