Excellent advice.
I was going to say the exact same thing.
DO NOT ATTEMPT to carry that much cash thru an airport regardless of what the law says.
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US to DR, carrying more than 10,000 us dollars
I was going to say the exact same thing.
DO NOT ATTEMPT to carry that much cash thru an airport regardless of what the law says.
Have a CC with what ever limit you need, I use a miles card and a cash back card, one has 50k the other is 40k. Most appliance stores take credit cards. I agree with the above posts do not do more than 10k cash you do not want to have to declare it. You can also deposit money in your US checking account and use your Debit card at the ATM, the bank I use will let me get 40k pesos a day.
You don't need to be carrying more than $10K to have your cash seized by civil asset forfeiture:
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ATLANTA—Beating federal prosecutors in court is no easy task. But Brian Moore’s attorneys did just that when they helped him stop the civil forfeiture of […]
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Do it all the time, always report it- U.S. fill out the form, declare it on your e-ticket, always have paperwork showing the account it came from. Never been asked to show anything unless I have over $50k and then they just wanted to see some paperwork. Not really a big deal.
It would scare the sheet out of me. First time here after retirement I brought about $5000. I hid it all over. I was way concerned about being robbed.
18 years never a problem. We wire some, but they limit large sums with personal accounts. Opening a commercial account, but it's been years in process- you know the drill- typical nobody knowing what exactly is needed blaming everyone else..... They say it is done (yesterday) will see if it works.
I stay under the 10k limit ---- more or less 😆--- never had a problem, fingers crossed.
In the other thread about covid, the consensus seems to be that the LizardMen, aka the government, wants to control your mind and not let you own anything. Your minds will blow when you learn that they can block your cards at the touch of a button. 😲😲.
On a more serious note, as pointed out, I would be wary on my way out of the airport. Best option is having somebody pick you up and ask him to bring your pointy-stick along.
In the other thread about covid, the consensus seems to be that the LizardMen, aka the government, wants to control your mind and not let you own anything. Your minds will blow when you learn that they can block your cards at the touch of a button. 😲😲.
On a more serious note, as pointed out, I would be wary on my way out of the airport. Best option is having somebody pick you up and ask him to bring your pointy-stick along.
Still a lot of money to carry with you in DR.
I Will be panic on my way of STI at night.
JJ
Nowadays as card machines make their way across the whole of the DR, I bring less and less cash. I can also get it delivered to my house ( but I have to stay under the monthly limit).
For years, I brought over 10k per trip, arriving in STI, and thankfully never had a problem. Nor did I feel unsafe. Sure, I was wary, and always had my wife to pick me up at the airport.
Going off topic here, but over the last decade I have the feeling stuff had gotten much better security-wise. It may be just a feeling though.
10+ years ago we wouldn't go anywhere w/o a weapon, nowadays we hardly ever bother with one anymore, even at night.
Just take the 10K and deposit it on to your credit card account. You can use your credit card just about everywhere here in the DR and then you won't be wandering around with huge amounts of cash. Whenever I go on vacation I just transfer a few thousand to my credit card so I don't have to think about going over my limit. Easiest way to travel! I went to Australia for a year and did the same and when I did actually need some cash I took some out at the cashpoint.