Relevant information to apply for CR residency thru a real estate purchase

Ivan Granados - DEC 28, 2016
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With the current CR Immigration law, the property (condo, house or lot) you purchased allows you – as well as your family – to apply for CR residency as an “inversionista” investor category. The real estate investment/purchase is required to be at least $200,000.00 US dollars. Below please find a chart with the requirements and brief explanation about them.

REQUIREMENT	DETAIL
Application Letter & Form and POA (In the case of a family group, an individual file is required per member. Parents should sign applications on behalf of minor children.)	Formal letter addressed to the General Director of Immigration, along with duly filled out  application form. Both duly authenticated by a CR Notary Public/Attorney. A special power of attorney (POA) should be granted to the attorney that will handle, for the applicant, the process. Also, it is required 6/8 passport size photos of each applicant.
Fingerprints taken at the CR Ministry of Public Security	Applies to 12 year and older applicants. It must be done personally by the applicant.
Complete copy of Applicant’s passport certified by Notary Public	Passport cannot be expired. Tourist visa needs to be valid and current, not expired. All applicants, including minors, must comply with this requirement.
Registration at applicant’s Consulate in Costa Rica.	The consular registration is waived if the country of citizenship does not have a consulate or embassy in Costa Rica.
Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate & Police records	Must be Apostilled; or, if your country of citizenship is not signatory of the Apostille Convention, duly legalized and submitted to the corresponding Costa Rican consulate in the country of origin. Certification expires 6 months after being issued.
Registration with CCSS	Once the residency has been approved, applicants must register before the Costa Rican Social Security (CCSS). The registration will require a meeting with an officer at CCSS office to determine the monthly fee to be paid. It is also required, once registration is completed, to obtain the social security ID cards, “carne” before the local clinic called EBAIS. The requirements vary from the CCSS office on which the registration is done.
	All documents not in Spanish must be duly translated to Spanish by an Official Translator approved by the Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs