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To add to what Raven posted, I would like to say that my Tica friend had her baby with the father in attendance. I am sorry I do not know at which hospital, but could probably find out that information.
I am a U.S. citizen. My son was born here 3 years ago. I had gone to the Clinica Sta. Rita in San Jose. They allowed me to be in the waiting area, and as soon as my son was born , I was taken in to hold him. The total cost back then was about $2500 for C-section and 2 day stay , with me included , bed , food.
I still haven´t received my residency here because I still live and work in the U.S. However, my son has a Costa Rican birth certificate obviously, and I have to say, when I went to the U.S. Embassy about 3 months after he was born, I applied for a U.S. Consulate Report of a U.S. Citizen Born Abroad ( his official birth certificate ) and a U.S. Passport for him. The offical there wanted all kinds of proof we were living in the U.S. for them to do this. I gave them Tax returns, Current Driver´s License, and mortgage statement. They requested my high school transcripts too, but I argued why that would do any good if I graduated over 25 years ago ! Nonetheless, I was able to complete it all, but I had the sense that the official was not going to grant the passport if I was actually living here. This is only based on my experience , not a fact .
I have read page 4-5 of my U.S. passport , and it lists possible reasons why one would lose U.S. Citizenship. No.8, it does not say anything about one being born in another country. In fact. no. 9 states that one can have dual citizenship.
I do not know about every where else in the country, but I had absolutely NO problem with being present for my sons birth.
Jerry in Las Colonias de La Suiza
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