Costa Rica Residency

• The practical benefits of attaining residency in Costa Rica as a foreigner are very tangible, unlike in some other countries:

• Access to social security continued care.

• Access to checking accounts and credit service from some banks

• Permission to engage in labor relationships

• Exclusion from the one dollar a month fine for extended stay beyond tourist visa term

• Freedom from worries about immigration checkpoints and possible deportation

• Ability to purchase personal and business property and real estate

• Once requirements are met, qualify for citizenship & Costa Rica Passport is uncomplicated because our legal staff will guide you through the entire process making the process as simple as possible

• Right to purchase telephone lines

Documents: All applications must be documented with the following documents:

• An original Birth Certificate. This document has to be authenticated* by the Consul of Costa Rica nearest to the issuer authority of the birth certificate.

• A Police Report from the applicant’s home country revealing no criminal convictions. The local Police in the applicant’s usual residence if different from the applicant’s home state may issue this report but the police report usually coincides with the applicants US drivers license number. This document must also be authenticated* by the nearest Consul of Costa Rica. Many US state and local law enforcement agencies have websites and special phone numbers to issue such reports, upon request by the applicant.

• Certified photocopies of all pages of the applicant’s valid passport.

• Eight recent passport size photographs (for Immigration and the Police Archive).

Each applicant must visit Costa Rica to sign original documents as well as other requirements at the proper time.