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We have Claro in LT and have always gotten good coverage wherever we've lived. There are some dead spots in town, but not too many!

Thanks for sharing this

we have claro which is a great service, however each month we need to remember to go to the Claro store to pay for the following month (we were told that is the only way to get the service) , does anyone know if this is correct ?聽 We would prefer to pay by direct debit but they say it's not possible.聽 There must be an easier way.

@Liam H

if you don鈥檛 have residency then you can only get a pre-paid phone that you鈥檒l have to 鈥渞echarge鈥� to keep active.聽

With residency you can move to a post-paid account much like in the states.聽 You may still have to recharge data occasionally depending on your plan.

For both types, you download the MiClaro app to your phone and add your credit card to reload directly from your phone.聽 The app is in Spanish and can take some time to figure out what鈥檚 what, but it beats going to the store.

The only difficult part for me was verifying the credit card.聽 After inputting the info through MiClaro they put a small charge in.聽 You need to access your CC account and when the transaction shows up, note the code that is with it.聽 Then you need to input that into the app.

Took me a while to figure out how to do it on the app!聽 The help page is not very good.聽 Just keep tapping things on the payment/ CC screen until you find it.聽 Once done, easy peazy.

@Liam H if you have a bank account here in DR and you have a debit card or credit card you can set it up to pay every month like all the other utilities

I have claro and that鈥檚 how is set up theory Banco de Reserva

Sincerely ,

Rich

A little used trick.聽 If you have prepaid plan, not pay as you go - keep track of your payments and statements for 6 months. Take all that proof in to a local office and ask to be converted to postpay plan!聽

It helps to also have a local bank account and copy of lease or property ownership!聽

This works often but not always!

many thanks excellent responses I will followup with claro

We were able to get a postpaid account with Claro as soon as we moved here. We used our passports since we didn鈥檛 yet have our c茅dulas. I had to have someone fluent in Spanish go with me to get them to understand what I wanted because when I went alone, they were only offering me pay as you go, tourist plans. And that was despite having a brochure and pointing out the plan I wanted!

I can pay my bill either through the Mi Claro app or through my bank app - with Banco Santa Cruz, Claro is listed under services. Just put in your phone number and it will tell you how much is due. I prefer that method because I have a record of the payment through BSC. I鈥檝e never had a problem with payments posting, but it鈥檚 always good to have proof!

As the last poster said it depends on where in the country you are. Generally Claro and Orange (now Altice) offer the best coverage.聽 My wife has used both and found Claro to be better. Our usage has been truecaller in Puerto Plata and in the Capital. We use prepay more out of convenience that anything else.

@MarilynBowman By the way, you can also refer to [link moderated] if you need the service I just talked about

@Liam H Hi there! I have Claro and I pay through my bank 馃彟. Really easy!

@Tripp789 thankyou for that excellent response, we went to Claro at Jumbo who originally told us neither me or my wife could pay by direct debit, we spoke to a more helpful man and he said she could as she Had Dominican residency so we put both phones through her, we will have a look at the web option as we will need internet into the house聽 馃愤馃徎馃愤馃徎

So Rahul seems that's what this thread is about!

@planner are u able to recommend a competent Immigration Attorney in DR..would appreciate.

@planner can u recommend a competent Immigration Attorney who handles redency in DR

Yes several of us here recommend Lishali (Lilly) Baez libaezm@gmail.com

She is amazing!

FYI - Teachable. Moment!

Asking an off topic question on a thread is called hijacking.聽

FWIW, I use my US cellphone set to WIFI calling to both call and receive calls from the US.

It's free. The downside is that my ISP is flaky at times.

@Liam H

Check with your local bank if it's possible to pay online, I pay Claro through my Scotiabank app.

I have read many of your comments and here in Spain, doctorSIM is much more widely used, especially for Movistar, Digi and others. There are several others, such as Ding and recharge, etc., but in the end, I think they have made a bigger mark...

Is it the same in your country?

@Wooda

No those options are not available

i know this is old post but am currently looking to go to DM for the month of April, I'm sure esim are better now and have read this is best option. Can anyone point me to a reliable provider. When i was in Europe most times they fail or didn't work, but learned there was a lot of shady providers.

Thanks and great forum very helpful everyone

Dennis

Most main suppliers have esims

@Denbo

When ever I travel to different countries I use Airalo I never had problems with them.

@Rerayz1238

thanks have that on my list of choices and looks good

@Denbo

Your welcome

I recently got a claro sim card put in my Canadian phone works great have a Dominican number. Only problem is i cant download and use the Mi Claro app. it says this item isn't available in your country. I know i can use recharge but on there app i聽 can see monthly invoice for account number. anyone have a way to fix this, I'm thinking next time i come back will bring an old cell wipe it install chip and keep it only for here i assume it will use location services and allow this app. anyone else similar ideas let me know.

thanks

@Denbo聽 If I remember correctly, you need to change your location on your App Store/Google Play.聽 It would only let you change locations once a month or something like that, but that should allow you to resolve that particular issue, but it may bring other problems where your Canadian banking app or something else may restrict use or stop working due to location.

thanks buck got it sorted out best other phone put sim in location settings default to Dominican