Residency Law

APPLYING FOR A RESIDENCY IN COSTA RICA In general, a residency applicant must prove that he or she will not be a burden to the country by demonstrating that enough income is generated either as their primary financial support or as the means for the establishment of a secondary source of income such as a business venture or other investment projects. With the exception of the Resident Annuitant and Resident Pensioner Regimes, which at this moment can be filed in Costa Rica, on all other residency applications must be filed in a Costa Rican Consulate in the applicant's country of