Pensionado-U.S. citizen, German birth certificate

[soldier]

Greetings everyone,

Just bought a house in Playa Hermosa. Now doing homeword for pensionado application. Can anyone with a similiar situation please provide me with advice, for the following. I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, U.S. military retired with a German birth certificate issued in 1954, with a English translated notarized copy. Will I need to involve the Costa Rican embassy in Germany to legalize these documents? Or, can I present these documents to the Costa Rican embassy near me, which is New York. I am getting conflicting information on the proper procedure. I would like to get all the paperwork in order, prior to retaining a Costa Rican attorney.

[DavidCMurray]

With all due respect, soldier, answering a question like this is exactly WHY you retain an competent Costa Rican attorney.

[watchdog]

Soldier, you will have to obtain a new original Birth Certificate from the German Government, that is issued current within six months of the date of your Pensionado Residency Application being submitted to the Costa Rica Immigration Department. The Birth Certificate will require authentication by the Costa Rica Embassy in Germany and thereafter be transalated into Spanish by an Official Interpreter recognized by the Costa Rica Ministry of External Relations.

[soldier]

DavidCMurray,

Thanks for your comment, I was hoping for a more productive response. I am a legal assistant with 30 years of experience, I like to do my own leg work.

[soldier]

watchdog,

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the information.

[mysticmaiden]

I recently had my German birth certificate authorized by the Casa Amarilla next to INS in San Jose. If you have any problems there is a German Embassy in Rohrmoser. I am a Canadian citizen therefore I needed nothing from Germany. Hope this helps, good luck, I am into my 6th year trying to get residency and have been through over a dozen lawyers. Most dont have good information regarding this process.

[Plastina]

My husband had to get his Italian birth certificate authenticated by the prefecture of the province he was born in PRIOR to sending it to the Costa Rican Embassy in Rome for consularization. You might check that out before proceeding.

Additionally, we obtained our attorney through ARCR.

[soldier]

Thanks to everyone for the information. Fortunately, I have relatives in Germany to assist me. I have already contact two different C.R. attorneys, and was provided with two different approaches.

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