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Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted. I am Canadian married to a Tica for 32 years. The process was started in Canada with the Consolate of Costa Rica, all the documents were authenticated in Costa Rica, Birth certificate, mariage certicate, criminal background check, fingerprints in CR, and submitted by a CR Attorney. The process is going on four years is this excessive.
You didn’t say whether or not you’re presently in Canada or CR. My best advice is to go in person to immigration in La Uruca, and begin making inquiries. Four years is excessive, imho, especially for someone who is entitled to a fast-rack to permanent residence. Sounds to me like your attorney dropped the ball big time. We got our temporary residence in just under two years, and did NOT use any attorney.
[quote=”but999″]Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted. I am Canadian married to a Tica for 32 years. The process was started in Canada with the Consolate of Costa Rica, all the documents were authenticated in Costa Rica, Birth certificate, mariage certicate, criminal background check, fingerprints in CR, and submitted by a CR Attorney. The process is going on four years is this excessive.[/quote]
If you have been married to a Tica for 32 years, I would skip the Residency process all together and become a Naturalized Tico (only requires two years of marriage and registration of your marriage at the CR Civil Registry). The Naturalization process takes approximately two years following the Application (available at the Civil Registry, Naturalization Section) and costs practically nothing in fees (no Attorney required, only some legal stamps (timbres) on the documents). You will require a number of the same documents that you would require for a Residency Application and may be able to use some of the documents that you have, if they are not out of date for the Naturalization process. At the end, you will be a citizen of both Canada and Costa Rica, carrying a passport for each Country, and have all the rights of a citizen in each Country, including the right to vote in Costa Rica.
I am Canadian, a Naturalized Tico (marriage), an Attorney in each Country, and voted yesterday in the Costa Rica Elections.
[quote=”watchdog”][quote=”but999″]Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted. I am Canadian married to a Tica for 32 years. The process was started in Canada with the Consolate of Costa Rica, all the documents were authenticated in Costa Rica, Birth certificate, mariage certicate, criminal background check, fingerprints in CR, and submitted by a CR Attorney. The process is going on four years is this excessive.[/quote]
If you have been married to a Tica for 32 years, I would skip the Residency process all together and become a Naturalized Tico (only requires two years of marriage and registration of your marriage at the CR Civil Registry). The Naturalization process takes approximately two years following the Application (available at the Civil Registry, Naturalization Section) and costs practically nothing in fees (no Attorney required, only some legal stamps (timbres) on the documents). You will require a number of the same documents that you would require for a Residency Application and may be able to use some of the documents that you have, if they are not out of date for the Naturalization process. At the end, you will be a citizen of both Canada and Costa Rica, carrying a passport for each Country, and have all the rights of a citizen in each Country, including the right to vote in Costa Rica.
I am Canadian, a Naturalized Tico (marriage), an Attorney in each Country, and voted yesterday in the Costa Rica Elections.[/quote]
Now that makes more sense, thank you I will follow up on your advice. Please send contact information if you are a practicing Attorney as I may need your services in the future. ilund66@hotmail.com
[quote=”but999″]Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted.[/quote]
#1 – Are you sure that your attorney has submittrd the documents? Our first abogado dropped us like a rock and didn’t bother to tell us of the fact. If I hadn’t been doing follow-up 3 months later I wouldn’t have found out that the documents he was supposed to submit to Migracion never were.
#2 – I have talked to others who have been trying to get their residency for up to 6 years without success.
#3 – Being married to a Tica does not pull any weight apparently. A friend of ours, a Canadian married to a Tica for 14 years, has made several attempts and has had no success for the past 11 years and has given up trying.
#4 – Migracion now has an Office de Controloria, basically an ombudsmans office, in their facility. Go there and they will look into your file for you and let you know where you stand.[quote=”waggoner41″][quote=”but999″]Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted.[/quote]
#1 – Are you sure that your attorney has submittrd the documents? Our first abogado dropped us like a rock and didn’t bother to tell us of the fact. If I hadn’t been doing follow-up 3 months later I wouldn’t have found out that the documents he was supposed to submit to Migracion never were.
#2 – I have talked to others who have been trying to get their residency for up to 6 years without success.
#3 – Being married to a Tica does not pull any weight apparently. A friend of ours, a Canadian married to a Tica for 14 years, has made several attempts and has had no success for the past 11 years and has given up trying.
#4 – Migracion now has an Office de Controloria, basically an ombudsmans office, in their facility. Go there and they will look into your file for you and let you know where you stand.[/quote]Would you mind naming that irresponsible attorney? Thx!
[quote=”but999″]Does anyone know how long it should take to aquire a resident card once all the documents have been submitted. I am Canadian married to a Tica for 32 years. The process was started in Canada with the Consolate of Costa Rica, all the documents were authenticated in Costa Rica, Birth certificate, mariage certicate, criminal background check, fingerprints in CR, and submitted by a CR Attorney. The process is going on four years is this excessive.[/quote]
COntact the office of the Controloria at Migracion, 2299-8109. Have your passport number and ask them to check on your status. It is a lot easier to followe up on the attorneys work if you are here.
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