Costa Rica Immigration: Costa Rica entry Visas, Costa Rica Residency for Rentist and as Executive

As you possibly know, Costa Rica is among the favorite destinations for retirement or investment in the world. Because of that our firm devotes its efforts towards facilitating legal & business procedures that are essential to safely obtain this goals.

The following are the most important regimes that exist to get a Residency in Costa Rica:

1. Costa Rica Visas are based on the country of origin, in that sense countries are distributed in 4 groups, and depending on that clasification the requirements vary. For example India used to be in the list as requiring restricted but it was recently changed to consular visa. Our firm has processed succesfully visas for citizens of Nepal, India, Pakistan and other countries in that region with success.
Legal Fees: US$500.00 per individual
Duration:1 month

2. Residency as Rentist: Possibly the most effective way to obtain legal status, however requires a deposit of US$60,000.00 in a recognized world bank in a Certificate of Deposit for at least 5 years that will guarantee a minimum monthly payment to the applicant of US$1000.00.
Legal Fees:US$1000.00
Duration:4-6months.

3. Temporary Residency as an Executive of a Recognized Company: This procedure started only in May19th, 2008 as an effort of the government to facilitate Costa Rica immigration matters. It requires first to register a CR Corporation as a Recognized company that will start operations in the country that are considered important for the economic growth of the country. Once the company has been recognized it is authorized to hire foreign employees that qualify based on education and/or experience.
Legal Fees: US$1500.00 For Company Recognition
Legal Fees:US$1000.00 Per Executive
Duration:2 months for entire process, once the company is recognized the residence for executives could be obtained in 1 month.


Common Requirements for all applications:
-Birth Certificate
-Police Record
-Certified Copy of Passport
-Fingerprints
-4 passport size pictures
-deposits to the CR Government
-Application

Note: All foreign documents have to be authenticated in the CR Consulate for the specific region and then translated to Spanish.Our office coordinates all the necessary details so that the client can have the best possible result.

Contact our team for further details.