Short answer
No.
iVisa is a commercial visa and travel service. It is not affiliated with the Dirección General de Migración (DGM). iVisa charges a fee to file the E-Ticket on your behalf. The E-Ticket itself is free.
The official site is:
Longer answer
iVisa is a legal business. It is not illegal to pay iVisa. It just costs more than the $0 DGM charges, for a form that takes 8 minutes.
If you paid iVisa for an E-Ticket submission, one of three things happened:
- iVisa filed the real E-Ticket on your behalf and kept the fee. Your QR is valid. You overpaid.
- iVisa filed a different form (e.g. just a customs declaration) and sent a generic confirmation. You may still need the E-Ticket at the border.
- iVisa filed nothing yet and is waiting on info from you or their system failed silently.
Check your email for a QR code from a migracion.gob.do address or a document titled “E-Ticket.” If you have it, the real form was filed. If not, file it yourself at the DGM site.
Other sites people ask about
Is eticket-dominican.com the official site?
No.
.com is open. Anyone can register it. The DGM operates under .gob.do, which is restricted.
eticket-dominican.com is a reseller that charges roughly $29 USD. It typically files the real E-Ticket with your data, so you usually arrive with a valid QR. You just paid $29 for 8 minutes of typing.
First observed: August 2023.
Is dominicanrepublic-eticket.org the official site?
No. .org is open. The DGM does not use .org.
Charges roughly $39 USD. Mimics the DGM layout closely enough to fool first-time visitors.
First observed: March 2024.
Is dr-eticket-official.net the official site?
No. The word “official” in a domain is meaningless. .net is open.
Charges roughly $45 USD. Uses URL patterns designed to look like a DGM subdomain at a glance.
First observed: January 2025.
Is ivisa.com/dominican-republic the official site?
No, same as the short answer above. iVisa is a commercial middleman.
The scam gallery
Screenshots captured April 2026. Archived on Wayback Machine.
How to tell any E-Ticket site is not the real one
- Does the domain end in
.gob.do? If no, it is not a Dominican government site. - Does it ask for payment? The E-Ticket is free.
- Does the URL contain words like “apply”, “official”, “eticket” but not
.gob.do? Bait. - Does it ask you to upload a passport photo? The DGM form does not.
- Does the page have trust badges, testimonials, or countdown timers? Government forms have none of these.
What to do if you’ve already paid
Dispute the charge with your credit card issuer. “Service not rendered” or “deceptive practice” usually works. Best within 60 days.
If the middleman did file a real E-Ticket for you, your QR is still valid. You are disputing the fee, not the submission.
If no real E-Ticket was filed, file one yourself at eticket.migracion.gob.do before travel. It takes 8 minutes.