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[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would require for a Residency Application and may be able to use some of the documents that you have, if they are not out of date for the Naturalization process.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

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