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Originally Posted by theskinners
Hello to all who read. We are a family of four hoping to move to DR by Aug, we are coming from Canada. We have permanent income both of us so we are not looking to work there as well are investing in a home. We have tons of questions and no one to answer them.
Whats the first thing we do? Where do we get residency papers to fill out?
Health care? Do we purchase out of country health care?
International schooling? Where, which place is best,
Sosua or Caberete which and where are the better places to purchase.
Where do we find a web site to long term rent so we have time to look for our house to purchase.
Can we bring dogs over? Basically we would like to hear from someone who has gone through this experience so we can make a list and start getting things done now before Aug comes.
Thanks to all...cheers The Skinners
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The best part of your move to the DR is that you have a permantent income to help you pay your way...
#1 You must contact the Dominican consulate in CAN to address recent changes in what can you import to the DR under "special" conditions and what not. There they'll offer you with concrete and up to date info.
#2 Don't buy! Rent! Rent! Rent! This is a major rule to moving to the DR...
You don't want to be stuck for a long while in a community that could just as easy turn out to be the "Elm street" of horrors.
Rent in a place close or in the perimeter of where you'll eventually buy or construct form scratch (The best option).
#3 There's more to the DR other than living so close to the beaches. They're all very nice but once a major storm makes the way around things deteriorate quickly for those communities. Sometimes living more into the country than the coastal area makes more sense. You can hit any beach from most major cities in the DR quite fast and with very good roads.
#4 You can file for residency in the DR once you start to make you move via the DR's consulate rules for your country of origin. The best way is to hire a lawyer (costlier but effortless in the long run) and let him handle all the steps.
#5 You can purchase health care in the DR to cover your medical expenses but you'll be better served by traveling form time to time to your home country for check ups and medical attention rather than use the expensive DR’s services. Some private medical providers are equal to foreign medical care providers, but the fees are highway robbery.
#6 Regarding schooling for you children, there are several to pick from; again, it all depends on where you'll end up locating yourself.
#7 Yes, you can bring your dog(s) over and anything that's allowed to be had in the DR. Just know that this step is best done using the best services provider where you can check the services they provide to pets. There will be a quarantine for the pets before they're release from customs.