Originally Posted by
mrblackluv
The passport card is only valid for land border crossings, and sea ports. However it works just fine as ID.
As to whether you should carry or copy or not.?
You should always have some form of ID on your person when in the streets anywhere in the world.
Anything could happen, and a copy is better than nothing at all.
Your fears of identity theft, and using that as a reason to not carry ID are kinda tin foil hat nutty actually..(do you have the same fears in the US)?
My travel wallet includes color laminated copies of my Drivers License, my passport (reduced), and my passport card.
I am always asked to present ID when stopped in the DR, and I have never had an issue using these copies.
You can get these copies made at the copy shop behind Baileys for ~300 pesos.
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