Citizens of the U.S. and Canada need valid passports to stay for 90 days. No visas are required.
All Europeans need valid passports; no Western European citizens need visas. Most Europeans may stay up to 90 days. Ireland, Australia and New Zealand citizens are given inital permission for 30 days, with a valid passport.
In Central America, [...]
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Finally, a proposed redraft of the nation’s new immigration laws, that came into effect this past August, will hopefully bring about some changes in the current law.
The monthly income amount required by a foreigner living here on a pension would be reduced to $500 per month instead of the present amount of $600.
Not such good [...]
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You should know that while you will get a lot of basic information from this blog and from our website, this is in no way a complete assessment of the topic being discussed. We only touch on the subjects that we think would be of interest to someone considering moving to Costa Rica.
Many of the [...]
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It was reported earlier that the new immigration laws were to be shelved until December 2007 because of the lack of funding, that is no longer the case. Even though the funds aren’t there to enforce the new laws, the new laws DID go into effect on August 12. How this affects you…..amounts necessary to [...]
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The new immigration law went into effect August 12, 2006 but no one seems to know how it is going to affect those filing for Rentista status and other items that are supposed to change with the new law. Even the attorneys are stumped and don’t have the answers at this time.
The law was passed [...]
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To file for residency under investor status in the tourism industry an investment of $50,000 is required. The hitch to this is that any other family members that you think would be covered under this type of investment is not. This would only give the primary investor residency and spouses and dependant children would not [...]
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As of April 30, 2003 all visitors to Costa Rica must have a legal passport from their country of origin. Prior to that date you could enter Costa Rica on simply your drivers license or some other form of ID.
Visitors from Canada, the United States and most of Europe don’t need to apply for visas [...]
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Effective date put off more than a year
Immigration law to be shelved for more study
By Saray Ramírez Vindas
of the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The new immigration law looks like a dead letter.
Fernando Berrocal, the security minister, said Wednesday that the executive branch would move to delay the effective date of the law until sometime in December [...]
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Retired Residents or Pensianado’s is the right immigration status for someone that has a permanent pension. This only requires $600 per month income from a permanent pension source or retirement fund. You can combine pensions for one person.
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Investor Resident or Inversionista status requires an investment of $50,000 US in one of the approved sectors such as tourism or export. Different types of business can require up to $200,000 investment, you will need to speak with an attorney to see which sector your business would be in.
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