jarachica
American expat in Dominican Republic
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About me
American
Lives in Jarabacoa
Speaks english, spanish, haitian creole
Registration: 08 February 2012
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Meeting expats & Haitians & work in Haiti by Gourmandise
Bonjour a tous/ hi to all We are 2 expats coming from different countries in the world and arriving in haiti at the end of the month. I am a French & Canadian woman and my fiance is Jordanian. Je parle anglais, francais et espagnol ( apprendrai le ...
I speak haitian kreyol, its very easy to learn! Read More
Cost of living in the US by Julien
Hi everybody Let's start a topic about the cost of living in the different US states. We already began to speak about cost of life in others posts, I thought it would be interesting to gather everything in one unique post. Don't forget to mention ...
I think its interesting that on many posts, people don't actually know what the cost of living is! I know that when I lived in the States (I now live in the Dominican Republic) I didn't pay much attention to what things cost either. Now though, I ... Read More
Moving with Kids...... by Nataliehorler
I'm a mother of 4 the oldest is 7 and the youngest is 5mnths. My husband and I have been to the Dominican for a month travelling all around it, but that was well before having kids. We are thinking living in Ireland, and are thinking of moving ...
Jarabacoa!! Read More
Dominican Republic by zadits
My wife is a Dominican citizen, though she hasn't lived there since the age of 16 (she is now 56). Her parents still live there but none of her younger siblings. We had been thinking about retiring to DR, but after a recent visit to Santo Domingo ...
Are you kidding?? We live much cheaper in the DR! We are a family of 5 and our costs are easily half of what hey would be back home! Read More
Moving with Kids...... by Nataliehorler
I'm a mother of 4 the oldest is 7 and the youngest is 5mnths. My husband and I have been to the Dominican for a month travelling all around it, but that was well before having kids. We are thinking living in Ireland, and are thinking of moving ...
I live here with my three kids, we have been here for about a year. We are loving it! Read More
Jarabacoa by Traveler12
Hi Everyone, This is my first post. I would like to visit Jarabacoa and spend a few weeks. Any info (places to stay, rent, cost etc) and or pictures would be much appreciated. Thanks much
Jarabacoa has beautiful weather, right now its on the cool side, I am happy to say that I use a sweater, and the summers are hot but not miserable like La Vega and Santiago. Read More
Provisional residency requirement: 1 year or 5 years??? by Red54
The requirement for residency has been 1 year provisional, then 2 years permanent residency, leading to naturalization after 3 years total. I'm hearing from some sources that the new laws passed last October are different and have increased the ...
Yes, the new law requires you to have provisional residency renewed 3 times before you can apply for citizenship. Read More
Relocation to DR in 2012 by jmnorr
looking to move to DR in 2012 serial expat has given great advice, looked at coralbay.com a must for everyone looking to move to DR
I also have got my residency paper work going, since I don't plan on leaving any time soon! Read More