Some of you may recall the difficulties of getting spouses and children registered with CAJA, particularly due to the requirement to produce a marriage certificate or a birth certificate with no more than one month of issuance. This requirement made it literally impossible for people
There is the option of obtaining residency in Costa Rica through the purchase of real estate. Generally, this is called residency through investment as it requires making an “investment” of $200,000 USD in real estate. Many countries offer the option for foreigners to obtain residency or
An immigration process can be described as an adventure. It can be intimidating; it can be hard to comprehend, but it isn´t entirely devoid of fun moments. Every country has an idiom and certain keywords which expats are not familiar with and which, if explained properly,
Two congress women put two separate bills in congress with the intention to charge additional taxes to tourist, as well as implementing other requirements. One of the bills was brought by Shirley Díaz from the PUSC and the other by Paola Vega from PAC. The intention
Most of you may be familiar with SINPE which is the account number used for wire transfers between accounts from different banks. The BCCR (The Costa Rican Central Bank) is implementing a change for the processing of these wire transfers. The change will be implemented automatically
Back in March 2019, it was announced that Immigration is now accepting same-sex spouses/partners to be included as dependents in all immigration categories, including Temporary and Permanent Residencies, if a duly apostilled/legalized marriage/union certificate is provided. At the time, however, it was stated that same-sex
As of June 2019, Costa Rica´s Immigration Department (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería) has implemented changes in the way it is processing first-time Residency requests in accordance with article 28 of the Immigration Regulation. Until May 2019, applicants could file incomplete applications, meaning file what
With less than a month until Law 9635 (Law for Strengthening Public Finances) comes into effect, we have received a lot of questions and concerns regarding the implementation of the new law on day to day living. The simplest way to explain the upcoming changes could
So, as some of you may know, we are in a constant battle with the Immigration Department or DGME (and other government agencies) to make them do their job. We have been working on the driver’s license, CAJA requirements, processing times for applications for residency,