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Wow, Kim
Sounds like you have a hang up and looks like you are putting some CR women in to a green card chasing?(could be a little jealousy going on)”The honest truth is, not to sound mean but merely stating a fact, anyone with an American passport would have women chasing them left and right.”
The fact is that if you look at the laws of Cost Rica you will find that there are very limited residencies that will let you work legally in CR. You will have to show that you are performing a job in CR that a Tico can’t do.
As I ask my wife about this field she stated that there are many ticos that are highly educated to work this kind of job. She also was highly offended by your comment and stated that it is a normal response for a gringa to say. Showing your ignorance on about Tica’s and CR society stating that any “anyone with an American passport would have women chasing them left and right.”
Since that last comment it really shows that you really lost credentials about CR.
Well I belive that waving the flag of skirting the immigration laws is very important, because the problem here is that many people don’t understand that in the future if we don’t respect the laws of Costa Rica there will be a back lash from the Ticos. This is already happening in many areas of CR.
Many gringos that come to CR thinking that you can find a job are mis guided as well as the ones that are illegally working and trying to make a living in CR with out proper documentaiton.
I am sorry that you are annoyed that I am painting a truthful picture and not following the come as you please and break the law attitude. I like to tell my clients the truth because there are consiquecs of the purpetural tourist and that is they might loose all of their investments if they are caught.
Being married to a Tica and since her family is in the biz of employing doctors would give us some insight of the employment issues of that field. The doctors that work for her family company also work for the CIMA hosptial and others in the San Jose area. They work for her family because it is extra income.
Sorry if that annoys you lotus.
I commend a person that is interested in coming and working as a medical person to CR. If they come for the right reasons!
1st they must play by the rules and not skirt around the immigration laws. Please no perpetural tourist!
2nd they must understand that CR medical people are goverment workers and must understand that they will not earn the same as in the states.
In CR the medical profesion is not viewed the same as in the states where doctors are condiderd gods. The CR people are not as addicted to the medical system like the gringos. (if you don’t have private medical service its not the end of the world!)my wifes family employees 8 doctors in their busness, when I first herd this I laughed because in the states that would not happen. Instead the doctors own their own MRI machines and send their clients to their own machines and make extra money! Again this is not just the doctors, everyone in the medical biz wants the great saleries this is why a bed pan will cost you over 50.00 in the hostpital!
CR has a lot of their medical personal from other countries such as Cuba and willing to work for less than $25,000 a year this is why the states medical personal would be left in the cold if they thought it was easy to come and get a job.
Are you willing to work for less than $25,000 a year?
1st medical workers don’t make much money (thank god because this keeps their system affordable)
2nd you need to take a look at the CR embassy’s web site you will find you can’t get a job because as a retiree or any other residece status you are not able to make money!(unless you are married to a tica or under a temp workers permit) or become a citizen in wich you have to meet the amount of years as a resident with out pay first.
This topic comes up a lot! Maybe scott can have a article about this subject and clear up many of the misconceptions that people have.
Maybe you are not cut out to be in Costa Rica?
Many people want to point at the negative aspects of Costa Rica, they tend to try to compair to their own enviroment! This is a incorrect process because CR is not Kansas!
Maybe they do this because they are afraid of living in a different culture?
Maybe they would not fit into the life style of the Ticos?Maybe you should just visit and not worry about moving for retirement?
Personally I just came back from Yuma AZ, I would never think about retiring there! I think the crime rate is much higher in AZ than in CR and could not belive that anyone would retire in a Mobile home versus a tico home in CR.
Can you belive that people would think about spending $40,000 for a roll away home?
Doesnt that also put up a big red flag saying BUYER BEWARE?
So the question is why do people get suckerd into that kind of advertising?
THIS POSTING WAS EDITED BY SCOTT OLIVER
“Do they think this is paradise or nirvana and it is impossible to get ripped off?”
Sorry Alfred, I do beleive people do hear that and belive it. Even the smartest people can be mislead!
They hear it from word of mouth that their friends came and love Costa Rica and then they begin to belive that this is a place where no harm comes to people!
I have to say this is a prime example of why not to buy property sight unseen.
I would ask that same question of why it takes so long to return the deposit.
Here are some reasons maybe why they want to hold on to the depost!
A.) They know that the buyer can develope buyers remorse, so they state that you have to physicaly come and view the property so that they can use the sales techniqe to help you change your mind.
B.) Maybe they are hoping that if they can put restrictions on the refund of the deposit that it would limit the amount of people that would back out at the last moment.
I guess we should ask did the buyer know these restrictions?
Why did the agree to the purchase agreement if they knew these restrictions?
Why did they buy this property sight unseen?
I just ask these questions to better help my understanding why a consumer would take these risks.
Even in this forem we have seen people make the same mistake after people have recommended them not to follow that foot path.
This is all good but what about the online gambeling than? The long arm of the U.S. did meddle in Costa Rica. The U.S. put people in jail when the companys that were located in Costa Rica were operating with in the law of CR.
I am sure that I can find many nice people in New Yorks hells kitchen too! (I belive that is where it is or maybe it is Chicago)
jajajaja…
This is true its not about the citizens but how they advertised. I belive the article also stated that the owners did attend seminars and word of mouth. Like the online gambeling which advertised heavly.
So the question is if you have a company in CR and they advertise on the web or in the papers or any other media in the U.S. They are liable in the U.S. system. Is this fair?
As for recovering the money, I hope the owners of that resort doesnt have a pension or any revenue coming from the states.
Yes, and they claim Florida as their residence!
I guess my point is, is anyone safe if they are U.S. citizens and advertise in the shores of the U.S.?
For that fact is anyone? Because their were many people that were caught up in the online banking that were not U.S. citizens!
The reason the Edit was I lost my train of thought and had to edit it.
How ever I do belive setting up a corporation and investing a small amoun of money just to get resedency is crazy and skirting the law.This topic has been coming up more and more since people are trying to find their paradice but don’t want to play by the Tico rules!
Kind of like the imigration issue in the states! The problem is CR is much smaller than the states and I don’t think the ticos would like the idea of becoming like Puerto Rico! Retirees are welcomed but if you don’t have the money to play by the rules than please stay home!
