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I think you’re confusing two data. The most recent census counted some 15,000 legal residents whose citizenship is North American. The rest are Latin American, mostly Nicaraguans but some others. I seriously doubt that there are 30,000 perpetual tourists of North American citizenship, but I have nothing to support that.
None of that has anything to do with the ownership of property. Citizens, residents, tourists and “perpetual tourists” can legally own property in Costa Rica. Likewise, legal residents can be and remain in Costa Rica and never own any property whatsoever. Property ownership is not a condition of legal residency. The two are totally independent of each other.
As a U.S. citizen who visits Costa Rica for a few weeks each year, you should not have been counted in the census any more than any other tourist. The fact that you own property is irrelevant.
you were the one with the 15,000 number and they have been counted by Imigracion based on their database
residency, CHECK and you are counted
perpetual turist and you are not counted but can stay for years
over 1 million US citizens vist Costa Rica every year and that is a fact from the State Departmemt, they don’t keep tabs on Nicaraguans, Colombians, etc..
the fact that I have property in CR comes to play in should I be counted or not since they have my information and am not renting, it is called cross reference
my wife is Costa Rican and I DO NOT need to leave the country every 90 days since the marriage certificate has been placed with the CR GOV.
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