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Originally Posted by mkn
Hi everyone,
I'm sure there's lots of people here who've stayed in DR medium term and well beyond, so here's a question on the legals...
I'm planning a trip to the DR for about 10 weeks. I keep reading different things, here and elsewhere, about tourist cards and visas. There's supposed to be a 90-day visa available, but most people seem to be of the opinion that it's just as easy to overstay the tourist card. Seems to be a few options here, does anyone have a view on which of these is best right now...
- Overstay tourist card, pay fine at airport. (Is this stil okay?)
- Apply for visa (I get the impression this isn't so easy anyway)
- Buy new tourist cards at the start of trip or while you're there (I read you could do that somewhere, but not sure if it would do any good)
- Cross the border every 28 days (or is 14 days now?)
Thanks
MKN
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If citizens from your country are allowed to enter DR with a passport and tourist card, it wiil be good for a 90 day stay. You may over stay the tourist card (90 day time period) but you will have to pay a fine when departing. The fine went up in price recently and it depends on the amount of months you over stayed. You may check for current fees by using the search option here on DR1 forum or obtain the information from the official site. Here's the link
http://www.migracion.gov.do/tarifas.htm option #4. Good luck and enjoy your stay.
BTW you can't legally buy a new tourist card to avoid paying the fine. The tourist card is stamped by an immigration officer when you enter the country. You need the same stamped one to exit.
NotLurking