Dominicans in UK

[morenita inglesa]

Murphis bar on Clerkenwell road, every sunday 1pm -1am, is where you need to go if you wanna meet some of the dominican londoners. You also get to hear more than 1 or 2 bachatas, as is often the case, as well as merengue, salsa and reggaeton. They serve traditional dominican food too.

[mimi24]

Thank you so much for that

I am all excited at the prospect of feeling like i maybe back in DR for even a couple of hours

I will definitely try and drag one or two of my friends down there with me.

Do you mean clerkenwell as in south london?

Is it close to the station?

[dalila05]

that is good information!
are you dominican or married to one?
a part of me want my futur husband meeting some of them but i have been told is sometimes not a good idea!

[dalila05]

Originally Posted by mimi24

Thank you so much for that

I am all excited at the prospect of feeling like i maybe back in DR for even a couple of hours

I will definitely try and drag one or two of my friends down there with me.

Do you mean clerkenwell as in south london?

Is it close to the station?

clekenwell is more near king cross
or maybe im wrong
mimi you seems more fanatic than im am and trust me everyone around me is bored of bachata et dr,because is my only subject of conversation!

[morenita inglesa]

Yes you're right, it's near King's Cross. Farringdon is the nearest station.
dalila05, I understand why you've been told this but many of the people I've met here seem to prefer to keep their heads down and get on with work and family life. I've also met some dominicans who like to keep themselves to themselves and generally don't mix with other dominicans too often.
The crowd that have been coming along on sundays are a nice bunch, we've brought our 2 little girls along with us twice now and we wouldn't do that if we didn't think we were gonna be around decent people.
I'm not dominican but I'm married to one.

[dalila05]

im working in st pancras and very often on sunday morning so i might come and it will be nice to meet some couple english/dominican!
morenita do you think is hard to get a visa for a dominican ,regarding the fact is only a fews here in england?

[morenita inglesa]

The visa application process is different now, so I'm not sure to be honest. It wasn't difficult for my husband and some others that I've spoken to. If you have all the requested supporting paperwork it'll make the process alot quicker.

[dalila05]

im french so the procedure is different than british because it will be the visa for the spouse of a eea citizen
im just wondering if you needed many proofs of the relation and if dominican got a bad reputation with the home office like some other nationalities
im dating mine since 16 month and i go there every 2 month for 2 weeks!

[morenita inglesa]

You will need proof of your relationship. I know of a few guys here married to spanish citizens, so I don't think that's a problem.
Not sure what you mean about reputation though.

[dalila05]

yes i have proof,my visas,flight ticket,many photo and some text message from may 2007,emal no unfortunately as i have a boyfriend who is not good with internet!
when i talk about reputation,immigration in uk becoming tight due to the overcrowding of london for example
but im wondering if quotas matter,sorry to talk like this!
but i know is not many dominican in the uk and im just wondering if it does help!
as well one last question before you getting bored of my curiosity
how a dominican acclimate himself to the life here,like the weather for example?