tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post898650946820079575..comments2023-09-21T03:36:10.644-06:00Comments on Fabulista De Costa Rica*: Paperwork and Plates of Shrimp!Kat Sunlovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18241336391150267232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-77160102868659007832010-06-04T06:12:26.637-06:002010-06-04T06:12:26.637-06:00Penny, looks like you had a nice visit with your m...Penny, looks like you had a nice visit with your mom, nice you could combine your residency errands that way. We were lucky that we could do everything locally for myself and my son, but my wife is foreign-born and it was a real nightmare to get all her documents and get them authenticated, since there is no CR embassy in her native country. There is no way that could have been done by mail!<br /><br />By the way, I have heard two versions of the "rule" about whether you must still leave CR every 90 days or less after you have filed your residency application and obtained the receipt from the CR Consulate. I think technically you still do, but on the other hand Migración won't bother you if they happened to check. We never paid attention to it and no one mentioned as we crossed the border now and then, but now we have all our resolutions so it's moot anyway. <br /><br />Good luck and thanks for posting your experiences!Casey Bahrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01638230726171327005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-43070944259484754702010-06-03T09:22:35.511-06:002010-06-03T09:22:35.511-06:00I think sometimes its cheaper and faster to do it ...I think sometimes its cheaper and faster to do it all in person. Of course geography plays a role. <br /><br />I obtained my birth certificate and police clearance letter in Baltimore on one day. State certifications in Annapolis and embassy certifications in Washington D.C. on another day. All of those places happen to be be within 50 miles of each other.expatcostaricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306593450962190191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-3117295179431841292010-06-03T05:56:01.559-06:002010-06-03T05:56:01.559-06:00I am taking the time to read your blog. It is too...I am taking the time to read your blog. It is too bad you haven't bothered to read mine (or, many others that are out there). As I posted about two years ago, and the information is still there, it was NOT necessary to go in person to the Secretary of State, or to the State of California for documents. All of ours were obtained online, and mailed to the Costa Rican Embassy for authentication. The Texas Department of Public Safety has the information regarding how to get the fingerprints and photos, and declaration of a clean record (Criminal History).jdocophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13181078856529970210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-62513458087198114752010-06-02T22:05:54.742-06:002010-06-02T22:05:54.742-06:00You aren't required to pay the caja for the pe...You aren't required to pay the caja for the period of time you are outside the National borders of Costa Rica.<br /><br />You have to file (more) paperwork with the caja prior to your trip.expatcostaricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306593450962190191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-86474853311362349792010-06-02T19:35:26.237-06:002010-06-02T19:35:26.237-06:00Your blog brought back some nice memories of a tri...Your blog brought back some nice memories of a trip that I made to Houston and Galveston some years back. Like you, I visited the Johnson Space Center and had a nice lunch in Galveston. I remember a bunch of house built on stilts near the shore. Glad to hear that your quest for the “Pura Vida” is progressing well! See you soon!-Janineja9johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646734558575751212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6716087909843648936.post-26284547776291217902010-06-02T19:27:14.678-06:002010-06-02T19:27:14.678-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.ja9johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646734558575751212noreply@blogger.com