Jwoddis
American expat in Argentina
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About me
American
Lives in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D
Speaks English spanish French
Registration: 03 August 2020
Dollar account in Argentina banks by alwish1
Anyone know if one can open a US dollar account in Argentina banks? If yes, are you allowed to exchange the dollars outside the bank, ie from private money changers?
Here鈥檚 a simpler answer. You can鈥檛 open a bank account in Argentina unless you have residency. So it doesn鈥檛 matter whether you use remitly or WU or whatever, you can鈥檛 transfer into a bank account. Read More
Is a British citizen able to hold an Argentine Passport by Dale Mitchell
Hi, I wonder if someone has been through a similar situation as me? I am a British citizen living in Argentina and I hold an Argentine DNI. My British passport ran out a little over a year ago. I have tried to pay for a new one through the UK gov ...
@Dale Mitchell have you tried using someone else鈥檚 non Argentine credit card to do this? Eg a relative in the UK. I had to renew a British passport from the DR and there were aspects that were challenging but some of it was very ... Read More
Argentina residency by alwish1
Unfortunately, the question that I have is not addressed directly in the links provided. Here we go again: if I were to travel to Buenos Aires and received a tourist visa for 90 days, would it be possible to switch to a temporary residence visa? ...
@alwish1 you can apply for residence in country, yes. Read More
Is a British citizen able to hold an Argentine Passport by Dale Mitchell
Hi, I wonder if someone has been through a similar situation as me? I am a British citizen living in Argentina and I hold an Argentine DNI. My British passport ran out a little over a year ago. I have tried to pay for a new one through the UK gov ...
@Dale Mitchell can鈥檛 help on the passport side but maybe try to get an international visa someway eg Wise, Revolut. It doesn鈥檛 have to be credit, it could be a debit card. if you still have a British bank account that would be easier. Read More
Buying a car in the Dominican Republic... by ppauley
I'm new to the 鈥渆xpat.com鈥� Dominican Republic forum, so please forgive me if my post鈥檚 question has been previously answered. My partner, Michelle, and I have recently purchased a villa near Sosu谩. We plan to arrive in ...
@ppauley if you鈥檙e interested we are selling a Nissan Xtrail 2015/16. We鈥檙e in Las Terrenas. Read More
Recent murder of expat in Las Terrenas 鈥� by Ian1272
Can anyone shed some more light on this please ? Is Las Terrenas still being considered safe for expats ?Thanks
I hardly think that one murder makes a town unsafe! Read More
Buying a property in Las Terrenas by tommykair20
Have any of you experience paying lawyers to deal with real estate paperwork in LT? How much have a lawyer charge you to do a promise of purchase (and notarized it) in Las Terrenas?Reason im asking is because im hearing some crazy numbers compare to ...
@ddmcghee聽I think it depends which lawyer you get, Denise.聽 not mentioning any names but we (and many others) have horror stories to tell about that firm Read More
Visa at airport? by arezkiofstow
I am staying 45 days in DR this summer. 聽Can i apply for the more-than-30 day stay visa at the airport or does it have to be done by a consular seevice in the US before arrival? 聽聽
For what it鈥檚 worth, and this is not the 鈥渓egal鈥� way, but if you are just coming and going you can do nothing and pay the fine when you leave. 聽I started the visa renewing Leicestershire once and it seemed onerous and no ... Read More
Having pets (Cats Dogs) while in DR by Conifer
Lately I come across so many people that took in pets as temporary expat in DR. 聽They have to leave or return home for whatever reason, and they LEAVE the pets behind. 聽It's not fair for the animals.What is so hard about taking ...
@Conifer聽I should add - one of our pets is being fostered while he waits to be adopted. 聽One of the others was abandoned with her four puppies on our private road. 聽We could of course just have left them to starve (there is no food ... Read More
Having pets (Cats Dogs) while in DR by Conifer
Lately I come across so many people that took in pets as temporary expat in DR. 聽They have to leave or return home for whatever reason, and they LEAVE the pets behind. 聽It's not fair for the animals.What is so hard about taking ...
@Conifer聽so if the option is to take in a stray for a year and give it a home and feed it, then get it adopted, fostered or into a shelter, or leave it in the street, you think we should leave them in the street?Here I have a five bedroom house ... Read More
Government check from the United states, How can i cash it?! by Mendoza1968
Hello Everyone, So I received a check from the United States (United States Treasury) I've gone to several banks here in the DR (BHD, Scotia, Popular) however I was told I needed besides my passport, I would need a valid driver's license. ...
As someone said - if you have a US bank account all of them have apps that allow you to deposit checks up to a certain amount. 聽 Read More
Is it difficult to rent your investment property? by MOMOS22
Has anyone purchased a real estate investment property and tried to lease it out?
I think it depends on how you think about it. 聽If you want to have your own vacation home and have it subsidized by others it鈥檚 a reasonable thing to do. I鈥檝e had a Villa in las terrenas for over 11 years. 聽As Denise said, made ... Read More
Bank Transfer by thezuber
I am trying to transfer money from Scotiabank Canada to Banco Santa cruz but Scotiabank wont accept the Swift #SCRZDOSD. They require numerical only. Any help would be appreciated
Swift codes aren鈥檛 numeric. I suggest you call your bank Read More
COVID-19 by Guest2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51611422 https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/la-organizacion-mundial-de-la-salud-alerta-sobre-riesgo-de-pandemia-IC17269212 [b]Coronavirus: World should prepare for pandemic, says WHO[/b] Worrying signs, with ...
should be able to find everything you need here https://vacunate.gob.do/ Read More
Water Water Water by rfmaurone
Over the last couple of days I have read two articles about visitors getting sick from drinking the local water. Is this an isolated incident , I am looking forward to getting washed in information (a dad joke) Bobby:)
I don't know why anyone would be drinking the water since it isn't potable in the DR. not surprising they got sick Read More
Paying for Utilities while living in the US. by Solar39
Is there any way to pay for utilities in DR while living in the US in order not to have them cut off. Does anyone know if that can be done over the Internet, using American Credit Cards?
I imagine that鈥檚 going to depend on the utility company but I pay Luz y Fuerza in Las Terrenas by credit card over the web. Read More
Immigration and Overstay Issues by planner
We are posting this more prominently so people do not miss it. We can confirm that tourists are being turned away at the entry points who have "overstayed the tourist visa multiple times". Please be aware that this might happen to YOU! At ...
Is that the 鈥済etting it done鈥� thread? Read More
Looking to a Pfizer shot by Gman123
I hear they are bringing in the Pfizer vaccination now any idea if an expat can get vaccinated with it yet? The Chinese vaccine is not accepted in many countries so when I want to visit Canada again I need one of the "recognized" ones .
Yes you just need a passport to get a vaccine. Read More
Las Terrenas Medical Centres/Doctors by modaisky1971
Hello, can someone please advise what hospital to use when in Las Terrenas and any recommendations on English speaking doctors and dentists would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
United Doctors speak english. I use Florence Renaud as dentist. She鈥檚 French and I speak to her in French but I believe she speaks english. Read More
getting around in Las Terrenas by carolmarchena
I tried finding a topic related to what I need to no avail. So here it is: We will be moving to Las Terrenas and initially, we will not have a car and we will be living near Pueblo de los Pescadores . How would one go about going to ...
You COULD walk from the supermarket to Pescadores but it wouldn鈥檛 be fun. Consider - - deliveries from the supermarkets through their apps. - hiring a trusted scooter driver to shop for you - walking or taking a scooter to the store, buying ... Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Does anyone know how things are in the capital? Specifically interested interested in restaurants as we haven鈥檛 completed our 2 vaxes yet Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Denise, I asked at Lindo yesterday whether there were new rules today and they said they didn't know yet. it looks like there hasn't been very clear guidance. Read More
Favorable locations by Pensionado775
I am wanting to move to DR mostly for climate. I am moving from a high mountain location, so the heat will take some adjustment. People do seem quite friendly there. Am I being naive? How expensive is electricity there, to run an air ...
winter clothes are the same as summer clothes. shorts, t shirts, sandals, some lightweight long trousers for date night. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Ah sorry. Up above someone said you needed a pcr test to board in the US, which I don鈥檛 believe is true. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Definitely required for departure. A friend visited in September and I also flew in September and neither of us were required to show a pcr test to board, I did the QR code too and it didn鈥檛 require a pcr inbound Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
do you know when that changed? as I said a month ago there was no requirement for one to board. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
are you sure? I flew in from New York on September 10th and was not required to have a PCR test to board. Can you point to the announcement of the change? also I WAS required to show my vax card at immigration - if I didn't have one, would ... Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
I wouldn鈥檛 worry about that. The stores have no desire to turn your business away. If you have something that looks like it鈥檚 an official card in a foreign language they鈥檒l let you in. I had to show mine at immigration and they ... Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Lennox reading your comment about digital passports - the spanish says a digital copy (ie a photograph of your card) not a digital representation of its data. So no provision for apps. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
It was very chaotic but everyone was being funnelled through an area and people were waving their vax cards to get through (September 10th). And then they directed people who didn鈥檛 have one to another line. Whether they then random sampled ... Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
You are required to show your vax card or get an immediate test at the airport, so most tourists will be covered either way. I imagine hotels and resorts will start giving free weekly tests. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Ok. In any case that didn鈥檛 look like proof, it looked like an article in a paper (probably the Post). There are percemts quoted but not any backing data. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
DR visitor, why does it screw over the poor? The vaccinations are free. And 鈥渇reedom鈥� as defined as 鈥淚 want to do what I want without caring about consequence to others鈥� is invariable the preserve of the privileged. The ... Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
DR visitor, re NY restaurants being down 60pct since they enforced it, can you provide corroborative evidence p,ease? I was in NYC two weeks after it started and the restaurants were packed. Read More
Breaking News: Covid19 Vaccination Card Needed to Enter Public Places by Guest2022
Public and private: [i][b]They will require a vaccination card with two doses to attend public places, companies and educational ...
Re documents from other countries - I showed my New York vaccination card to come into the country, no issues. Read More
Return Ticket / Voucher, is it important?? by ledimerkaj17
Hi guys, I am traveling from Ukraine to La Romana in a week to visit Santo Domingo and many other cities. I didn't want to buy an all-inclusive package or to come with an agency because I want to visit everything on my own and live like locals ...
they just need to know you are leaving. I usually buy a return ticket on the day of travel and cancel it at soon as I arrive - at least, Jetblue allows you free cancellations on the same day Read More
COVID-19 by Guest2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51611422 https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/la-organizacion-mundial-de-la-salud-alerta-sobre-riesgo-de-pandemia-IC17269212 [b]Coronavirus: World should prepare for pandemic, says WHO[/b] Worrying signs, with ...
Good luck using rational arguments with a conspiracy theorist! Read More
Moving companies DR=> US reccos by Jwoddis
At some point we鈥檒l need a moving company and o move us back to NY from las terrenas. Anyone had any experiences that weren鈥檛 horror stories?
Why sell or abandon? We鈥檙e not moving furniture. Just clothes, books, kitchen items. We鈥檝e been living in our Airbnb and all the furnishings stay. As for the comments about 鈥済iving up on DR鈥� , not giving up and I ... Read More
Moving companies DR=> US reccos by Jwoddis
At some point we鈥檒l need a moving company and o move us back to NY from las terrenas. Anyone had any experiences that weren鈥檛 horror stories?
Boxes - maybe 20 Read More
Moving companies DR=> US reccos by Jwoddis
At some point we鈥檒l need a moving company and o move us back to NY from las terrenas. Anyone had any experiences that weren鈥檛 horror stories?
It was always a temporary move during covid Read More
FBI background check and fingerprints done by peace2006ret
How do I obtain an application for an FBI background check and fingerprints
Probably by submitting it to a different country than the Dominican Republic. Read More
Moving companies DR=> US reccos
At some point we鈥檒l need a moving company and o move us back to NY from las terrenas. Anyone had any experiences that weren鈥檛 horror stories? Read More
Severance/Liquidation for Indirect Employees? by ddmcghee
We are selling our apartment here in Las Terrenas that we've used as a rental. With the apartment going to another owner, we are no longer in need of property management services. We were just informed that we have to pay severance for the ...
2 points here - unless she is explicitly named in the contract then she can鈥檛 possibly be owed anything. Also your contract is with an agency so it can be terminated at will. Lastly even if by some miracle they can claim that liquidation is ... Read More
Emergency passport - reentry?
I have had my passport stolen (UK) and am applying for an emergency travel document so I can go to the US to reset my green card. Does anyone know if there will be any trouble reentering DR with an emergency doc? I thought passports needed 6 ... Read More
Looking to a Pfizer shot by Gman123
I hear they are bringing in the Pfizer vaccination now any idea if an expat can get vaccinated with it yet? The Chinese vaccine is not accepted in many countries so when I want to visit Canada again I need one of the "recognized" ones .
The US is not short of vaccines so it鈥檚 not taking from anyone. Read More
Issues with re entering the country by planner
We have been warning about this for some time! This is from someone I know and trust and happened THIS WEEKEND. This is not rumor or speculation: I came back to the states for my vac and when I went to the airport yesterday morning I ...
In what way is that different from a regular residency application? Any easier/quicker? Read More
Residencia - 2020 - How to get it done. by planner
Its time for a new thread laying out how to apply for residencia! Our resident lawyer, Lishali, will assist us. Lets break it down into sections: 1. Who qualifies 2. First step in your home country. 3. What you need and how to apply for your ...
Is there such a thing as a fast track and/or in country mechanism? The investor route doesn鈥檛 seem to be any faster than the regular route and from what I gather you need to be out of country for that one too. Read More
Obtaining a temporary residence Visa by Pip Shadow
Hie my name is Brian and i'm planning to temporarily move to the dominican republic to get work, and in the long run get married there, could you please help me with the Temporary visa requirements.
Is there any difference in the time it takes to get residency depending on which one you apply for (regular, retirement, investor)? Read More
Transportation from Santo Domingo airport to Las Terrenas by Outdoorgirl1027
I have researched this question on the boards but they were all over a year old. Therefore, I was wondering what is the best way. If there is a bus, how do I find that. If it is private transportation please leave me information on what company ...
Denise, who is your reliable taxi in LT? I was under the impression they all charge $20 to go anywhere Read More
Transportation from Santo Domingo airport to Las Terrenas by Outdoorgirl1027
I have researched this question on the boards but they were all over a year old. Therefore, I was wondering what is the best way. If there is a bus, how do I find that. If it is private transportation please leave me information on what company ...
we use SDT too and have been very happy with them. we keep saying we're going to take the bus next time because it's so much cheaper. But we live 15 mins outside LT and they come right to our door and they are always on time. getting out ... Read More
Hi from New York! by Kashen
Hi DR Expats, I'm Lisa and I live in New York, about 1 hour north of Manhattan in Putnam County. I have been looking into affordable overseas second home/investment locations. I have two friends who own properties in DR and I'm interested ...
Hi Lisa, we moved from Manhattan and Dutchess County. I don鈥檛 believe you will be able to finance from the US - I bought by taking a home equity loan against my Manhattan apartment. We鈥檙e on the east side of las Terrenas which is a ... Read More
Expats with kids by SayMen25
Hello, Are there any expats with kids here? I am wondering what your school choices are? do you prefer an international school or homeschool? I am thinking about relocating specifically to the North coast with a child in elementary school and this ...
My kid is at ISLA in las Terrenas. There are pros and cons - the Cabarete campus is bigger and more mature (only 2nd year in LT). In general my 6 year old really likes it tho. Read More
COVID-19 by Guest2022
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51611422 https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/la-organizacion-mundial-de-la-salud-alerta-sobre-riesgo-de-pandemia-IC17269212 [b]Coronavirus: World should prepare for pandemic, says WHO[/b] Worrying signs, with ...
I'm sorry but that statement shows a complete lack of knowledge of history. The bubonic plague devastated the European medieval economy and there was very much a lockdown in place (a side effect was that there was huge inflation afterwards, ... Read More
Flight Cancelled by Mark and Al
Just as a note to anyone wondering about getting to the DR.... Our flight to Punta Cana on May 20 (from the US) was cancelled by the airline. I was fortunate that they gave me a refund instead of forcing me to take a voucher\credit. Next I get to ...
Does anyone know if they will accept a positive antibody report instead of a PCR year? Read More