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 first of [...]
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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 to [...]
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Well…I’m working on it. Actually it is finished. We are now in the process of editing and correcting my mistakes and typo’s. Unfortunately I cannot edit my own work so I am having to rely on the kindness of others to do this for me.
Lots of information in this book. Some of the topics covered [...]
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Wow, it has been a long time since I have written anything on the blog. It is because I have been so busy writing my book that will soon be available to all my readers. This book is a condensed version of everything you need to know if you are considering moving or investing in [...]
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Obtain your Costa Rican Permanent Resident Investor Status through our Government approved reforestation project.
SPECIFIC BENEFITS USING THIS PROGRAM TO OBTAIN LEGAL STATUS
If the applicant chooses to obtain their Permanent Resident Investor status through this type of project they receive the following benefits:
Application can be made directly to the Immigration department here in Costa Rica [...]
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Over the last several weeks there have been several people, mostly Americans that have been deported for living and working in Costa Rica illegally.
The most recent was a woman working in Guanacaste as a realtor living here under a tourist visa. She was kicked out of Costa Rica and will not be allowed to return [...]
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The Costa Rican Government has identified deforestation as a major problem in Costa Rica. Pristine forests were destroyed to make way for cattle pastures and other industries. The result of this destruction was that top soil, the very essence of life in Costa Rica, ran to the rivers and floated out to the oceans only [...]
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First thing you need are the documents required by the Costa Rican government. And they are as follows:
Birth certificates for every family member, no more than 90 days old at the time you file in Costa Rica. Must be authenticated by the Costa Rican Consulate in the state where they were issued.
Marriage certificate, notarized [...]
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As mentioned before on this blog Rentista status and Pensinado status are the most popular common types of residency that people apply for when entering Costa Rica.
While there are several new proposals to change the immigration laws in the oven, nothing has been proposed for Rentista status. It as of August 12, 2006 has gotten [...]
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Since rentista financial requirements have risen so much since the last law change in August it has made it impossible for many families to make this large of a deposit to obtain residency. At present for a family of 4 to become legal residents of Costa Rica under Rentista status they would have to put [...]
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