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04-12-2006, 09:33 PM
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passport to enter DR?
quick legal check. I have mixed messages from the web and from the airlines on the rules for entry to DR. I am scheduled to leave Antigua early Friday enroute via san juan to DR for a two week vacation. i have an old expired US passport, my birth certificate, and my picture id. Am I going to find difficulty or refusal to enter?
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04-12-2006, 09:51 PM
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Passport is strongly recommended, but tourists may enter with birth certificate and photo ID. A tourist card is required, and can be purchased for $10 at consulate or Dominican airports at entry points. Tourist card permits a legal stay of up to 60 days.
Source- www.travel.state.gov
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04-13-2006, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by stanleyr
quick legal check. I have mixed messages from the web and from the airlines on the rules for entry to DR. I am scheduled to leave Antigua early Friday enroute via san juan to DR for a two week vacation. i have an old expired US passport, my birth certificate, and my picture id. Am I going to find difficulty or refusal to enter?
stanley
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I would be weary of entering the DR without a passport. You probably won't be refused entry, but they may give you a hard time. obviously you don't have enough time to get a re-issued passport, so you'll just have to make do. also, i would strongly caution against entering the DR without a passport if you are a person of color.
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04-13-2006, 07:00 AM
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On Vacation!
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You will have no problems, a birth certificate is all you need to enter.
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04-13-2006, 09:12 AM
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Is your picture ID an official state or federal issued ID? Also, they may request you to take a photo for their systems.
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04-13-2006, 11:27 AM
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DR1
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Originally Posted by Exxtol
I would be weary of entering the DR without a passport. You probably won't be refused entry, but they may give you a hard time. obviously you don't have enough time to get a re-issued passport, so you'll just have to make do. also, i would strongly caution against entering the DR without a passport if you are a person of color.
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Actually, I think most people's experiences will show this is not true -- that tourists may have a hard time when entering without a passport. Actually, the majority of US tourists traveling to the Caribbean do not have passports. Simply because the majority of US tourists do not have passports and choose areas where they do not need passports to travel -- Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean.
The passport issue is not a problem on the DR end -- it is a Homeland Security Department requirement. The problem is not entering, it is the US that will be requiring passports to re-enter the US.
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04-13-2006, 11:54 AM
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What will Homeland Security do to a U.S. citizen that does not have a passport upon entry into the U.S? Deport you to the D.R?
They can check in one minute on the computer and find out if you are a citizen.
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04-13-2006, 12:03 PM
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DR1
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Join Date: May 2000
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These are the people that have brought us the striptease at the airports. I many times wonder how funny we must all look taking off our coats, belts, jackets and shoes.
The point made is that the DR did not change its regulations or requirements, nor has plans to change them. The requirement for passports in the future is a US requirement, not a DR requirement.
As to what they will do... I have my doubts this requirement will come to be. It may be postponed again. The fact is that the majority of Americans do not have passports with all the implications this means for the travel industry, and the backlog in generating passports.
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04-13-2006, 12:15 PM
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Tequila Rose
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Passport Requirement
Just to add my PS. I just returned from the DR to the states last week. I travelled with my 33 year old daughter. I have a passport, she has a birth certificate (and picture driver's license). We have different last names so it wasn't because we were family.
We had no problem in either direction. Though I do agree having a passport makes it that much easier.
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04-13-2006, 12:21 PM
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DR1
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Join Date: May 2000
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Originally Posted by apadron
Passport is strongly recommended, but tourists may enter with birth certificate and photo ID. A tourist card is required, and can be purchased for $10 at consulate or Dominican airports at entry points. Tourist card permits a legal stay of up to 60 days.
Source- www.travel.state.gov |
The US$10 fee allows for a 15-day stay. Those staying more have to pay additional fees. 60 days would cost an additional US$10 or US$20 total.
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