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Well Itchida,
I have some insight on this one… I have been married to my wife for eleven years now and she is a Tica. Many stories on our experience. I also have worked in the U.S. Embassy environment and can tell you a lot of stories on how the concler system works…. Those people behind the glass really don’t like their job, they are waiting to get to their next post where they will be somewhere else in the State department.
The system has become very expensive and very long now a days. It is not always a easy one because of the paper work, but I do have to say we did it ourself’s and I would do it over again if I had to.
We were also married in Costa Rica and registered there in the government center… made it much easier for me to get C.R. citizenship.
Good Luck!
[quote=”toddcarnes”][/quote]
How long would it take to drive there from Laredo?[/quote]
At this moment for planning it will take us two days from MN to Laredo. Spend the night and then leave early from Laredo; spend the first night just before Mexico City; then get down to the west cost spend the night, get thru the boarder early in the morning and two more days we will be in San Jose.
We just finished our big moving sale earned another $1,050. and gave a lot of things for free.
Next we are waiting for my daughters new passport, (her first one was when she was a month old so we needed a new passport photo).
Then we pack up and start heading down the road.
I do have a lot of people interested but the more the better.:lol:
[quote=”gzeniou”] Then again we are not retirees, we are about 20 years from that, [/quote]
Well You must have a big company in the states or some large income source to be able to stay in Costa Rica legally.
My wife and I are moving back for family reasons, since my wife is a Tica and all of her family are in Costa Rica. Her mother is becoming older and needs some assistance and since my wife is the only female in the family it is expected of her to take care of the mother. We have traveled the world as well and there are thousands of places like Costa Rica. The last place that we lived was in Paraguay which we fell in love with and would rate that up there with Costa Rica. It is much cheaper to live and even more laid back that Costa Rica.
[quote=”VBloomberg”]I would be extremely interested in how this goes for you folks as my husband and I are thinking about driving down in early December.[/quote]
Ok we will keep everyone here posted, we are finding a couple of people wanting to caravan so hopefully we will hook up in the next couple of weeks.
Well there is two parts to this as well,
As you know Realtor is a trade mark, so if these agents are really realtor’s they will be members of the United States National members of Realtors.2nd I think you just answered my first question to not assume that the agents you recommend are legal.
They should give you that information since you are recommending them to VIP members. That information would tell you if they are Legal or not. Personally when I was selling real estate in the U.S. I would be very open to matters such as that as to give creditability to myself if anyone asked.But really no problems because the buyer really is the one that makes the decision to work with a legal agent or not.:)
Personally I would ask those questions and if they were not I would not work with them because it is fueling the Perpetual Tourist syn drum:roll:.
So Scott is is safe to assume that all of the agents that you recommend is legal? Are they retired or have money from the states that they live on or maybe married to Ticos?
[quote=”sabine”]Hi Kevin!
Yes, I might very well be interested in going with you.
[/quote][/quote]Hi Giese,
My wife and I are the ones that are traveling.:D
I will email you.[quote=”kevin.smith”]
are ya going thru aguas caliente’s?[/quote]Nope we are staying on the highways! Staying the night in Laredo and then speeding thru to Queretaro to spend the night.
I think if we cross the boarder early in the morning we shuold be good to go. We hope!
[quote=”Scott”]
Anti-drug smuggling and humanitarian missions
1. What “humanitarian” crisis is Costa Rica suffering from at this time?
2. What sort of “humanitarian missions” would take place in Costa Rica and where? ?
3. Based on the truly horrific, drug crime related slaughters we have witnessed in Mexico, don’t you personally think it would be better conducting these kinds of “anti-narcotics operations” in northern Mexico?
4. With what is probably the world’s worst environmental disaster going on right now in the Gulf of Mexico, don’t you personally think it would be more appropriate (and certainly more appreciated) if these “humanitarian missions” were done in the Gulf? ?
Forgive those of us who don’t believe the “official story” – I mean the government has never lied to us, right? – but please let us know what you feel about these 4 points above?
Scott[/quote]
I guess to start out with for number 1
I believe this year Costa Rica might be ready for the New Horizons event. Once a year in this hemisphere the U.S. will do a major push for a humanitarian event, such as building schools, hospitals ect in areas that need them. Yes there are plenty of areas that need them more like Paraguay but that is politically charged issue because of Venezuela. When a New Horizon location is picked they will create a team to asses the needs and impact. Costa Rica does have a lot of areas that do need infrastructure and could really use the help.
As for number 3 well you are a little too late because the U.S. has been a major factor in helping CR in anti narco, if it wasn’t for the U.S. CR would not be able to keep up with the problems that are arising. I can’t say too much about what, when and how because I am still in the military but CR has really benefited from the U.S. support in training and equipment.
If you want more information you can always look it up in Southern Command.
As for number 4 well I think BP ….. has a lot to do with it. My brother works for BP in Alaska and they really have some big problems. I guess maybe the britz might want to take a look at their company and figure out their problem instead of just raping the U.S. for money.
[quote=”jenny”]
By the way all of you that are so dicussed with the US there is one thing you have not given up and that is your passport. Just burn it.
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Nope you have to take it to the Embassy and turn it in, other wise you are still a U.S. Expat.
Ohh boy it is funny how things can get blown out of proportion. We have been docking ships there for years and as for the command under the U.S. Cost Guard that is just for political reasons. The Mil group in Costa Rica is under Southern Command but has a Cost Guard commander just for political reasons.
They also will mainly be using the port in Lemon so it won’t make too much of a impact around the whole country.
Funny how this thread can get way of track though.
a. – Persons whose income consists of a fixed salary
Any individual employed in Costa Rica pays a monthly withholding tax rate based on his salary. Employment income (on a monthly basis) of individuals is subject to a progressive tax of 15% as follows:Income up to ?323,000 exempt.
In excess of ?323,000 up to ?485,000 10%.
In excess of ?485,000 15%.Well if this is true than anyone making under 615.69 a month is tax free.
over $615.69 up to $924.49 is taxed 10%
over $924.49 is 15%, that is cheaper than Minnesota where we pay state income tax and fed. Not bad…. I would rather pay the 15 percent verses what we are paying now.
And take a pay cut to work in CR! Not bad![quote=”waggoner41″]It is legal to have dual citizenship.[/quote]
Thanks but we already are. My question is how is the tax going to affect us. Are we going to have to pay dual taxes? Income tax to Costa Rica and the U.S.?
If so we will seriously be thinking about giving up the U.S. passports.
What happens if you have dual citizenship? My wife is a Tica first and became a U.S. Citizen a year ago. I have dual Citizen because of my wife and my three year old daughter has dual citizenship. By August we will be full time living in Costa Rica. We have jobs lined up and we already have bank accounts set up as well.
What will we have to report? Maybe we should give up our U.S. citizenship if it gets to crazy.I think a lot of people are not aware of some basic security items that they should have in the house to keep them safe. Since I have worked in the U.S. Embassy and have had to follow the rules of the DoS for security items before moving into a home I have learned a lot. At first when I had to abide by them I thought they were crazy but I know that the safety items do work. One item is creating a safe haven, it is very simple but works incredible. All you have to do is put a hard wood door with bolt locks on the inside with a peep hole.
In our case our rottie and black lab helps too!:)
