Costa Rica Relocation: Main Aspects to Consider

The concept of relocation to Costa Rica means moving from your country of origin or residence to Costa Rica, to establish in a new location and in most of the cases, implicates the change of residency. All this involves a sometimes complicated process. Due to this, relocation services in Costa Rica have been growing in the past years, with the purpose of making the move as easy as possible.

Each person has particular interests when settling in a new life. The idea is to fulfill their particular needs, attending the following considerations when relocating to Costa Rica:

Arrival Assistance
Traveling and transporting every belonging can turn into a stressful situation. To guarantee a trouble-free arrival, Costa Rican movers offer an international service, to provide safe transportation in every step of the moving process:
 Customized packing and unpacking services: which involve wrapping, labeling and packing of every belonging, as well as unpacking and reassembling everything that was disarmed. This attention applies for both household belongings and office equipment.
 Storage services: for documents, furniture and any other stuff, all taken care in warehouse facilities.
 Coordinating the shipment of belongings, whether on air, sea, or land means.
Home Search and removals

Our Moving service is done directly through our in house Costa Rican moving company Mudanzas Economicas Arpo, a recognized moving company with more than 30 years of experience.

According to the clients requirements and the budget available, residential areas and properties are identified and suggested to the client, until one of them fits their purposes, whether if he wants to buy or lease.

As part of the accommodation, guidance is also provided in matter of education (schools), supermarkets, sport facilities, medical centers, religious centers, leisure, entertainment, work, and transport.
Advice is also provided in the case of market prices.

Costa Rican Legal Advice
After the client has made his mind on the options available, paperwork comes next:
 Drafting, checking and closing rental or purchase contracts, as well as their translation.

 Application of Costa Rican residencies, Costa Rican visas, Costa Rican work permits, car registration.
 Dealing with insurance policies (house, car, medical...), opening Costa Rican bank accounts.

Departure assistance
Whenever the client decides to leave definitely Costa Rica, advice is also facilitated for terminating contracts, registrations and coordinating the shipment of personal belongings (with the help of international moving companies).

GLC is the first mover in Costa Rica Relocation since 1999 and is the only company that has all the different Relocation Services under one roof.