Important news - Tourist Card

[juanita]

I was looking at the official site and the rates were changed for penalties when staying extra days in the country...oh boy!

http://www.migracion.gov.do/tarifas.htm

Before:
15 days to 3 months: RD$150
3 months to 9 months: RD$250
9 months to 12 months: RD$300
1 year to 1-1/2 years: RD$400
1-1/2 year to 2 years: RD$500
2 years to 2-1/2 years: RD$600
2-1/2 years to 3 years: RD$700
3 years to 3-1/2 years: RD$800
3-1/2 years to 4 years: RD$900
4 years to 4-1/2 years: RD$1,000
4-1/2 years to 7 years: RD$1,500
More than 7 years: RD$2,000


After:
15 days to 3 months: RD$300
3 months to 9 months: RD$500
9 months to 12 months: RD$2000
1 year to 1-1/2 years: RD$3500
1-1/2 year to 2 years: RD$4500
2 years to 2-1/2 years: RD$6000
2-1/2 years to 3 years: RD$8000
3 years - 5 years:RD$12,000
More than 5 years: RD$15,000

[Chirimoya]

that means 'el ilegal' will have to pay RD$2000.

[ggn420]

Juanita, Just a little note, I'm assuming that your from the states, the problem with staying over your time and paying immigration their fine, which we all know is very little, is NOT the problem. If you don't have a visa or work permit and stay beyond 1 year, the good old US does'nt have to let you back in. They TERMINATE your citizenship. There is always a curveeeeeeeeeeeee. GGN420

[Ricardo900]

Originally Posted by ggn420

If you don't have a visa or work permit and stay beyond 1 year, the good old US does'nt have to let you back in. They TERMINATE your citizenship. There is always a curveeeeeeeeeeeee. GGN420

I don't think they can terminate your citizenship, if I was born here in the Good Ole US of A.

[RHM]

Stripped citizenship? Get a clue...

You couldn't be any further from the truth. In fact, you are so far off that I can only assume you are joking.

Actually, it is incredibly hard to lose US Citizenship. It cannot be "stripped" without a huge process and hearings and hasn't been done since pre- World War II.

Even denouncing your citizenship is difficult. You have to do so verbally and in writing in front of State Department Reps.

The US does not like to give up control over people. Thus it is not so easy.

[juanita]

Originally Posted by ggn420

Juanita, Just a little note, I'm assuming that your from the states, the problem with staying over your time and paying immigration their fine, which we all know is very little, is NOT the problem. If you don't have a visa or work permit and stay beyond 1 year, the good old US does'nt have to let you back in. They TERMINATE your citizenship. There is always a curveeeeeeeeeeeee. GGN420

Don't get me wrong, I'm not at all against the new rates, I think it is normal that we have to pay if we stay as "ilegal", in any other countries it would be much worst than just a fine. We just have to make sure they do charge us the right rate! BTW, I'm Canadian, "poutine lover".

[AnnaC]

Same goes for Canada. You will lose your "free" health care after 6 months but NEVER your citizenship.

[riravaga]

wow, a lot of people will going to have problems, I have 2 cousins that wasborn in Puerto Rico but they came with her mother and are living here as ilegal, too bad for them.

[MarkusL1]

If you don't have a visa or work permit and stay beyond 1 year, the good old US does'nt have to let you back in. They TERMINATE your citizenship.

You can't lose your citizenship just because you are out of the country for month or years. But you may lose your US GREENCARD, if you are out of the country for more than 180 days.

There is a HUGE difference between being a citizen of a country or a permanent resident. One is, that people with residency can lose their status (because of criminal convictions - even minor stuff- or other circumstances)
and be deported. While citizen of most countries hardly ever lose their citizenship.
When living in a country with legal residency, it's always advisable to become a citizen in order to avoid losing residency for a stupid reason.

By the way: The new fine in the DR for overstaying your visa to me still seems a low price to pay. In the US and many other countries people who overstay their visa by years facing deportation and can not come back into the country for 10 years or life.

[riravaga]

But is different when you obtain your citizenship that when you wasborn in USA territories.