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I do have to disagree with this issue that you can earn a income.
If you look at CR embassy’s web site they have a clear picture of the requirments of residency. http://www.costarica-embassy.org/consular/living/residence.htm
As you will see on line 15 in the residency item it states “The rentists (and their dependents) cannot work and/or earn a salary in Costa Rica. They can however, administer their own investments but without a salary. In addition, a physical presence in Costa Rica for a minimum of 4 months each year is required.”
As well as retirees “The retirees (and their dependents) cannot work and/or earn a salary in Costa Rica. They can however, administer their own investments but without a salary. In addition, a physical presence in Costa Rica for a minimum of 4 months each year is required.”So if you look at it if you are a retiree or a resident you will not be able to work unless you own a company but then you have to hire a tico.
If you have a company hire you you have to follow these guide lines “Letter from the employing company indicating: a) the reasons for hiring the applicant, and b) demarches undertaken to hire a Costa Rican national to the same position.”
A note on the docs that need to be authenticated in the states, last week when I talked to the Chicago embasy of CR they said there are some changes that will be implemented soon. At this moment all you need is your state police report authenticated. This will change to be a FBI nation wide report, because of national reporting on crimes that would prevent unwanted people in CR. What that means for expats is a longer waiting time for the report because the FBI takes 3 weeks and the local goverment only takes a day depending on your state.
So if you are planning on doing somthing do it sooner than later!This is old information and the organization that is putting this out is heavly to the left of center. I would use them as a grain of salt!
Yes the U.S. a long time ago was trying to put a narco school in CR to educate other countries on how to combat them. This is very specail training and all of these countries need this to curb the problems that they have.
Ohhh boy here we go again,
Since I am in the Military and I have a lot of experiance in Panama and Costa Rica as well as friends that work in the embasy in CR this is totaly untrue about the military moving in.
Yes they might be looking for a place to have a operation to curb the drug running and other stuff coming up from Panama, how ever CR will not be one of them. Since we have given up Panama the drug running and arms smuggeling from Panama has been running rampid and people such as the king pin that was caught in Punta ranus is running free.
This rummer is as old as 1999 when the canal was given back to Panama!What ever you do make sure they have in roads to the goverment. Maybe your lawyer doesn’t have the connections to push the paper work to the top and this is why she is slow.
If you do have problems I would suggest that you call the embasy in the States, I normally have talked to the people in chicago and they are great!A good site to check out is http://www.costarica-embassy.org/default.htm This is the embasy site in Chicago and Dc. My understanding is that you have to have a job that no other Tico can apply for. Many Ticos can teach english and they do at institutes such as Berlitz and other private schools. Unless you can get a school to state that you are the only one that can teach the course you will probley have a very hard time convincing the goverment you are not taking a job away.
My wife took classes at Brerlitz to learn english and they had ticos teach the class.
In collage with her major in Economics all of her books were in english so they are educated in english. How ever talking is somthing different since they communicate mainly in spanish which is logical.
Interesting Gringotico,
How about my situation, since my wife is a tica. I understand that it is much easyer for us. What are the rates like with this loan? I know that my brother in-laws had high rates but I wouldn’t care since it would not be a large amount and we could pay it off early.
That is scam, probley a fake pass port that they are advertising.
The Costa Rican goverment is changing their rules on the police report that you will need to get residency. Instead of a state report they are going to require a National Report (FBI national report) This will screw you up because you have lost your pass port for child support.Good luck!
I have heard that it is very hard for North American’s to get financing because of the back ground checks. Maybe you should try to get a loan in the U.S.?
Jajajaj, if you want to give them other food cultures just go to San Jose at Cost Co and pick up the gringo food and hand it out for free.
My mother in-law buys some of her food there for her Soda!
This is interesting because the menues are in Spanish and Aribic. My brother in-law was saying this resturant is owned by a person that is in politics in Costa Rica but is from the middle east.
Lotus, a little bit about my self, I am married to a Tica for the last five years and have been going to CR for the last 7 years about 3 to 4 times a year. Mainly for my wife and her family. I can’t say what I do professionaly do to the rules of this forum and I respect that.
I have been traveling to Central and South America since 1985 I have almost hit every country. Panama was my home away from home prior to 2000 and I have been there about 18 times or so, some times 4 months at a time.
“you are putting entire areas of the C.R. real Estate out of reach for 1000’s of Ticos”
Yes, this is a problem and a balance. This is why you want to do biz with people that give back to the community and not just rape the Ticos. When ever I do biz with people I look for many things and this is one of them. If you do biz with people that want to take advantage of CR and not give back to the community than soon CR will look like Pureto Rico. I don’t want that to happen! This is why the new laws that will hopfuly be enforced will help curb some issues that are arising. Like your surfer friends that come to CR and give surfing lessions. They might be working shoulder to shoulder with the Ticos but that doesnt make it right. I can’t tell you how many people that come to CR and think they can go and get a good paying job just because they are Gringos. Well belive it or not many Ticos are better quialified for the job and highly educated.
Lotus, Your friends that are working in hotels and teaching surfing this does hurt Costa Rica! Do you think there might be a Costa Rican that can teach surfing or work at hotels? Just because they don’t have money doest mean that it is wright to take a job away from a Tico.
This is the main reason why the perpetural tourist is damaging and hopfully will one day be delt with a hard hand. It is differnt here in Costa Rica because the size of this country is small and Ticos don’t have the opertunitys that Gringos have in North America. Why don’t these friends work in Cali and teach?
Last night My wife and I watched the new president as he was interviewed by a news station. This is one of the topics that he covered, we were happy to see that he is going to take a harder stance on this subject and is also going to back the Luxury Home tax as well.I belive that this last week AM costa rica reported that the law was inplace but it was not enforced yet do to funding. The earlyer post that I had posted showed the link to that article. Tonight I had a chance to talk to a cousin of my wifes that did affirm this since she works in a goverment department that deals with some of these issues.
It was interesting but she also told me about a new tax that will be coming for luxery real estate. The country has never had a tax like this but it is do to the amount of land that is being bought up and not enough tax base from the land. The tax will still be much lower than most taxes in the U.S. Maybe instead of paying 100 dollars a year for property tax it might be a thousand.There is no disadvantage of becoming a legal resident it only helps you. The problem here is if you want to retire here and follow the rules no problems you only have to show 600 amonth. How ever if you want to become a “perpetual tourist” just remember they can and sometimes do sweeps and if you are caught you can lose everything. If I remember right 3 years ago they did a sweep and deported a lot of U.S. Expats?
This president is like all the other presidents that have not enforced the laws but with his brother pushing hard for change this might be the year for it. Just look they put the laws in writing that took many years to get to this point!
It is true in Costa Rica to run a biz you have to cut corners somtimes how ever my brother in-law can testifie that some laws you can’t side step. He has had the police come knocking on his door for some unpaid taxes.
This is why it is important to try to follow the rules of the host nation. What would happen if a Tico came to the U.S. and over stayed his Visa and worked do you think most U.S. citizens would look down on this? I can tell you they do and the U.S. citizens are trying to deport them! How do you think that the Ticos feel when they see gringos working and not following the rules?
