What a joy is to receive your DIMEX! We know that after receiving your DIMEX (Costa Rican ID for residents), the steps in Costa Rica get easier, because the legal stay in the country is extended and immediately the status of tourist, changes to temporary
Achieving a balance between mobility and environmental conservation is one of the main challenges for modern society, especially for countries like Costa Rica that seek to achieve carbon neutrality in the medium term and whose history places it as one of the pioneer countries in
Considering the uncertainty generated around the driver's license issue, we reached the Department of Transportation (MOPT) to obtain clarification regarding the driver's licenses. We thus received a response, dated November 13, 2020 from the Vice Minister of Transportation Mr. Eduardo Brenes Mata who under advice by
There is a Circular DVT-DGEV-CIR-2020-73 which was sent to MOPT by their Sub General Director Maria Eugenia Salazar Salaverry, stating that it is their obligation to recognize Immigration’s rules regarding the validity of entry stamps. The Circular specifically states that Transportation is obliged to respect the
If you are a legal resident and have a foreign driver's license, you can complete the procedure to homologate or validate this document at any of the 13 offices of the General Directorate of Road Education (MOPT): Heredia, Cartago, Nicoya, Liberia, Río Claro, Puntarenas, San
In Costa Rica, a vehicle can be unregistered if it is stolen, lost, suffers total loss due to an accident or if the owner wishes to unregister because he/she will not use the vehicle for a definite or indefinite period of time. The requirements established by
Starting this Saturday, the Ministry of Health implemented the sanitary vehicle restriction with stricter measures, due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country, which already exceed 2,000 Vehicular traffic will be allowed exclusively for access to health centers, pharmacies, suppliers, grocery stores and
Last November 6th, new factors came into effect which apply to the “Manual of Procedures for the Inspection of Vehicles in Fiscal Warehouses and Eventually in the Ports.” According to the newly introduced regulation, the main objective is to verify the conditions that forbid the
According to Costa Rica’s Treasury Department, the owners of more than 2.3 million vehicles will pay an average of 7.76% less for vehicle ownership tax in the annual vehicle license collection for 2019. It is expected that a total of ¢175 billion colones be collected
1.) Know what they are looking for and make necessary repairs before you go. You can check out their website. There is even an English version! (Click on the US flag in the top right corner, or follow this link: https://www.rtv.co.cr/en/ ) They will do a