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If you use the residencia exonerations then some of the duty is waved. It depends on the vehicle

Hello, I am also planning a move from CA to Punta Cana.聽 Could you please share your experience and contacts?聽 Thank you in advance 馃檹

Hi all

The process of getting the visa is very slow

a) there are many moving聽 part I just going to mention

A few

I was born in Cuba I move to the the State at the age of 14(just have a copy of my birth聽 certificate the council don鈥檛 accept that. I don鈥檛 have any family in Cuba聽 what to do?

All document need to be translate and apostille

the FBI background checks takes a bout a week聽 and six weeks got get it back from Virginia to be apostille

the DR council in Miami the FBI background checks is good for 9 months California council is good for 6 month I have to start all over

The shipping company that I am planning to use is Alpha Marine in North Hollywood

I should be ready to move in December 2025 Primaveral 4th

slin

Hi,

1) You will work thru your local Dominican Consulate

2. You will need a passport

3. Your FBI background in the states is issued by the State Department and can be completed at a US main Post Office and will have results in 24 to 48 hours. (However, now expect delays)

4. Highly recommend seeking legal advise thru a reputable attorney

5. Several threads in this forum on Residency

Without residency exemptions you will be charged 18% sales tax plus duty on everything you ship here! Everything.

While residency is time consuming it is pretty much the only way to be here legally.聽 聽The rest is up to you. Many people simply live here and don't go through the process. But, if you bring your stuff also bring a big pile of money!

@planner

Thanks I will have my residence before I move

thanks for your advice

@Slin1953

Could you please kindly advise how much they are charging you?聽 I am also planning to move from Los Angeles.聽 Thank you in advance

I am going to be working remotely as a digital nomad. Do you suggest only shipping my vehicle? I can always repurchase (probably cheaper) furniture and beds once we鈥檙e there. What did everyone else do? We鈥檙e looking at possibly going to Punta Cana.

thanks

Are you getting residency? Without the residency exemption your vehicle costs will be ridiculously high for importing!

@rgwsf

i am moving a 4 bed room聽 and a car pls made sure your car is less than 5 yrs

The moving company came to聽 the house and I got an estimate

at the time I didn鈥檛 have car without a car the estimate cost from 8k to 10 k door to door

slin

if you need more info you can call me I would to meet you and your family

thanks

You can exchange contact information by private message if needed.

Hi how can I used the private message platform

@Slin1953

A word of caution on door to door with shipment once in the DR

Ensure you have everything in writing and there are no hidden fees. Once shipment lands in the DR things change fast on the door to door delivery.

Beside a users name or handle is what looks like an envelope. Click on that and you can send a private message.聽 If you cannot yet access that it means you don't have enough activity on the forums.聽 Fyi that is to protect against spammers

I am going to be working remotely as a digital nomad. Do you suggest only shipping my vehicle? I can always repurchase (probably cheaper) furniture and beds once we鈥檙e there. What did everyone else do? We鈥檙e looking at possibly going to Punta Cana.
thanks - @Grandma-Dee

Are you getting residency? If not, bringing your vehicle will be expensive! You'll have to be import duty on the value assessed by Aduanas/Customs, which is typically about 30% higher than the value in the US. There is also an 18% fee for first-time registration. That means about 50% of the US value in taxes and fees without residency. It's expensive with residency, but at least you get a break on the import duty.

@Slin1953

Thank you .聽 Can you please dm me with your number?

That person may not have access yet to private messages. Contact them yourself by private message

@ddmcghee I haven鈥檛 even gotten that far in my plans yet. Can you maintain US citizenship and have residency in DR? I鈥檓 not even sure where to start since I live in Las Vegas. There are no consulates here.

There are several books and websites on the expat life in general and in the DR specifically. Most probably paint an overly rosy picture, but they are a good place to start. IIRC there is a country guide somewhere on the expat.com website.

For your situation you should probably also research the topic "digital nomad" as some considerations will be different (some easier, some harder).

The nearest consulate to you is in the LA area, but you don't need them at the information-gathering stage (and they probably wouldn't be much help? their website URL and email @ddress were not functional when I checked about a month ago). There is good info on the embassy website, but it is mostly useful when you're pinning down details later in your search.

I was at your stage of the process within recent memory and the most important thing I can stress is: check out the details, don't assume. Have some brainstorm-y fun at the beginning of your search, but then CHECK OUT EVERYTHING. And don't believe everything you see on the interwebs.

People here can be very helpful, including as a real-life reality check, but do some broad reading on your own too. It will help you know what questions to ask.

Do read through past forum threads; there's a wealth of info in there.

Uncle Google is not always your friend but he's pretty good at the start of your search. Once you've narrowed down an option you'd like to commit to, become VERY careful about verifying facts as there is quite a bit of misinformation floating around (not to mention what your own wishful thinking can talk you into 馃槣). Good luck!

@Grandma-Dee

Yes you can maintain your US citizenship.聽 However, the first step in聽 聽looking at residency is to see if you qualify!聽 Income from a remote job does not qualify you for residency.聽 There is no digital nomad program here at this time. Will that change? Who knows!!!!

Most聽 digital nomad types come here on a tourist visa and simply stay and work remotely.聽 Its not actually legal, however the government does not appear聽 interested in stopping it.聽

Fingers crossed they come up with a digital nomad program as well as longer stay visitor visas!

The only way a US citizen can lose citizenship is to renounce it.聽 The USA wants to keep you as a citizen and tax you no matter where you are. Those of us from the USA can hold multiple citizenships.

Importing a container at the non-proper time of becoming a legal DR resident will be VERY expensive and something I suspect you will find to be a costly error.聽

planner I have given up all hope of snowbird and digital nomad visas for the DR or anything aside from the 30 day tourist card for being legal.聽 They just don't care about that with respect to people from tourist card countries.聽

@windeguy

I don't have a lot of hope either.聽 It would be a logical step but we all know this country is not known for logic