Digital nomads can now establish their “offices” at Costa Rica’s beaches, in the mountains, near volcanoes, or within a variety of ecosystems. The country recently signed a pioneering law of a singular kind to attract workers and remote service providers on an international scale. With these new regulations, Costa Rica has instituted an ideal legal…
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– Term of health measures for the closing of international borders: The restriction measure for entering the country will be to August 1, 2020. – Immigration Office will not receive applications until September 18, 2020: 1. New Applications: No new applications for legal permanence, under any immigration category, will be received until September 18, 2020. The validity of criminal record certificates,…
The world is going through difficult times in social and economic areas, which are transforming people’s behavior, customs, habits, and especially their way of life due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this ordeal, economies must reactivate and adjust to the new conditions of the world. Societies will have to change many of their current habits…
Due to the constant changes in global mobility after the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity presents itself to see Costa Rica in a business position as a destination for attracting foreign investment. The importance of state migration policies directly influences Foreign Direct Investment, since they are linked to the investment and business…
In order to continue strengthening the control of the health measures in the fight against COVID-19, the Immigration Authority and the Ministry of Health made the following temporary modifications to the temporary regulations established in Executive Decrees 42287-MGP-S , 42256 and 42374-MGP-S: Term of Health Measures for the Closing of International Borders: The restriction measure…
On May 26th the term of 18 months that had been given by the Costa Rican Supreme Court to the Legislative Assembly to reform the law accordingly ruled against the country’s same-sex marriage ban, otherwise the ban would be abolished automatically. Costa Rica became on May 26th the first nation in Central America to recognize and perform same-sex marriages…
The high flow of immigration and the relocation of foreign employees managed by national and transnational companies in Costa Rica mean that there is a need to obtain work permits in the shortest possible time and with the least risks and contingencies for companies. When hiring foreign personnel for its work structure, a company must…
As we face economic reactivation processes, BLP’s Global Mobility & Relocation team provides you with this series of resources on the most relevant migration aspects of Central American countries and how you can incorporate new foreign executives in the region. Immigration aspects of same-sex marriage in Costa Rica. Costa Rica: an attractive country for the…
The Directorate General of Immigration will not receive requests until December 1st, 2020: 1. NEW LEGAL PERMANENCE REQUESTS: No new requests for legal permanence, under any immigration category, will be received until December 1st, 2020, provided that a prior appointment has been requested as of October 19, 2020. VALIDITY OF CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATES, MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES AND BIRTH CERTIFICATES: They…