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Originally Posted by MikeFisher
somebody above mentioned to know a expat who is here since 15 years and still has no legal papers like residency and never had a problem.that's right,the list of such people is very long,
Mike
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Hi Mike, you're right. I have a good friend, an American originally from NYC [in fact, she introduced me to my husband 34 years ago], who moved to Santo Domingo permanently about 12 years ago. She had previously lived there for several years in the 70s. She invested most of her money with the Central Bank and lives off the interest, now that she's eligible for Social Security she's truly on easy street there. She's not a legal resident, just never felt she had to. Her legal address is the US, still has US bank accounts and credit cards, rents an apartment in SD, owns a car, has local DR health insurance - yet as far as the government is concerned, she doesn't exist. From what I understand she's got a lot of company.