- Thread starter King in the North
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Shock - Required Return Ticket if no residency
But they are NOT looking for a convenient excuse as no one even gets asked by Migracion for a return ticket. NO ONE...
Amazing. No one this board was ever asked, but you found a :Youtuber. Yeah right................
John you could always go read the Haiti forum with Elizabeth and SanPedro. Olly and Windy are active in the Edenorte "Post your power outage" thread as well.
Its NOT Opinion ...
I have personally been forced 2 times to purchase a Ticket on the spot .. the second time I said no more and I played their Game my way ..
One event a group of us got snagged , like 10 people all forced to buy return tickets on the spot .. A supervisor had to come out, and he was NOT fooling around when he said " you want to be on this flight or NOT .. your choice"
I know DOZENS of people who this had happened to .. Your generalization is not only off base it is completely False .
Yes it is a spot check, and if you travel to the DR like 4+ or more times a year , which some of us used to do you WILL get caught ,
it used to be like 10% - 20% of the time , now it could be much higher .
Correct . The DR does NOT ask when you arrive to see your return Ticket ..they only ask HOW LONG you are staying , and they will write 30 days I believe on your Entry Stamp .. that is as far as they go .
No one has ever been asked as far as we know , I have never heard of it happening first hand or second hand .
so on this part you are 100% correct .
And, what would be a reason that migration would ne "looking for a good, easy, reason to deny entry to someone" on those grounds. Do you know of ANYBODY in migration that is looking for extra work?
Correct. They will write 30 days even if you say "just for the weekend". Same way going out: You stay 31 days without an extension you will pay the overstay fee (I think it was about 20-25 bucs),
She refers to it as a visa issue... They are speaking about moving to here, so as far as I could think, a "visa issue" would have to do with the residency visa? You told here that you spoke with this person, so please feel free to elaborate, but on the video, there is no mention of this issue at hand, as far as I can see...
When I still was arriving as a tourist to the DR, also nobody cared less if I had a return ticket...
So very true. However lack of enforcement isn't the same as lack of regulation. Laws and regulations are only as good as their enforcement. Remember attitudes change and some migration officers may actually start enforcing the return ticket regulation.
One more thing, the IATA in a FAQ question list not having a return ticket as one of the reason passengers get rejected from boarding their flight. They also note that this regulation is rarely enforced but, like most things in life, this is subject to change. Estis admoniti.
What are the main reasons for a passenger to be rejected from boarding their flight?
- Passport validity
Each country demands that travelers' travel documents must be valid for a certain length of time, and, in many cases, it will vary by the nationality of the passenger - One-way tickets
Most countries have regulations that non-nationals must have a return or onward ticket showing that they do not intend to stay in the destination country; however, few actually enforce this - Visa
Passengers do not have a visa or it is invalid. This is becoming an increasingly complex area as many countries are starting to accept visas issued by other countries, e.g. Mexico will accept US visas
There are a lot of reasons migracion might consider a person "undesirable". I'm not going to elaborate. Use your imagination. No return ticket makes it very easy to send them back where they came from.
Immigration at point of entry will or may not ask (probably not). This being because they are dependent of the airline screening before boarding. Is there anyone on this board who has had immigration ask for a return ticket? I doubt it. Would I go as far as saying that immigration never or will never ask? No, I would NEVER say NEVER. I am not sure what your point is? Is there a rule/regulation for a return/onward ticket, yes. Will all airlines impose the same process each and every time, probably not.
Since when would someone who wants to enter a country illegally be bad press or bad for tourism? Have you ever heard of someone going to for example Europe without a visa and being denied entry crying out in the press??? Every country have their rights to demand whatever they want from people entering the country, it's not a right to enter the country.
And if you're really worried and you plan to stay here for longer than 30 days or without specific plans to return to your home, maybe you should get resident visa...... Just my 2 cents, I've never had an issue but then I've always been here legally....
Some of you are really missing the Concept here .
And please don't lecture and group together the people who just simply want an OPEN ended Vacation of more than the Standard WEEK .
with the People who over stay , and or Plan to Over stay beyond 30 , this is a different Topic entirely ... IMHO.
Speaking of Europeans, most of them come to the DR for 3 weeks on their " Holiday " .
The no return ticket we are speaking of is for some of us for LESS time that that ..but Some of us Travelers do NOT WANT A HARD RETURN DATE ..
What is so hard to understand about this ? when you buy a Return and then Change it , that costs MORE money .. $150 at the least . and for what ?
Until you have traveled with no known return day , you have no idea how nice it can be . Complete relaxation , no countdown clock .
Try it , you may just really like it .
And please don't lecture and group together the people who just simply want an OPEN ended Vacation of more than the Standard WEEK .
with the People who over stay , and or Plan to Over stay beyond 30 , this is a different Topic entirely ... IMHO.
Speaking of Europeans, most of them come to the DR for 3 weeks on their " Holiday " .
The no return ticket we are speaking of is for some of us for LESS time that that ..but Some of us Travelers do NOT WANT A HARD RETURN DATE ..
What is so hard to understand about this ? when you buy a Return and then Change it , that costs MORE money .. $150 at the least . and for what ?
Until you have traveled with no known return day , you have no idea how nice it can be . Complete relaxation , no countdown clock .
Try it , you may just really like it .