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I am sure someone out there can answer this question.
How long is the Police Report valid?
My lawyer is dragging her feet, it’s now been three months since she took my papers for residency. I haven’t even been fingerprinted yet, but I finally made contact with someone to help me get that done. We are going to Putarenas for the fingerprinting – shorter lines.
Anyway, I was told the police reports are only good for three month, and she is telling me 6 month. I was also told to obtain an FBI report, because of some new law……not yet active. I have all the papers and they are legalized, but now I need the fingerprints and I understand now I have to have them translated into spanish?????Help and Thanks “Butch”
I believe it is six months but since I am not a Costa Rican attorney, you may wish to verify that with another attorney…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostarica.comFor the stateside police report, they changed it from 6 to 3 months. First you have to get it in the States, then it has to be notarized, then authenticated by the Secretary of State, then it has to go to the CR consultate for another authentication. The lines aren’t long at the Fuerza in San Jose — why on earth would you go to Puntarenas? That makes no sense at all. It took us less than 15 minutes to get in and out of the police station in Costa Rica. And that included the interview. Butch, Javier clarified some of your misunderstandings about all of this in that other thread you started about residency. Please read his response about the FBI report.
As of this moment, the http://www.costarica-embassy.org states that the police report is valid for 6 months. My report will be 4 months old when I arrive in C.R. My info from ARCR also indicates 6 months.
Tomorrow, I will call the consul in Chicago to verify that, and inquire about this FBI report that I first read about on the forum.
Didn’t Javier say it was 3 months? It was originally 6 months, but they changed it — I know, I had to get new police reports because there was only 40 days left on the one that was originally good for 6 months when all our paperwork got submitted to immigration. There is another thread on this topic somwhere on this forum where Javier set forth the guidelines on the police report AND the FBI report, which at this time, is not needed.
Here’s Javier’s original post regarding this topic:
Posted Sep 14,2006 2:09 AM zpoops
Hello, everyone. My name is Javier Zavaleta from Residency in Costa Rica. This is my first posting in this web site in over 2 years. I am taking this opportunity to clarify a couple of items contained in ItsButchs posting of September 8, 2006. Please see below my signature line.Before addressing Butch’s message I have a comment to make regarding fingerprints. Why is anyone worrying about a requirement that, as of today, simply does not exist? The requirement is a police report from the community where the applicant has resided for the last six months. If anyone has written evidence to the contrary, please share it with all, as I would love to see it. Will the FBI be required at some point? Probably. When will that be? Who knows& Not as of today. A reminder that police letters are valid for only ninety (90) days.
And a thank you to both Maravilla and Wendy for your kind words.
Javier Zavaleta
323.255.6116AGAIN — THE POLICE REPORTS ARE VALID FOR ONLY 90 DAYS!
90 days or six months? Who’s right here?
We visited the consul in Ne wYork City 2 weeks ago…and he confirmed 6 months validity.
One would think that a consul of CR would KNOW what the current rules are, don’t you think?
Anywya, our applictaion for pensionado is now pending at migracion…holding our breath.
Any oteghr experiences out there???All I know is that when my application made it through immigration they demanded another police letter because there wasn’t enough time left on the other one. I’ve had others tell me if was three months, too. And Javier said it was three months and he did my pensionado application, so I guess he would know.
I called California Consul and Washington DC consul last week with the same question about 90 days or 6 months on the Police report. Both confirmed 6 months. I also asked about the possibility of an FBI report being required in the future. That’s a true statement too. It’s in the process of becoming another requirement for residency. The police report requirement will be discontinued and the FBI report will replace it. Apparently the police report is not enough to keep the “Bad” guys out of Costa Rica. I was also told that if your papers are filed that a new police report IS NOT REQUIRED….and I have heard from others and other internet contacts that one will be required…some day it might be easier for the residencey process.
Hi. Javier Zavaleta, again. A police letter is valid for only 90 days. The internal regulation as to the validity of a police “background letter” was changed back in mid 2004, and enforcement began in February/March 2005. It is now in full 100% enforcement and is the most frequently reason given for denying a residency application. Once the application is denied, Migracion will give your representative 30 days to produce a new, authenticated letter.
When in doubt call Migracion in San Jose. If you go to this address you will find a complete telephone directory for Migracion: http://www.migracion.go.cr/contactenos/index.html Please note that Migracion’s website has an excellent “residency” info section, however, that portion of the web site is down while they re-write the regulations for the new Immigration law. By the way, if Migracion’s own web-site is down because there are no regulations yet in place, please do not assume that the CR Embassy’s web-site is up to date it is not.
Regards,
Javier Zavaleta
Residency in Costa Rica
http://www.residencyincostarica.com
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