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I am here in San Jose. I will let everybody know how things work out. Can anybody send to me a good realitor to work with. I will have This friday free to see properties. Here is my cell 8883-4170. Please fell fre to call and if there is anything you want to add to make this trip better for me please call.
I just got off the phone with
Javier Zavaleta
Residency in Costa Rica
P. O. Box 86352, Los Angeles, CA 90086
Tel (323) 255-6116 – Fax (323) 344-1620
In Costa Rica: Tel 506.226.0755 – En español
On the Web at http://www.residencyincostarica.comHe was a tremendous help and even ithough I have not met him I believe this is a person who I will be having deal with my residency.
I will be comming to Costa Rica next week. Can anybody guide me on who what where I need to see in San Jose for our Business?
Where to look for a place to live. We do not need a beach front property. Aplace for a Fafily of 4 and a nanny.
Any body Know a realitor that can show us some properties? We only want to lease foe a year.
What would be a good hospital to see about having our baby?
Does anybody know the cost of having a baby in Costa Rica.
If there is any other advice please let us know. Thanks Again
Thats funny. I just found his site about 15 min ago. Thanks and I will call him on Monday. Is he in the US now
I have absolutely enjoyed what everybody has said. I want one thing to be clear that my attentions here was not how to beat the residency issue with a baby being born in CR. I never even knew about that until it was brought up.
We are looking to have a better quality of life with the business that we know. We are fortunate that we do own all of our sign equipment worth about 300K. We would like to put this to work for us wherever we decide to move to.
We where 1ist thinking of Mazitlan Mexico but with all the un rest there now and with us moving a family we don’t know if Mexico is for us. We want a great place to raise our family without worrying about how to pay for everything. We want to earn our way and do not want a hand out. To give you some perspective on us, I am 43 years old with having my 1st child at 42 and now our second child will be here in 5 months. My wife is 33. We have had our fun together and now we are looking to have an even better time with our family.
Now Some more questions.
1. How much will it cost to bring in our equipment?
“In order to work here, you must either be a citizen of Costa Rica or have legal Permanent Residency. With any other residency (rentista, pensionado, etc), you CAN own a business but you can not work in that business. You must hire Costa Rican labor and your responsibility must be limited to management of your business. No labor can be done by you that could be done by a Tico.”
2. When it says that we can not work the business but can manage and direct can I train
my new employees (Ticos)?“If you are highly skilled in an area where that job cannot be filled by a Costa Rican, the employer can apply for a work permit for one year. This is very difficult to get. Costa Rica is not a third world country. There is a large pool of highly literate and well trained people to fill nearly every job category.”
3. How do I find out if we can fall under this
4. Now that there is more information on our situation how would any of you attack the residency hurdle?
5. Is there any good websites to go to or someone I can call to get these answers personally?Thanks again for all your replies and look forward to more
I use to speak it but I am rusty now. I am fluent in German. I have lived in Germany for 4 years and am very capable in adjusting to other cultures. I must say that I really like living in other countries. As to having a Child born we are due our 2nd child in July. If we are there and she is born then we can get residency?
Why is San Jose not good for children in your openion?
