Posted on August 27th, 2011 by Angela Passman
A U.S.-bound air passenger was found to be carrying nearly $10,000 in counterfeit $100 bills Wednesday, but he was allowed to leave after police confiscated the funny money. The incident took place at Juan Santamaría airport. The Policía Aeroportuaria of the Fuerza Pública said they found 95 fake bills in the pocket of the 34-year-old [...]
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Filed under: Leaving Costa Rica, Living in Costa Rica, Money in Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, The Dark Side
Posted on July 18th, 2011 by Angela Passman
The costs are ever-rising for pet transportation into and out of Costa Rica. It is always less expensive if the pet owner manages the move themselves but not everyone can do this because they are leaving either before or after their pets travel. You must keep in mind that the most of the reason that [...]
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Filed under: Animals, Leaving Costa Rica, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, Veterinary care
Posted on January 25th, 2011 by Angela Passman
Public school in Costa Rica is not as cheap as some would think and it is definitely not free. When you add up the cost of materials and uniforms there are children that drop out of school each year because of the exorbitant cost of these items. School starts the first or second week of [...]
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Filed under: Kids in Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, Schools in Costa Rica
Posted on January 16th, 2011 by Angela Passman
In January of 2010 Laurel, Jean Luc’s owner flew down to Costa Rica from California with Jean Luc in cabin thinking that she could arrive in Costa Rica with just a health certificate and a prayer and be let into the country with her bird. She spent the next 24 hours in the airport guarding [...]
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Filed under: Animals, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica
Posted on December 13th, 2010 by Angela Passman
Is Costa Rica closed for the holidays? This is a question one might ask if trying to do business with one of the government agencies during the end of December or the first week of January in Costa Rica. Most of the government offices close for the week between Christmas and New Years and many [...]
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Filed under: Animals, Holidays in Costa Rica, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Angela Passman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf76qGmVZw8 I’m not the cyber guru that Ramiro is and i could not figure out how to get this video to open on this page but I believe that if you cut and paste the link into your browser it should work. This video portrays the directions one would get and how an expat would [...]
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Filed under: Living in Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, The Dark Side
Posted on December 13th, 2009 by Angela Passman
I have written about this many times before but some things bear repeating time and time again . There is so much bad information out there!!! Just this weekend I learned of another poor animal dying because someone received BAD information, information they received from an airline. This poor cat came into Costa Rica last [...]
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Filed under: Animals, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by Angela Passman
Residency laws in Costa Rica are changing again! I am having difficulty keeping up with all of the changes this time so I have enlisted the help of my friends at Fragomen to help weed through some of the new laws. I will be posting them here as they are made clear to me. The [...]
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Filed under: Living in Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, Residency in Costa Rica
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by Angela Passman
Well it has happened again….I didn’t think it would ever pass but I was wrong. President Arias has signed the bill into law. On Wednesday the 19th of August the bill became a law changing the amount for Pensinado’s required to have in income and several other changes. The amount that Pensinado’s must now have [...]
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Filed under: Living in Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica, Residency in Costa Rica
Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Angela Passman
So you want to bring your beloved bird with you to Costa Rica? Do you know what all is involved in this endeavor? Lots of paperwork and permissions from your home country and Costa Rica’s government agency’s. This month we brought in a bird from Honduras. Birds from Central and South America are not permitted [...]
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Filed under: Animals, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica
