Tourist card for Punta Cana in 2024

The short answer is – no, you do not need to buy a tourist card for Punta Cana because you will pay for this buying your tickets to the Dominican Republic. It saves your time to get to the hotel or apartment as soon as possible and start relaxing and enjoying your time in this beautiful paradise.

At first glance, it seems that you need a touristic card to have access to all of this beauty. Honestly, there is no need for it if you want to have a flight to this country. You used to need to buy it a few years ago when crossing the border of the DR. It was a tourist tax or tourist visa and you used to get a receipt of purchase that you handed to a migration officer.

Nevertheless, if you are planning to enter the Dominican Republic by land or sea, you need to purchase a Tourist Cards at the points of sale of the General Directorate of Internal Taxes at the ports of entry at a value of US $ 10.00.

In the 2018 year, you had to pay $10.00 if you arrived to the country by plane. For now, you need to pay $10.00 only if you are entering the Dominican Republic by land or sea. Similarly, these points provide the facility to make the payment of the Tourist Card in euros to passengers who do not have US dollars. For these cases, the cost of the card is € 10.00.

All tourist taxes are included in your ticket or when you are getting a VISA you will pay these taxes. At the airport, you do not need to pay anything like that. If you travel by land or sea, you will pay $10.00 for a touristic card.

Remember, you do not need to pay any extra fees if you are staying less than 30 days, but it depends on which country you are from. Tourist cards permit varying lengths of stay – 30, 60, or 90 days. For longer stays, one can visit the Migration Department in Santo Domingo and request an extension or pay the same fee at the airport when leaving the country. The purchase of the tourist card at the airport upon arrival was cancelled to reduce the time in the queues, to guarantee a speedy customs and migration control procedure and let tourists spend just a few minutes at the airport.

It is officially considered that the cost of this type of tourist visa is included in the cost of your flight. Besides, if you are a resident or citizen of the Dominican Republic you can reimburse $10 fee from the Tax Service since you are living here not for a vacation. Please, follow this link to get a refund.

You do not need a visa if you live in one of these eight countries: Argentine, Chile, Ecuador, Israel, Japan, Peru, South Korea, Uruguay. If you are not from any country I mentioned above, you need to have a visa for a stay longer than 30 days in the DR. The best time to apply for your Dominican Republic visa is 1-2 months before your travel date. It is very important to have an invitation letter from somebody you know there (parents, friends and so on) to get the visa.

Our advice: before buying tickets, contact the embassy to check country restrictions and if you need to add more documents to your package entering the Dominican Republic. Please, use these links for that:

• The U.S. Department of State provides detailed Dominican Republic International Travel Information (you can find all passport requirements and travel advisories).
• The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism offers up-to-date information on travel to and within the country.