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Thank you for starting this thread.聽 聽For those trying to do it for the first time its not fun!聽

The only part I can help you with is what happens if you simply overstay? Well you pay a fine at the airport.聽 聽

The issue聽 may come in when you want to come back.聽 For聽 simple tourists its not likely an issue. For those who overstay聽 on an ongoing basis it may in fact be an issue!

Hi,

I have never did it but on this site

It states :
REQUIREMENTS
- Copy of the passport page where the biometric data is.
- Stamp of the date of the last entry to the country.
- Return boarding pass.

can you double verify that you are filling the right request?

hope this helps!

Thanks,

Hi,
I entered the country on May 8 and will be leaving July 10 . I have been coming and going from Canada since 2007聽 at least 4 times a year and most of the time have overstayed the 30 days. I pay the overstay fee at the airport. Nothing more complicated than that and it has never been a problem.

Hi,聽 I believe you are following procedure for applying for residency and not for an overstay extension, as GmanDR mentioned.

-聽 聽Go to website
-聽 select services,
-聽 then select : staying extension.

The OP is doing the tourist extension.聽 They are already in the website portal!聽

You are聽 telling them what they already did.

You can always just fill the blue custom聽 form out at the airport (much easier). You will have to pay a fee as Planner stated. I had to do this in Puerto Plata last year.聽 I was taken in another room and questioned, but nothing to the extreme.

When it seems like such a hassle, no one probably does it.

That is true.聽 The more difficult it is the less compliance they will get!

I can understand the requirements for the extension from the DR's perspective.

You came in on what you knew was a 30-day tourist card. Why are you staying longer? Did you become ill? Do you not have the money to go home? Are you going to be a burden on the government if you stay?

My guess is that for anyone applying for the extension that is not the case! People not leaving for those reasons will most likely not be going through the process to legally extend their stay.

While it might be a pain in the butt to do, it is the only way to stay in your guest country for longer than 30 days without an illegal status.

As Planner said, without an extension, you'll pay a fine (and yes - at that point, it is a penalty for violating immigration law, not a fee) and fly home with no problem. If you plan to return to DR, you might encounter an issue then. There are more and more confirmed cases of people having issues returning after previous overstays. For years, decades even, this has not been a problem, but there is a new administration that has said that immigration was to be one of their priorities.

We know that the DR is now storing immigration information (all your comings and goings, including durations) electronically. Every time you remain in the country illegally, you are taking a risk that it might be your last time here!

I can't answer your question about the retort certificate because I've not been through the process. The first time I stayed beyond 30 days, it was with an active residency application in process, so I had legal status pending the decision from Migracion.

Everything this government is doing in which ever ministry seems to be to comply with the existing laws.

In this case the Migracion is gradually applying the existing laws as written.

For extension of a tourist stay it was stated in the regulations 631-11:

P脕RRAFO III.- La solicitud de pr贸rroga debe estar acompa帽ada de los siguientes documentos:
1. Para los Turistas:
a) Formulario de solicitud debidamente llenado;
b) Pasaporte con vigencia m铆nima de seis (6) meses a partir de la prorroga.
e) Boleto a茅reo o mar铆timo de regreso;
d) Una direcci贸n en la Rep煤blica Dominicana;
e) Certificado m茅dico expedido por un medico autorizado con su debido exequ谩tur;
f) Prueba de solvencia econ贸mica;
g) El pago de los derechos previstos.

They have not updated the 'Staying Extension' section on their webpage yet. Not requiring the medical exam and proof of solvency was a good idea but did not follow the written regulations and has been halted for the time being when the country has a problem with covid so all maters health are in the spotlight perhaps.

Other matters that Migracion has tackled in the 9 months of this new government include the visas for athletes, border visas as written in the laws, measures for Venezuelans, border fence and tighter border controls, digital entry system and an enforcement of overstay payments reaching their coffers - they have collected much more with less visitors and have removed ineffective staff.

It is all change in such a short period - let's see where they are later in their term of government.