How to Fill the Dominican E-Ticket Step by Step

Filling in the Dominican Republic e-Ticket takes a few minutes once your documents are in front of you. The official form is free, it lives on the Dirección General de Migración portal, and it ends with the QR code you present at immigration control on arrival.

In brief: gather passports, flight details and your hotel booking; open the official portal; work through the personal, residence, transport, accommodation, customs and health blocks; add anyone traveling with you in the same family group; review everything and submit. The QR code arrives by email.

What to have ready before you start

The difference between a five-minute task and a frustrating evening is preparation. Before opening the form, put these on the table:

• Each traveler's passport, open at the data page.
• The flight booking, with the airline and exact flight number.
• The accommodation confirmation, with a full address.
• An email address you can open from your phone.
• Your home address in your country of residence.

One more thing: do it on a stable connection and without rushing. The form is not long, but corrections are miserable to make in the back of an airport shuttle.

Summary: passports, flight, accommodation and a reachable inbox make the rest mechanical.

Opening the official portal

The process runs on the Dirección General de Migración portal. Check the web address before typing anything, because plenty of lookalike sites charge for something that costs nothing there.

The form is available in several languages, so use the language selector if the page opens in one you would rather not read. If the site shows notices or instructions at the start, read them: details of the process do change.

Worth knowing: we are a private paid assistance agency, not the Dirección General de Migración. The official form is free. If you hire us, you are paying for review and support, never for a government fee.

Summary: confirm you are on the official portal before entering a single detail.

General information and personal details

The form opens with questions about the trip itself, such as whether you are entering or leaving and whether you are traveling with others, and then moves to identity.

In the personal block the golden rule is to copy the passport exactly: same spelling, no nicknames, no abbreviations, no reordering, and include a middle name if the document shows one. American and Canadian travelers often type the name they use day to day rather than the legal one printed in the passport, and that is where mismatches begin.

Type the passport number slowly and check it twice. It is the single most commonly mistyped field, and it is what links your declaration to your document at the border.

Summary: transcribe the passport literally, with no everyday shortcuts.

Country of residence and permanent address

Here the system wants to know where you actually live. Country of residence is where your life is based, which does not always match your nationality or your departure airport. A Canadian permanent resident holding a British passport who flies out of Toronto answers Canada for residence and the United Kingdom for nationality.

The permanent address is your home: street, number, city, state or province and postal or ZIP code. It is not your Dominican hotel, which comes later in the form.

Summary: residence and nationality can differ; the permanent address is your home address.

Transport, airline and flight number

This section covers how you reach the country. Flying is the usual case, but the form also handles sea arrivals, cruise passengers included.

For a flight you need two specifics: the airline and the flight number. Both appear on your boarding pass and in the booking confirmation email, the number being a couple of letters followed by digits.

Two situations trip people up:

• Connecting itineraries. What matters is the segment that lands you on Dominican soil, not the first leg out of your home city.
• Codeshare flights. If you booked with one carrier but another operates the aircraft, use what your boarding pass shows.

If the airline reschedules you after you submit, check whether the portal lets you amend the declaration or whether it is cleaner to file again.

Summary: the airline and number of the arriving flight, exactly as your boarding pass shows them.

Your address in the Dominican Republic

This is where improvisation causes the most trouble. The form asks for the exact address of your accommodation, and "a resort in Punta Cana" is not one.

Copy what the booking confirmation says: property name, road or street, district or municipality, and province. Staying with family or friends? Ask them to send the address in writing, with a landmark if the street has no clear numbering. In a rental villa or condo, the complex address plus the unit number does the job. If you are splitting the trip between, say, Santo Domingo and Samaná, give the first stay unless the form lets you list more.

Summary: a complete, checkable address for your first accommodation, copied from the booking.

The customs and health sections

The customs block is where you declare what you are carrying. It used to be a separate paper slip and now sits inside the same form. In general terms it asks whether you are carrying cash or monetary instruments above the declarable thresholds, commercial goods, animal or plant products, or restricted items. The exact amounts and categories are published by the Dominican authorities and can be updated, so check the official portal if your situation is anywhere near a limit. The advice is straightforward: answer honestly. Declaring does not automatically mean paying, while failing to declare something declarable can create real problems at the counter.

The health block carries what used to be the Public Health form: a short set of questions about the traveler and recent trips. It is brief and usually uneventful, but its content can shift with circumstances, so do not assume it matches your last visit.

Summary: cash, goods and restricted items on one side; a handful of short health questions on the other.

Adding travel companions from the same family group

One of the e-Ticket's genuine conveniences is that it lets you include companions from the same family group in a single submission. There is no need to run the whole process again for each person.

In practice the person who starts the form acts as the main filer and adds the others. Each added traveler supplies their own identity and passport details, while the shared trip information, flight, accommodation and dates, applies to everyone.

Screen names may differ from these labels: the portal is updated periodically, and the table describes the content rather than the exact wording of any field.

Summary: one submission can cover the whole family, with each person's passport details included.

Reviewing before you submit

The final check prevents more problems than anything else, and it is the step most people skip. Give it a full minute and confirm, in this order:

1. That every name matches its passport letter for letter.
2. That the passport numbers are complete, with no transposed digits.
3. That the email address is spelled correctly, with no stray spaces.
4. That the flight is the one you will actually board.
5. That the accommodation address is complete.
6. That no traveling companion has been left out.

If you spot a mistake after submitting, do not panic. Check the official portal for the options available to correct or re-file the declaration before you travel.

Summary: an orderly six-point check heads off almost every airport problem.

Receiving and keeping the QR code

Once you submit, the system produces the confirmation with the QR code and sends it to the email address you gave. If nothing arrives within a few minutes, look in the spam folder before filing again, since duplicate submissions create more confusion than they solve.

With the QR code in hand, three precautions:

• Download it to your phone so you do not depend on airport connectivity.
• Print it, especially when traveling as a family.
• Open the file and confirm the code displays in full.

If you want more detail on a particular part of the process, these guides go further:

• What is the Dominican Republic e-Ticket
• When to complete the Dominican e-Ticket
• The Dominican e-Ticket QR code
• The Dominican e-Ticket customs declaration
• Common Dominican e-Ticket mistakes

Summary: keep the QR code on your phone and on paper, and check that it opens before you leave home.

Key points

• Gather passports, flight, accommodation and a reachable inbox before you begin.
• Make sure you are on the official portal: the form itself is free.
• Copy personal details straight from the passport, with no shortcuts.
• The accommodation address must be exact, not a general area.
• Customs and health are part of the same form; answer them honestly.
• A single submission can include companions from the same family group.

FAQ about filling in the Dominican e-Ticket

How long does the e-Ticket take to complete?

A few minutes per traveler once your documents are ready. What stretches it out is hunting for a flight number or hotel address with the form already open.

Can I do it from my phone?

Yes, the form works on phones, tablets and computers. A larger screen makes the review easier, particularly when you are adding several companions.

Which flight do I enter if I have a connection?

The flight that brings you into Dominican territory. Earlier legs are not what the arriving immigration check is concerned with.

What if I do not know my exact hotel yet?

Wait until it is confirmed. Declaring an approximate address creates avoidable trouble, which is exactly why the form is best completed within the 72 hours before travel.

Can I include my whole family in one form?

Yes. Companions from the same family group can go into a single submission, each with their own passport details.

What happens if I make a mistake?

Check the official portal for the options to correct or re-file the declaration. What matters is sorting it out before you get to the airport.

Is the form available in English?

Yes, and in other languages too. Use the language selector if the page opens in one you did not expect.

Do I have to declare the money I am carrying?

Only above the thresholds that require declaring it, as published by the Dominican authorities. Confirm the current figures on the official portal, since they can change.

When does the QR code arrive?

Usually within minutes, by email. If it does not, check your spam folder before submitting the form a second time.

Do I need to print the confirmation?

Not strictly, but it is strongly recommended. Paper does not run out of battery or lose signal, and border officers appreciate it.

Last updated: July 2026. Immigration rules change; always confirm the current requirements on the official portal of the Dirección General de Migración before you travel.