Costa Rica Visa: Restricted Visas to enter Costa Rica Procedure

Below you will find the Procedure for Costa Rica Restricted Visas:

Chinese are on the restricted Costa Rica visa list, however there are exceptions to this rule, specifically in cases in which chinese already have residence or visa to enter countries like: EU, Canada and the USA among others.

If they are not in that situation they will need the following:
1. Application:

A written application in Spanish in the CR Consulate in Beijing, with the following info:
a) Full name
b) Nationality
c) Profession or occupation
d) number of passport
e) Full name and nationality of parents
f) Place of residence
g) Date and place of birth
h) Reason for travel (i.e., tourism, business, study)
i) Estimated time of stay
j) Location and approximate date of arrival and departure
k) Exact address of where you reside or stay
l) Fax of in CR
m) Date of request
n) Signature

2. Documents:

All documents are original and derived from the PRC or any other country must be certified and legalized by the Consular Dept. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China before being submitted to the Consulate of CR.

Also document in a language other than Spanish must be accompanied by the official translation.

The documents are:

a) Passport, must be at least 6 months of validity.

b) Copy of the biographic page of passport,with its official translation.

c) Confirmation of the air ticket reservation.
The reservation must include a definite date of departure from the
territory or to continue the journey. Since not all the visas are
approved, it is not necessary to present the physical ticket itself.

d) Proof of economic means with which the applicant will have to survive
in the country during his tenure, duly legalized and translated if
appropriate.
Checking is done by means of the following documents:
- Letter or labor certification, indicating the position held, salary and
time worked
- Bank Statement of last 3 months
It is important that the documents submitted demonstrate not only the
applicant's financial solvency. Also be used to verify that it has ties
rooted in their country of origin.
To this end, the consulate may also request the concerned to present:
- Certification issued by a cpa, issued in the 6 months
prior to their presentation, legalized and translated into Spanish.
- travelers checks
- Credit cards or debit International

e) Legalized Criminal Record, issued by the authorities of their country or where they had their habitual residence during the 3 years preceding
the date of application.

In exceptional cases where it is totally impossible to obtain the certification of criminal record, the applicant may request in
writing that you are exempt from submitting such a requirement.

f) 2 color photos passport size.

3. Pay the cost of the visa:
Once approved you must cancel the amount applicable customs cost of the costa rica visa.

Let us know when you are ready and GLC will coordinate all details.