What documents do I need to travel to the Dominican Republic?
For the Dominican Republic you need a valid passport (six months from arrival for most visitors, or just your stay for US, Canadian, UK and EU tourists until end-2026) and a completed E-Ticket. Most tourists get 30 days without applying for a visa.
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Entering the Dominican Republic - what you need
The paperwork here is light but not optional. You need a passport, an E-Ticket and an address to declare, which your trip1 booking confirmation gives you in one place.
- A passport valid for at least six months from your arrival date (until 31 December 2026, US, Canadian, UK, EU, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian and Ecuadorian tourists only need it valid for their stay).
- A completed E-Ticket for your arrival, with the QR code saved to your phone.
- A return or onward ticket.
- The name and address of your accommodation, which the E-Ticket asks for.
- Enough funds to cover your stay, plus a yellow fever certificate if you are arriving from a country with transmission risk.
The E-Ticket, step by step
The E-Ticket is the Dominican Republic's single digital form covering immigration, customs and health. It replaced the paper cards travellers used to fill in on the plane.
Complete it on the official government migration portal, where it is free. You need your passport details, your flight number and the address where you are staying.
You submit one E-Ticket for your arrival and a second one for your departure. Plenty of travellers do the first and forget the second, then end up filling it in on airport wifi with a queue behind them.
Save the QR code as a screenshot or a PDF. Airlines check it at check-in and immigration scans it when you land.
How long you can stay
The standard tourist entry is 30 days, covered by the tourist card fee that is usually inside your airfare. If you want longer, apply to the Migration Department in Santo Domingo before those 30 days run out.
Important: If you overstay, you pay a fine at the airport before you are allowed to fly, and the amount climbs steeply the longer you have been in the country.
Hotel check-in in the Dominican Republic
Bring the passport you entered on. Hotels and resorts ask to see it at check-in and record the details for their guest register.
Your trip1 booking confirmation gives you the exact accommodation address for the E-Ticket and doubles as proof of accommodation if immigration asks where you are staying.
Resorts often ask for a card at the desk to hold against incidentals. That is the hotel's own policy and it is separate from how you paid for the room.
Entering the Dominican Republic - FAQ
Until 31 December 2026, US tourists need a passport valid only for the length of their stay; after that the usual six-month rule applies. You also need a completed E-Ticket for arrival and departure, a return or onward ticket and your accommodation address. Your trip1 booking confirmation gives you the address the E-Ticket asks for.
Yes. Every traveller must complete the free E-Ticket on the official migration portal before arriving and again before leaving. It combines the immigration, customs and health declarations and gives you a QR code that airlines check at check-in. Plenty of travellers forget the departure form, so do both.
You can submit the E-Ticket up to seven days before you arrive. You need your passport details, flight number and the address where you are staying. Save the QR code as a screenshot or PDF so it works without a data connection, and fill in the departure E-Ticket before you head back to the airport.
Usually not separately. If you fly in, the tourist card fee is normally already included in your airline ticket, so there is nothing to pay at the airport. Travellers arriving by sea buy the card at the port of entry. Ask your airline if you are unsure whether your fare includes it.
The standard tourist entry is 30 days. To stay longer, apply to the Dominican Migration Department in Santo Domingo before your 30 days run out. If you overstay, you pay a fine at the airport before you are allowed to fly, and the amount rises the longer you stayed.