mactoledo
American looking for information about Dominican Republic
Forum posts
6
About me
American
Lives in punta cana
Registration: 21 November 2017
Activity
Pension Tranfer by Rfernandez1
My pension will be deposited in a US bank. How do current expats where the same situation applies access this pension or move the funds to a local bank? In advance thanks for your input
you can write yourself a check and it takes about 30 days to clear. we tried to do direct deposit but it was a nightmare. Easiest for us is to write a check and have it deposited here in your local acct. plus we can still do bill pay etc from the ... Read More
Health Insurance by JulianTorrez
Looking for health insurance for myself and two children in DR. Which companies are the best and are the least expensive. I live in Santo Domingo
Hello planner Will you please send me the info as well. many thanks! Read More
Customs Question by tappers
Hi Guys, does anyone know if customs will allow you to bring mints, chocolates and homemade granola into the country?
We just moved. Getting residency. Shipped 2 paintings through UPS and got insurance to cover $1000 now customs is saying we have to pay 600 to get them. Any wayaround this ? That's more than half of what they areworth and for our own home. Read More
shipping paintings
Hello, We have gone back and forth about paying to ship items and think we have decided it is too expensive but we have 2 large paintings that we really want to keep. Does anyone have experience with shipping items like this? Any advice would be ... Read More
Cell phone plans in punta cana
Hello I have searched through the thread but mostly old and not for punta Cana. Can anyone tell me the best cell phone plan/company for the punta Cana area and for traveling both to other countries and within USA. We have internet already and would ... Read More
living expenses
I've read quite a bit about expenses. When we come to live we will have paid off the condo mortgage and have $3700 for the remainder of our expenses. our hoa is 150 and cable/internet $100- are we going to be comfortable? We aren't fancy but ... Read More