If you are a legal resident of the DR or DR citizen, then on Air Canada you have to pay that $10 tourist card fee anyway and cannot have it deducted from the ticket price?
If so, I would say that is "behind" something rather than ahead of it.
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tourist card cost to be incorporated into airline ticket price
If you are a legal resident of the DR or DR citizen, then on Air Canada you have to pay that $10 tourist card fee anyway and cannot have it deducted from the ticket price?
If so, I would say that is "behind" something rather than ahead of it.
All I'm saying is that the fees are built in and you can decline the tourist card if you are a resident. I guess standing in line for up to an extra hour is something some people don't mind doing.
I on the other hand take the card and give it to someone who can better benefit from the 10.00 savings as I am a resident and don't need the card.
I on the other hand take the card and give it to someone who can better benefit from the 10.00 savings as I am a resident and don't need the card.
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It is usually the charter flights that require passengers to pay the departure tax at a kiosk in the departure area before boarding the flight out of the country.
You are not getting the point, that as Dominican is ilegal to be charged with the 10.00 US dollars for turist card, if is already included in the price of your ticket. Did you get the point?
ALLELUYAH !
Awesome news !!!!!! When is it going to take effect ???
I absolutely hate having to stand on that extra line after getting off the plane. By now, I am prepared, race off the plane trying to beat the crowd, always have my $10 dollars bills carefully placed in each passport, but, for some reasons, I am always end up behind 5 persons that are confused, don't have change, etc :dead:
Awesome news !!!!!! When is it going to take effect ???
I absolutely hate having to stand on that extra line after getting off the plane. By now, I am prepared, race off the plane trying to beat the crowd, always have my $10 dollars bills carefully placed in each passport, but, for some reasons, I am always end up behind 5 persons that are confused, don't have change, etc :dead:
Last paragraph of the article states that anyone charged the 10USD that does not have to pay it (I assume legal residents/citizens) can request a reimbursement at the DGII (Direccion General de Impuestos Internos). Like I'm going to waste my gas going to Sto. Dgo. to get my 10 bucks back... As to the 20USD departure tax, last time I travelled on Sunwing they had someone collecting the money right after check-in. Didn't matter that I was a legal resident, had to pay. The other Canadian airlines include the 10USD and the 20USD in the cost of the ticket.
Reembolso
Indica que los visitantes que por disposiciones previstas en convenios sobre la base de reciprocidad no estén sujetos al pago de la tarjeta de turismo, tendrán derecho al reembolso del valor pagado por este concepto, el cual deberá requerirse ante las oficinas de la Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII)
Reembolso
Indica que los visitantes que por disposiciones previstas en convenios sobre la base de reciprocidad no estén sujetos al pago de la tarjeta de turismo, tendrán derecho al reembolso del valor pagado por este concepto, el cual deberá requerirse ante las oficinas de la Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII)
Yes I get that point. As soon as somebody wants to point out this travesty of the sacred Dominican legal system to the proper authorities I'm sure we will see a terminology change to something original like Airport Improvement Fee 18b, Runway Sweeping Surcharge or some other ridiculous fee/ tax.
It's 10.00 USD to get into this country and 20.00 to get out. Get over it. By the way do you know where I can find a copy of this illegal law.
here is the decree in question.
https://www.scribd.com/document/366313398/Decreto-430-17
note articulo 4, parrafo:
Las empresas de transporte internacional de pasajeros deberan realizar las adecuaciones necesarias en sus sistemas informaticos para el cumplimiento de esta obligacion.
I agree with you.
My understanding is that Canadian airlines have been doing this for a long time.....didn’t WWebster say they are handed out on the plane? How are Dominicans and those with permanent residency handled by them?
My guess is that it’s a clever money-making scheme by the Dominican government. Most will not try to get their $10 back, and they save the employee costs at the airport if they don’t have to sell them there.
I’m also wondering about people who bought their ticket awhile ago, to travel there after Jan 1st, do they beat the system?
Yep, handed out on the planes to tourists, Dominicans and foreign legal residents alike.
Actually, the suggestion that a kiosk capable of returning $10 US to those Dominican citizens or legal residents not requiring a tourist card is not such a farcical notion. The staffed kioks already exist with sufficient $10 US denominations for those that enter and require the tourist card as is the current process. The person steps up to the kiosk, presents their appropriate documents, and receives their proper refund. It would be as simple as changing the label on or above the front of the kiosk, and even that is not obligatory. They would use the very same employees staffing the current operation. The primary article of debate or conflict would be on the proper exchange rate for that $10 US the Dominican citizen or legal resident receives upon arrival. It is essentially the same process, but reversed.
Hector, ask your airline if they are including the tourist card fee in their prices for that flight?
If he already booked his flight is not included, unless he is coming from Canada with Canadian airline, they will have to tell when will be efective in their systems.
That is separate from the Departure tax. That is the Overstay amount on your 30 day Visa.