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**EliteFranceska** · 08-21-2012, 02:40 PM

As son of a Dominican (thus being Dominican) I suppose you are entitled to the once in your life import household items to DR. I am not sure if and how that works if you haven't lived here and if you don't have your Dominican status worked out, but I guess it's worth considering. You / your Dominican parent can request transcription of your birth certificate so you won't need to apply for residence and once done I assume you have the right to import once duty free.

I moved myself from Holland to Santo Domingo with a 20ft container and paid 6500 euros door to door but had to pay about USD1000 in Demurrage at the port due to the fact that customs is kind of slow in the process of the duty exemption. While that's out of control of the moving company they wouldn't include that in a package deal. If you would prefer to move without first finding out about duty exemption no moving company would include the duty in the package either while that's out of their control also.

08-21-2012, 02:40 PM	#3
EliteFranceska Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	As son of a Dominican (thus being Dominican) I suppose you are entitled to the once in your life import household items to DR. I am not sure if and how that works if you haven't lived here and if you don't have your Dominican status worked out, but I guess it's worth considering. You / your Dominican parent can request transcription of your birth certificate so you won't need to apply for residence and once done I assume you have the right to import once duty free. I moved myself from Holland to Santo Domingo with a 20ft container and paid 6500 euros door to door but had to pay about USD1000 in Demurrage at the port due to the fact that customs is kind of slow in the process of the duty exemption. While that's out of control of the moving company they wouldn't include that in a package deal. If you would prefer to move without first finding out about duty exemption no moving company would include the duty in the package either while that's out of their control also.
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