Source document
Reglamento de Extranjería, Decreto Ejecutivo No. 37112-GOB (Alcance 64 a La Gaceta 95, 17 de mayo de 2012)
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What the document holds
TSE compilation (171 pp.) of the 2012 Reglamento de Extranjería: definitions (investor: own capital in activities of economic and social interest), general fees and guarantee deposit, requirements for each temporary and permanent residence and special category (pensioners, rentistas, investors, workers, students, etc.), documentation and renewal. In scope: investor articles 87-93 (US$200,000 minimum in real estate, registrable goods, shares, securities, productive or national-interest projects; US$50 application fee; documents by investment type; forestry route with US$100,000 initial investment and a 3-year management plan; no paid work), art. 179 (fees on approval: Law art. 251 amount, US$30 + US$30, US$25 a year, guarantee deposit) and art. 223 (renewal every two years with proof of the investment). The US$200,000 threshold was already recorded; fees, forestry route and renewal added. Other categories (pensionado, rentista, etc.) are not investment routes and are out of scope. No statistics. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
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Rules and prices (7)
- Forestry plantation investmentinvestor in forest plantations under art. 70 of Forestry Law 7575: initial investment, with a forest management plan of at least 3 yearsUSD 100,000Since 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- Investment, type not specifiedinvestor and dependants; investment in real estate, registrable goods, shares, securities, productive projects or projects of national interestUSD 200,00017 May 2012 – 13 Jul 2021 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- Annual payment to the Social Migration Fundannual payment to the Fondo Social de Migración (Law art. 33(4)), investor and dependants25 USD per yearSince 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- Document feeafter approval and at each renewal: US$30 for the application for the residence document (Law art. 252) and US$30 for its issue (Law art. 253)USD 30Since 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- Application feeapplication for legal stay as temporary resident (investor and each dependant), Law art. 255USD 50Since 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- Stamp dutyfiscal stamps (especies fiscales) with the temporary investor residence application, plus CRC 2.50 per pageCRC 125Since 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
- How often the permit must be renewedtemporary investor residence renewed every two years (bianualmente) with proof the investment is kept2 yearsSince 17 May 2012 · Costa Rica TSE 2012Costa Rica · Temporary investor residence
About the document
What it covers Arts. 87-93: temporary residence as investor with a capital of at least US$200,000 in real estate, registrable goods, shares, securities, productive projects or projects of national interest.
Notes Copy compiled by the electoral tribunal (PDF created December 2012), not the gazette original; reflects the 2012 text without later amendments.
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