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April 24, 2010 at 12:00 am #161239stevezimMember
Hi,
I just renewed my cedula. I have rentista residency and this is the first time I have renewed. I have a private insurance policy with INS that covers me worldwide. I was worried I would have to join the caja as I read in the Tico Times that all foreigners renewing their cedulas would have to join due to the new immigration law. However I was told to bring my old cedula and proof of insurance. I was told that proof of my private insurance was sufficient. When they called to confirm my appointment I asked again about whether the private insurance was sufficient and was told it was.
Now I know from living here that what happens to one person doesn’t mean the same will happen to another. But I was happy not to have to join the caja as I would probably never use it and it would be an unnecessary expense.
Steve
April 24, 2010 at 3:32 am #161240maravillaMemberi just renewed my cedula today and i DID have to prove that i had CAJA. i had to give them copies of both my card and my receipt showing last this month’s payment. so i guess if you had INS that suffices. i don’t, nor do most people, and in that case you will in fact have to prove you are in CAJA to renew your cedula, be it rentista or pensionada (that would be me!).
April 29, 2010 at 1:35 pm #161241AndrewKeymasterAccording to my friend Lic. Marco Badilla – who used to be the Director of the immigration department – the CAJA insurance is absolutely ESSENTIAL and it is irrelevant if you have private insurance through INS or anybody else…
This requirement applies to both temporary and permanent resident in Costa Rica.
Con el inicio de la Nueva Ley Migratoria No. 8764, el pasado 1 de marzo, la Dirección General de Migración indicó que las anteriores solicitudes de residencia (bajo la anterior ley No. 8487 para residentes temporales –entre ellos rentistas y jubilados-) [b]tendrían que presentar el seguro de ley con la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (CCSS)[/b] a la renovación de la cédula de residencia. Esto por cuanto el último párrafo del artículo 80 de la nueva ley indica al respecto:
“Para efectos de renovación de su condición migratoria y cuando corresponda, los residentes temporales [b]deberán acreditar su aseguramiento a los seguros de la CCSS, desde el momento en que se les otorga dicha residencia[/b] y en forma ininterrumpida hasta el momento de renovar su cédula de extranjería. Las excepciones a esta norma serán establecidas vía reglamento.”
Por la transición, para las nuevas solicitudes de residencia posteriores al 1 de marzo no se estaba pidiendo el seguro respectivo, sin embargo la Dirección General de Migración ha indicado que con base en los artículos 7, inciso “7” las nuevas solicitudes si deben cumplir con ese requisito. Dicho artículo indica:
“ARTÍCULO 7:
La política migratoria se orientará a la implementación de acciones conjuntas, por medio de la coordinación interinstitucional, a fin de brindar una respuesta efectiva a la situación migratoria. Asimismo, buscará impulsar acciones binacionales o multinacionales con los países expulsores de población migrante tendientes a conseguir:…”
“7) La tramitación de toda gestión migratoria deberá garantizar el aseguramiento a la seguridad social por parte de las personas migrantes. Tal garantía [b]obligará a que todo trámite migratorio deba contemplar, como uno de sus requisitos básicos, contar con los seguros que brinda la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)[/b].”
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