Legalizing a Mexican birth certificate?

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    bloucas
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    Has anybody had any experience at all with a member or friend that was Mexican at birth immigrating to CR? My wife is a US citizen but born in Mexico. Even with all the information provided by ARCR and other sites we keep running in to walls. My wife has her (original) birth certificate just recently obtained from Tijuana. It’s getting it legalized and then authenticated that is the problem. We keep getting pointed in different directions. We now believe we have to go to (or hire someone in) Mexicali Mx. (maybe Tiuana) to get it [b]legalized[/b] but this has not been confirmed. Then we send it to Mexico City for [b]authentication[/b], but for this part there is no information any where on how to pay for this service. Does anybody know someone (Mexican) that legaly moved to CR and applied for pensionado? Does anyone have any input on this subject.Your help is greatly appreciated since we are on a hard date to move in Jan. My documents and all others (marriage cert., police record, etc) under control.Thx!
    Bill

    #169847
    waggoner41
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    [quote=”bloucas”] Then we send it to Mexico City for [b]authentication[/b], but for this part there is no information any where on how to pay for this service. [/quote]

    Have you tried the nearest Mexican consulate?

    #169848
    bloucas
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    [quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”bloucas”] Then we send it to Mexico City for [b]authentication[/b], but for this part there is no information any where on how to pay for this service. [/quote]

    Have you tried the nearest Mexican consulate?[/quote]

    Yes, in Los Angelas. It has to be done in Mexico. We live in San Diego so we may have to drive down for the 1st part but we dont want to go to Mexico City (CR Consulate) for the authentication part.

    #169849
    waggoner41
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    [quote=”bloucas”]
    Yes, in Los Angelas. It has to be done in Mexico. We live in San Diego so we may have to drive down for the 1st part but we dont want to go to Mexico City (CR Consulate) for the authentication part.[/quote]

    Is that an indication that the only CR consulate is in Mexico City?
    It would seem that there would be a consulate in the state in which she was born. I would have e4xpected closer ties between the Central American countries.

    #169850
    bloucas
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    [quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”bloucas”]
    Yes, in Los Angelas. It has to be done in Mexico. We live in San Diego so we may have to drive down for the 1st part but we dont want to go to Mexico City (CR Consulate) for the authentication part.[/quote]

    Is that an indication that the only CR consulate is in Mexico City?
    It would seem that there would be a consulate in the state in which she was born. I would have e4xpected closer ties between the Central American countries.[/quote]

    I may have mis spoke. Let me clarify. She was born in Tijuana MX but is a US citizen. CR does not accept an apostile, instead they need to have her BC legalized which must be done in the state of Mex she was born. Then sent to the CR embassy for authentication. We cannot find info on how to complete this process including how much $ to send to the embassy for their processing.

    #169851
    waggoner41
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    [quote=”bloucas”][ We cannot find info on how to complete this process including how much $ to send to the embassy for their processing.[/quote]

    Try this web site: [url=http://costa-rica.visahq.com/embassy/Mexico/]Costa Rica Consulates in Mexico[/url]

    It provides phones & addresses in Mexico City and Nuevo Leon.

    Costa Rican Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico
    Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico
    Rio Poo 113, entre Rio Lerma y Rio Panuco
    Colonia Cuauhtemoc, Mexico D.F.
    Codigo Postal 06500
    Tel: (00525) 55 525 7765 / 55 525 7766/55257764/52 08 99 68
    Fax: (00525) 55 511 9240

    #169852
    bloucas
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    [quote=”bloucas”][quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”bloucas”]
    Yes, in Los Angelas. It has to be done in Mexico. We live in San Diego so we may have to drive down for the 1st part but we dont want to go to Mexico City (CR Consulate) for the authentication part.[/quote]

    Is that an indication that the only CR consulate is in Mexico City?
    It would seem that there would be a consulate in the state in which she was born. I would have e4xpected closer ties between the Central American countries.[/quote]

    I may have mis spoke. Let me clarify. She was born in Tijuana MX but is a US citizen. CR does not accept an apostile, instead they need to have her BC legalized which must be done in the state of Mex she was born. Then sent to the CR embassy for authentication. We cannot find info on how to complete this process including how much $ to send to the embassy for their processing.[/quote]

    thank you

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