Podcast – Costa Rica Residency, Everything You Need to Know
Andrea Pignataro is today’s guest, an attorney who specializes in residency in Costa Rica.
Get inside information straight from the source in this informative and ultra detailed conversation.
We discuss everything you need to know about residency from the different options to costs involved, to if you even need residency at all. You will learn what is involved in the process, what choices you have and how to hire the right professional.
In this episode, we discuss:
- If you need residency to purchase property, buy a car, or open a bank account in Costa Rica
- What type of residency is best for you or if you need one at all
- How much and what costs are involved in the process
- If you can do it yourself without an attorney
- A fee breakdown so that you know you are not getting ripped off
- What paperwork you need from your home country to apply for Costa Rican residency
And much more.
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The Show Notes
- Email Andrea or give her a call (506) 8846-0985
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Hard to believe that there are so many people that say you need to leave Costa Rica for 72 hrs to renew a tourist visa. The law states that you need only exit the country and that the amount of time yoy have to stay out is up to the people in Migracion at the border. For thye last 4 yrs I have never been told by the Nicaraguan border people that I neede to stay out any longer than 4 hours.
This is the reply I got from CRLAW admin:
“You can be out hours or day – the law does provide any minimum time that you must be out of the country it just requires exiting the country. The immigration officers at the point of entry have absolute discretion on admission.
CostaRicaLaw
Am interested in obtaining residency in Costa Rica and would like to hire Andrea
Andria’s email does not function at this time. But I thoroughly enjoyed your podcast regarding residency. A question I had; Can you start a Costa Rican corporation and fund it with $120,000 and show you will get paid $2500 monthly for 2 years for residency requirements?
HI Greg; Here is the updated email for Andria. [email protected]