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Obtaining Costa Rica Residency and Visa

Author: Jackson Clark
by Jackson Clark
Posted: Apr 12, 2014

Many categories of residency are there in Costa Rica for those who are seeking to live or for retirement in Costa Rica. The citizens of Canada and US do not require Visa for visiting and living. During the immigration in an entry, they will put a stamp in the passport and that is the proof of legal status for living in the country. Sometimes the authority may deny the entry if the passport is in a damaged condition.

The application for Costa Rica Residency is processed by the Immigration Department. The application must be filled in the country of your origin through the local authority. The exceptions available with residency are two Rentista and Pensionado or retirement residency and the immediate Relative residency. According to the Immigration Department, they favor the applicants that can provide some kind of financial assistants and can contribute to creating the employment of citizens either through direct or indirect investment. Here direct investment in the sense as a direct investor or as an entrepreneur while indirect means retirement visa peoples.

There is a change in the law of immigration in 2010; still they are offering a wide range of residential options. You are able to stay with a tourist visa for three months, after that you make a decision regarding the residential status.

Visa Options

The visa options on the basis of retiree, investor, family member or a work visa.

Retiree

The Costa Rica government is trying to make it easy for the peoples of North America and Europe for retiring, therefore, they have opened one special category for the retirees. The retirees seeking a residency in must show the monthly pension not less than 10,000 dollars.

Family

If a person has an immediate family member in Costa Rica, then he or she will get residency easily. For getting residency for the spouse, then the applicant has to prove their relationship and must continue proving it for a period of three years.

Rentista or Self-Employed

This is the category for wealthy businessman or women who receive a foreign income or they are the traditional investors for a long time. They must have a monthly income more than $2,500 for gaining Costa Rica Housing.

Investors

Earlier this category of visa option allowed for those who can invest more than 2.00,000 dollars in a social benefit project like for generating employment, but now the applicants of this category can earn residency with house ownership that cost more than $2,00,000.

Work Visa

It is not easy to get a work visa in there. You must prove that you are filling the position because they not have the expertise or knowledge of that post. One important thing, you must get an employer for sponsoring into the endeavor.

There are some other separate categories for cops, athletes, technicians and missionaries seeking residency. The Immigration officials are now increasingly cracking down all the peoples who continue to stay with tourist visas.

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Author: Jackson Clark

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