http://blog.relocationcr.com Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:59:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2010-01-31/getting-directions-in-costa-rica/ Now we talk about pets leaving Costa Rica :) As of February 2009, the TSA in the USA will not allow anyone to book their own pet as cargo coming into the US.  As excess baggage if you are on the same plane, no problem.  But as manifest cargo, you will ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-12-18/pets-leaving-costa-rica/ 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 and just this weekend I learned of another poor animal, in this instance a cat, dying because someone received BAD information. If you do ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-12-13/moving-to-costa-rica-with-pets/ 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 ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-09-23/rentista-in-costa-rica/ Costa Rica is becoming the mecca for North Americans and others who need reasonable health care. The president of Costa Rica has put out the welcome map for foreigners who want to come here to take advantage of the lower-cost medical care. The president, Nobel-Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias Sánchez, issued ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-08-20/medical-care-in-costa-rica-2/ 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 ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-08-20/immigration-laws-in-costa-rica/ New transit or driving laws are about to pass this September 23rd.  As usual the government of Costa Rica is rushing around trying to piece together all of the last minute changes before the deadline. A couple of the changes that are coming about are the following: All children 12 and under ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-08-18/driving-laws-in-costa-rica/ You are moving to Costa Rica and the question comes up....What do I take with me?  The answer to this question varies with everyone. If you are a family with children, you are of course going to want to bring more than if you are an individual traveling alone. The cost to ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-08-03/what-to-take-to-costa-rica/ Taking a pet to Costa Rica has it's upside and downside depending on how you go about doing it.  It you want to travel with your pet on the same plane it is a relatively simple process.  But during the summer months and going back into the United States this ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-07-27/taking-a-pet-to-costa-rica/ This week the Sala IV constitutional court has rejected an appeal against a section of family law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.  A lawyer filed the appeal which, if accepted, it would have opened the door in Costa Rica for same-sex marriages. With the ... http://blog.relocationcr.com/2009-05-31/same-sex-marriage-in-costa-rica/