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**Hpdovoxm** · 08-27-2012, 05:01 PM

It used to be that the DR government let you win with a $10 tourist card and you paid an overstay fee when you left based upon how many extra months you were here. Now, there are new laws and regulations that are in what I would call a very confused state at the moment. The laws say one thing, the embassies another and the Migration department another while others report that no two lawyers say the same thing.

If you are going to live here permanently then you should become a resident. That requires contacting the DR embassy where you live and getting the proper documents together on your end before you come here. If you going to be here for one year, then you have some difficult choices to make on being legal versus illegal, what the government will do, etc, etc. I do not think that there is a clear answer on what will happen to illegals. And the propina comment was about the fact that with enough money, many issues can be overcome. On top of that, I have no idea how medical insurance companies will treat you if you are not legally married and/or illegally in the country.

08-27-2012, 05:01 PM	#5
Hpdovoxm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	It used to be that the DR government let you win with a $10 tourist card and you paid an overstay fee when you left based upon how many extra months you were here. Now, there are new laws and regulations that are in what I would call a very confused state at the moment. The laws say one thing, the embassies another and the Migration department another while others report that no two lawyers say the same thing. If you are going to live here permanently then you should become a resident. That requires contacting the DR embassy where you live and getting the proper documents together on your end before you come here. If you going to be here for one year, then you have some difficult choices to make on being legal versus illegal, what the government will do, etc, etc. I do not think that there is a clear answer on what will happen to illegals. And the propina comment was about the fact that with enough money, many issues can be overcome. On top of that, I have no idea how medical insurance companies will treat you if you are not legally married and/or illegally in the country.
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