Immigration Status-Costa Rica

This time i want to talk about immigration status, and some option for visitors and investors to get their  VISA:

 

Here is is the options:

 

FIRST OPTION:

The applicants that already has visa to entry in United States Of America, European Union or Canada, valid for three months minimum.

In this case, the applicants don’t need VISA to entry in Costa Rica They can stay in Costa Rica for no more than 30 days.

SECOND OPTION:

APPLICANTS THAT HAS LEGAL RESIDENCY IN COUNTRIES LISTED BELOW,

In this case, the persons who has visa of the following countries, will be able to request for consular visa in that country of legal permanency, whenever they present before the respective Costa Rican Consul, the document that credits that legal permanence They can stay in Costa Rica for no more than 30 days.

 

ALEMANIA GERMANY

ANDORRA ANDORRA

ARGENTINA ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA* AUSTRALIA*

AUSTRIA AUSTRIA

BAHAMAS BAHAMAS

BARBADOS BARBADOS

BÉLGICA BELGIUM

BRASIL BRAZIL

BULGARIA BULGARIA

CANADÁ CANADA

CROACIA CROATIA

CHILE CHILE

CHIPRE CYPRUS

DINAMARCA* DENMARK*

ESLOVAQUIA SLOVAK REPUBLIC

ESLOVENIA SLOVENIA

ESPAÑA SPAIN

ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA* UNITED STATES*

ESTONIA ESTONIA

FINLANDIA FINLAND

FRANCIA* FRANCE*

HUNGRÍA HUNGARY

IRLANDA IRELAND

ISLANDIA ICELAND

ISRAEL ISRAEL

ITALIA ITALY

JAPÓN JAPAN

LETONIA LATVIA

LIECHTENSTEIN LIECHTENSTEIN

LITUANIA LITHUANIA

LUXEMBURGO LUXEMBOURG

MALTA MALTA

MÉXICO MEXICO

MONTENEGRO MONTENEGRO

NORUEGA* NORWAY*

NUEVA ZELANDA* NEW ZEALAND*

PAÍSES BAJOS (HOLANDA) * NETHERLANDS*

PANAMÁ PANAMA

PARAGUAY PARAGUAY

POLONIA POLAND

PORTUGAL PORTUGAL

PRINCIPADO DE MÓNACO PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO

SAN MARINO SAN MARINO

PUERTO RICO PUERTO RICO

SERBIA SERBIA

SUDÁFRICA SOUTH AFRICA

REINO UNIDO DE LA GRAN BRETAÑA UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN

E IRLANDA DEL NORTE** AND NORTHERN IRELAND **

REPÚBLICA CHECA CZECH REPUBLIC

REPÚBLICA DE COREA DEL SUR REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA

REPÚBLICA HELÉNICA (GRECIA) HELLENIC REPUBLIC (GREECE)

RUMANIA ROMANIA

SANTA SEDE VATICANO VATICAN CITY

SINGAPUR SINGAPORE

SUECIA SWEDEN

SUIZA SWITZERLAND

TAIWAN TAIWAN

TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

URUGUAY URUGUAY


 

 

THIRD OPTION:

ENTREPRENEUR OR BUSINESSMEN VISA

This VISA is given to entrepreneur OR BUSINESSMEN, to get this visa is needed at least:

1.    Someone in Costa Rica with a Power of Attorney, to represent them in the process and  in front Immigration offices, or ask for the VISA in his country.-

2.    Documents needed:

a.    Birth Certificate

b.    Criminal records issued by the government where he lived in last two years.

c.    A Certificate copy of his passport.

d.    A document that shows he is a businessman or an entrepreneur.

e.    A document that shows he has a solvent financial status (bank statements, certificates, properties, real states etc) in last three years.

f.     Guarantee deposit of 50 US dollars

3.    Any other document that shows his relation with companies or business in his country.

4.    Ant other document that shows his status as business man.-

 

Comments

          All these documents, should be legalized in the consulate of Costa Rica in his country and translated into the Spanish language and has to be sending to us with the power of attorney.

          Once we get all this documents, we will be able to start the process in our Immigration Offices.

          And for those cases when the VISA is approved, the applicants should visit our Costa Rican consulate in their country, to stamp the visa in their passport .-

          In those cases where the petitions is rejected, is not possible to appeal the decision, but the applicant can apply again 4 months later.

          The applicant will not get a legal residency status, just a visa to stay in Costa Rica for a previously and determinate period of time.-

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