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New stuff going on for folks entering/ overstaying visas.
My neighbors friends cousin had to pay exit fee for his pet also! Charged double because has 4 legs..
So people over stay and pay the fine now the dapate is about if thy can come back after repatingly over staying.
Here is the question why do thy care. Thy get the money and it is not like the Dom's in the usa geting benifits. Gringos get nothing and put money into the ****ry.
Here is the question why do thy care. Thy get the money and it is not like the Dom's in the usa geting benifits. Gringos get nothing and put money into the ****ry.
Maybe goverment is starting to be less prostitute than before, and starting to get into the path just like most of other countries.
People from the USA, Europe and other countries can go to Columbia and many other Latin American Countries for three months at a time visa free and can easily extend the their stay up to six months. I hope the Dominican Republic considers this and extends the visa free travel rules / tourist visa to three or six months... It certainly would make the country more friendly and open to new development and bring in more revenue.
I have a return ticket for the end of the school year that the school purchases for me (every year they get me a new one- whatever is the cheapest flight off the island). I fill out the immigration forms saying I'm on vacation and use the date on the ticket as my exit date. When talking to the immigration agent, I tell them right away that my husband teaches at the Carol Morgan School. They've never asked to see my return ticket. They've never given me a hard time about overstaying my visa. Maybe there's some understood agreement with the school?
Mexico is 6 months, because there are enclaves of extranjeros which come for extended winter stays from the cold North of the US and Canada - they keep some places like Mjijic, Baja, Playa Carmen and Guanajuato alive
It's not about North Americans overstaying and their money.
It's about Haitians, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans.
If the DR singles out those groups on immigration policies, the World Bank and IMF will beat their ears about prejudicial "profiling" at review time. The DR has to please the Money Men because the DR economy depends on their loans, both new and old rolling over.
I'm not so sure- it's a great way to gain extra money from snow birds. But why don't they just ask or have a booth on the way out of airports for extended stays and get a 60, 90-day or 6-month stamp ahead of time. Charge in advance for it and put the tourist at ease from worrying about another jail bus round up.
Because they don't want Haitians, Venezuelans and Puerto Ricans staying for months.
It's not about the tourist card money. That's chump change compared to the BILLIONS owed the WB and IMF that have the DR by the 'nads...
Macro vs. micro...
But therr still has not been a problem for 98% of the Americas euripons and canadines one dum lady on you tub. Come on people the over stay is here to stay. And any way i an makeing progress with my regulation plan. It is working out just fine and at very little cost. Very happy i got in on this plan.
And therein lies the rub! If there were not two countries on one island (stupidest thing...ever!) then there would already be such visas.
Or maybe, just maybe, even though its a big maybe, there a few clairvoyant dominican decision makers who see the big picture :
Is it a strech, for a small under-development country, to want a fair chunk of their prime estate land to end up in foreign hands ?
And by foreign hands, I dont mean haitian, by the way.
10+ years ago, the first time we toured the dr, I pointed out to my wife that if they were not careful ( they being the dominicans ), they could ( not would ) wake up and not be masters in their own land........
Small countries are subject to that risk. Larger ones, not so much. Some small countries will protect themselves by outpricing foreigners, or at least insure that only the wealthy, tax paying ones will come.
I think dominicans despise too many gringos even more than too many haitians.. Especially since haitians can hardly throw their wealth in their faces.
Proof ? I dont have any, it is just a feeling.
So we foreigners dont understand why we shouldnt be allowed to come and live in the dr ( all the stuff we buy, pay taxes on, etc....... ), and, yes, in the short term, it may be good for the dr economy.
But perhaps the dominicans are planning on the long term here, and think that enough gringos have been allowed to set up shop.
I mean how many dominicans want to live like the haitians live here ? Not many right. So haitians are more than welcomed ( even if the goverment pretends they are not ), as " slave" labour.
A haitian will hardly take the place of an educated, skillful dominican ( yes, yes, i know, some will ), whereas the gringo might.
I dont really believe all of that, but it is some thoughts for the mind.........
Especially since a lot of gringos dont seem to be the crème of their home lands....just saying.
Or, put it online and make it easy to pay. Last time I overstayed, I honestly didn't know what to do.
I still see people just paying up in the airport and being waved through. They don't even do a walk of shame or similiar. It's just thank you for the business and have a pleasant flight.
btw, there is a legal route for Hatians. However, the first step is getting a passport and there is a 1 year wait for that. Then you need a visa. Not sure how much time for that. The Hatian community in Puerto Plata is a mix of both legally documented people and non-documented workers.
One illegal Haitian that I know of is a teacher with a decent education but he's in Puerto Plata because his wife and 3 children are here with papers. He tries to work in construction, but he's pretty much fed up with the constant watching over his shoulder and ready to move back to Haiti on his one.