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[quote=”jreeves”]Well, hopefully I’m not going to jinx anything here…but I got an e-mail today from my attorney & she said our resolutions are being signed today. She is going back tomorrow to confirm it has been done. She also says she was able to get my resolution back with the rest of the family so they can be signed together. Now, I’m specifically not typing any exclamation points in this post because I don’t want to get my hopes up. I’ll post back to let you know if the almost 3-year wait to get our permanent residency (3 years after applying for the status change, to be clear) has actually come to an end.
Jessica[/quote]
Jessica ~ did you have to submit a bank reference letter in connection with your application for residency?
[quote=”Andrew@CR”]I put my money in five-year CD with Citibank and I had no problem. I gave my banker the letter from my immigration attorney and he typed it exactly as I needed it. I’m not sure what the problem is with your bank.[/quote]
If you are still around, Andrew, please let me know the location of your Citibank banker. My local Citibank would not provide the letter with the required language. Thank you.[quote=”costaricafinca”][b]janetl,[/b] although you are indeed ‘ eligible for permanent residency after 3 years’, it [b]could still take another year or more to get[/b].[/quote]
Can anyone recommend an attorney who specializes in CR residency?
Thank you.
[quote=”jreeves”]Honestly, I don’t think immigration would approve your residency status this way. If it were this easy to gain residency, why would they have categories for pensionado, rentista or investor? We have our residency through the rentista program. You may want to look into that.
Jessica[/quote]
I am not sure why the attorney is advising us to go that route rather than rentista. He only stated that the rentista regime would “tie up” our money. I have read everything about the rentista category and understand that we must deposit $150,000 in a bank, and then we live off $2,500 a month we can withdraw from those funds, is that correct? We are then eligible for permanent residency after 3 years, but until then are not able to work in CR. That is my understanding. Please correct me if I’m wrong. And please let me know if there were any obstacles you encountered with this process. Thank you so very much.
