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Can anyone let me know exactly how long I can live/travel outside the country without having my Residente status penalized? Thank you
we have been out for two months without penalty. I pay my caja on line while we are gone. BUT I find that sometimes things depend on who is looking your papers over at the entry to costa rica, immigration..oh and you can take your boarding pass to caja and get your pills early if you wont be there for that month.
It used to be that you had to simply log 4 months of the year in Costa Rica (it didn’t need to be consecutive time, either). I am not sure that the time requirement is still in effect. If it is, you can spend 8 months out of CR, 4 months in CR, but you must keep your CAJA paid up. Some will tell you that you can suspend your CAJA while out of country, others that you cannot…I’m not willing to risk my residency status over my CAJA payments being in arrears so we pay monthly, on time, whether or not we’re in CR.
I’m a permanent resident & your time in country becomes trivial once you reach that status. We just have to make sure we’re in Costa Rica once a year – or more specifically, that we’re not out of Costa Rica longer than one year so our entry/exit each year would be judged by that passport stamp.
Jessica
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