So I paid 20,000 pesos

[Criss Colon]

If you have your old passport bring it with you because if you do not have an entry stamp in your new passport immigration will charge you the maximum penalty fee applicable. I know this because I deal with immigration through work and this is their policy. The only way around this would be if you have an emergency passport issued to you...but then that would require your original passport to be cancelled.

NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In November I sent my paperwork for a new US passport to the office in Philadelphia.
NOT SUPPOSED to do that from outside the USA, but I do WHATEVER is necessary to NEVER go to the US consulate.
Had the new passport sent to my son in Massachusetts.
When he came down, he brought my new passport with him.
When I left the DR with by "VIRGIN" passport, they asked me how long I had been in DR.
I said "one day" he stamped megood to go, and I did!!!!!
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

 

[oldschool]

NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In November I sent my paperwork for a new US passport to the office in Philadelphia.
NOT SUPPOSED to do that from outside the USA, but I do WHATEVER is necessary to NEVER go to the US consulate.
Had the new passport sent to my son in Massachusetts.
When he came down, he brought my new passport with him.
When I left the DR with by "VIRGIN" passport, they asked me how long I had been in DR.
I said "one day" he stamped megood to go, and I did!!!!!
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

I don't doubt it as each immigration officer marches to his own drum and you probably scared the sh1t out of him/her but that's what immigration here in POP informed me and I have seen it enforced as such but this is the DR each case is handled differently.

 

[CristoRey]

I don't doubt it as each immigration officer marches to his own drum and you probably scared the sh1t out of him/her but that's what immigration here in POP informed me and I have seen it enforced as such but this is the DR each case is handled differently.

Sounds like the other airports are still handling each individual on a ca$e by ca$e basis.

 

[Cdn_Gringo]

Looks like the final money grab is underway in earnest. Da Boss says tips and brides will be a thing of the past. Santo Domingo airport seems to have a system in place that makes not paying the Govt difficult if not impossible. Punta Cana is supposed to get the computer system next, then maybe Puerto Plata. The feeding frenzy is on...

It would be interesting to hear of someone who gets no receipt leaving POP but chooses to arrive back in the DR via SDQ.

 

[jstarebel]

NOT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In November I sent my paperwork for a new US passport to the office in Philadelphia.
NOT SUPPOSED to do that from outside the USA, but I do WHATEVER is necessary to NEVER go to the US consulate.
Had the new passport sent to my son in Massachusetts.
When he came down, he brought my new passport with him.
When I left the DR with by "VIRGIN" passport, they asked me how long I had been in DR.
I said "one day" he stamped megood to go, and I did!!!!!
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC

Have to ask if you slipped him a little propina??

 

[Timotero]

That's why I asked to have my old passport returned to me. Just in case I need to prove that I was not here for 10 years.

Otherwise, if, and it's a bit IF, I decide to take a trip to Qu?bec, I was planning of trying to talk my way out by saying I entered last fall, lost my passport with the entry stamp and had to have a new one made from here, and see if it would fly...

But I know very well it may not fly, so I would have my old passport with me and the 20,000 pesos as well... But just in case it would work... What can I say, I'm an eternal optimist... lol... If you don't ask, you'll never receive yes ???

But so far, I don't intend to go anywhere, so it was just for my own information that I was asking... But who knows, knowing that I could get away with it, maybe I would take a little trip to Qu?bec...

I was taught that the definition of INTEGRITY is "doing the right thing even when no one is watching".

 

[airgordo]

Not exactly sure how they determine your entry date but they must have a record of it somewhere because the
immigration supervisor who brought me back to the Passport Control knew I had overstayed.

My situation and yours sound like they are the same. I purchased a new passport back in May of 2013
when the old one expired. I did not have any stamps in the new passport. When they checked to verify
my entry (original entry stamp), they used and made a copy of my old passport with my entry stamp dated April 2012.

It shows on the computer, if somebody cared to swipe your passport when you got in...

 

[me_canadian]

I just went to Canada on Monday September 12, as I do not have a Valid Cedula, I was prepared to pay the Departure Tax of $6,500 rd at the customs desk as I had been here over 1 year, but less than 18 months. The customs officer looked in my passport and found the "REGULARIZACION MIGRATORIA" sticker in my passport, I paid NOTHING !
, and possibly on my return do not need to purchase a "TOURIST CARD" either !

 

[jstarebel]

As many of you know, I have been living in the Dominican Republic on nothing
more than a tourist card since April 2012 . I was told when standing in line
at the JCE Office on San Isidro, SD that I needed to be in the country prior
to October of 2011 in order to qualify for the Regularization Plan. So, I never
bothered going back to get "regularized"
and decided I'll just deal with it when the time comes.

As it turns out, I had family emergency so I needed to catch a flight back to
Florida as soon as possible this week.
I booked a last minute ticket and Thursday morning June 9th I caught the bus
from downtown Santo Domingo to the airport. When I arrived at the airport, they (airport employees)
were in such a hurry to rush me through customs they forgot to charge me my
exit fee/ over stay fine. I have never paid an overstay fine so I was not sure when and where I
was supposed to pay the damn fee (no es me culpa) before boarding my plane.

Long story short, after clearing customs an immigration supervisor along with a
security officer walked over to me as I was sitting in the terminal and asked to see
my (exit stamp) passport. Then she (immigration supervisor) instructed me to walk
with them back to the passport control area. The supervisor asked me some questions
then she asked why I hadn't bothered to pay my 4 year, 2 month 20,000 pesos over stay fine?
I simply replied, "because nobody asked me too :cheeky:" The supervisor shook her
head and said to me "you've been here to long and your starting to act like a Dominican."

She then pointed to the counter on the opposite side of the control area and said "go pay
your fine or they won't let you re-enter when you decide to come back." Which I did. Then
I showed the receipt to her and few curious onlookers, walked back down to my gate and
hopped on a plane back to the good ol' USA.

So whats the point of me telling this story?
A lot of members who post on this forum are in a similar situation as mine. They entered
the country after October 2011 and did not bother to get "regularized". There has been a
tremendous amount of speculation about what may or may not happen to these people if/
when the try to leave the country at a later date?

Well... Let me be the first to tell you.. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is going to happen when
you decide to leave so long as you have the ca$h in hand to pay your exit (overstay) fee
when you pass through the Customs and Immigration Area at the airport before boarding
your flight.

CCCCCCCCCC was 100% correct again.
Safe travels.

since DR1 won't let me like your post, I'll respond by saying; Great story Cristo! I got a good laugh from it.. Thanks.

 

[wuarhat]

Dude, I chose the name CristoRey (as in Las Flores, Cristo Rey, Santo Domingo) because it
was the first neighborhood in this country I lived in. Perhaps I should have chosen
Urbanization Hilario (Nagua) or Charamicos (Sosua)...
Nah, think I'll stick with CristoRey.

Nice neighborhood, the first place I ever stayed was La Cementera. Next hood over.