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Havs the new 15% tax gone into effect yet? Does the 15% tax now apply to medical and dental services?
Please let me clarify the information that I am looking for. I am hoping to hear from experienced cruising sailors who have either cruised in Costa Rica, or have actually investigated doing so.
I am thinking in terms of a 40 foot boat with a 5 to 7 foot draft.
I recently visited the marina at Los Suenous [spelling ?]. I also visited the new marina under construction at Quepos.
20 years ago, I explored the Atlantic Coast, but found no port facilities, except Limon. I haven’t been back to the Atlantic side since.
Does anyone know if it is possible to bareboat charter a boat in Lake Arenal for a week?
what is the latest news on the proposed 15% tax?
Has this bad idea been dropped, or is it likely to happen?
[quote=”ticorealtor”]The laws have changed in the last couple of years regarding marriage with a Tica. I don’t know if it will have the same impact if his child is a tico. In my case since my wife is Tica and my daughter has been nationalized. It made it much easier to become a resident. We have been married ten years and were married here in CR so all of the paper work is at the NR.
Today if you get married you have to prove with pictures and you have a three year waiting period. I am sure that he will need to have a DNA to prove that it is his child since he is not married to the mother. This will prove that he is indeed the father and will help his case.[/quote]Since I am not an immigration lawyer in Costa Rica, I will not pretend to know the answer to this question.
However, I recently met an American couple at CIMA hospital who had just had a child there. They told me: (1) the child is automatically a Costa Rica citizen by birth (not just a resident); (2) that they, the child’s parents as listed on the birth certificate, and all the child’s siblings also have a right to apply for Costa Rica citizenship (not merely residency) which is typically approved within 6 to 12 months; and (3) that they must have a DNA test only to obtain USA citizenship for their child born in Costa Rica.
It should not be difficult to find out what Costa Rica immigration law applies.
