To be exempt, you need to be working for a foreign corporation, living in a foreign country almost the entire year and paying income taxes in that country. The income tax exemption is based on the money the foreign corporation pays you in the form of salary, commissions and or bonus and reported to the foreign government. You would still have to pay to the US government social security tax for yourself and the social security tax a company in the usa would normally have to match, which combined would total about 4.5% or something in that range.
I have not seen or heard of any gringos being turned away at the airport in Puerto Plata for exceeding their prior tourist card/visa stay in the DR. Like many laws on the books, it depends on what is being enforced at the time. This is something new so it may be enforced in the future. What I can see so far is that if your stay does not exceed 60 days, you are ok. I think in the future, there may be a business offering border runs if this law gets enforced in the future. Something to keep our eye on for sure.
A message from an ex-pat
Last summer they did something like this in the Puerto Plata area but it only lasted for 2 weeks.
Dominican Cupid
I am currently working Dominican Cupid which is a numbers game but I wanted to share a recent encounter which can give you an idea of what I am dealing with
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Many people say there is an advantage in living in the Dominican Republic and sometimes it is but then again sometimes it's not...
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Clearly this chics objective is to find a gringo who lives abroad get a visa and GTFO of the Dominican Republic. At first these types of messages used to make me feel some kind of way, but the more I live here the more I understand why some Dominicans would rather live somewhere else.
I ask people about their employment status frequently and about 50% of the time they say they are unemployed. Those who have work earn between 7-15,000 pesos which is basically less than $300.00 a month. For women sometimes they have to do sexual favors just to maintain menial employment.
Even once they get the University education and acquire the skills for their desired profession there is still no guarantee they will get the job they desire. I can clearly see how many have lost hope in this system and look for opportunities else where.
I have no intention of providing a visa but now I understand the reason for the sentiment...I really can't blame a Dominican for not wanting to live in their country...
...anybody know this guy???
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ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!
Over stay fees
It could also mean that she has somebody (very likely, like 110%) in the Dominican Republic and she is looking for a Western Union kind of guy (or guys) who would visit DR a couple of times a year.
By the way, by the look of her picture, she doesn't seem like an acceptable wife material, but she would be fine as a pay as you go!
Hey Cam, this is the one I don't understand. They are widening that stretch between the edge of Puerto plata (where the cabanas are), passed the cruise ship dock, through Maimon? For one, there's no land to push back the fish spots, meaning they'll get ride of them? And two, that stretch from start to finish is only about a 7 or 8 minute drive. What purpose will that serve? Am I applying to much logic, or is there something i'm missing?
The plan has been to make the entire road between Puerto Plata and Santiago 4 lane. That road is the only major road between the two cities and used by trucks that have a hard time getting up and down the hills creating traffic slow-downs. They also think that tourists will get a better impression of the DR if they see a modern 4-lane road between the cruise terminal and Puerto Plata as most excursions will go that way.
By the way, there is another road called the Touristic route that is being renovated and expected to be completed by February 2019. That road is located between Sosua and Puerto Plata and will go toward the Santiago airport. It is expected to cut or shave off the travel time between the Santaigo airport and Sosua down 20 to 30 minutes (making it an hour ride or so?) and will make the Santiago Airport an even more viable potential choice for people going to the North Coast.
Tha Carretera Turistico leaves highway 5 at the Gran Parada, the triangle between Playa Dorada and Montellano where the road makes a 90 degree turn. Took a ride on the northern end of this road earlier this week and it is really improved. Should not take longer than an hour to cover the 46 kilometers to Santiago now. With the road complete next year travel time to Santiago will be under 45 minutes. Amazing improvment!!!
Ahh, yes, the old mountain road. So this will now connect with the Santiago bypass (circunvalacion) and can leave you right by the airport. So you no longer have to go west (through pop traffic), then south, then back east. And it will all be on nicely paved roads. Wow, nice!!!!
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