Costa Rica New Visa Rules - 3rd Group
Ministerio de Gobernacion y Policia
Direccion General de Migracion y Extranjeria
San Jose Costa Rica
CIRCULAR DG-1512-2006
TO: Inmigration Agents abroad, Departments and Inmigration Branchs in Costa Rica.
DATE: July 14th, 2006
FROM: Lic. Mario Zamora Cordero
General Director of Migration and Alienage
APPLY FROM: July 19th, 2006
THEME: New Rules of Visas for no Residents
NEW RULES OF VISAS FOR NO RESIDENTS OF COSTA RICA
THIRD GROUP
The citizens of the following countries may come to Costa Rica with Consular Visa and with a maximum stay allowed of up to 30 natural days.
COUNTRY
ALBANIA
ANGOLA
SAUDI ARABIA
ALGERIA
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHRAIN
BENIN
BELARUS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BURKINA FASO (ALTO VOLTA)
BURUNDI
BHUTAN
CAPE VERDE
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
COLOMBIA
COTE d'IVORE
COMOROS
CHAD
ECUADOR
EGYPT
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GHANA
GUINEA
GUINEA BISSAU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
HONG KONG
INDONESIA
JORDANIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KYRGYZSTAN
KUWAIT
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBIA
LEBANON
MACAO
MADACASCAR
MALAYSIA
MALAWI
MALI
MOROCCO
MAURITANIA
MOLDOVA
MONGOLIA
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PERU
QATAR
SAHARAHUI ARAB REPUBLIC
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Former Zaire)
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RWANDA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SUDAN
SWAZILAND
THAILAND
TANZANIA
TAJIKISTAN
EAST TIMOR
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKMENISTAN
UKRAINE
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIET NAM
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
NOTE: The nationals of the countries located in the third group will have to ask for the consular visa in their country of origin, except for the following exceptions:
a) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in the United States of America, Canada and the countries of the European Union, enjoying legal permanence, still with tourist visa, will be able to manage by means of the consuls credited in those countries, their consular visa to enter Costa Rica.
b) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a noninferior use to six months, in the other not referred countries of the first group in the point a), will be able to ask for consular visa in that country of permanent residence, whenever they present before the respective Costa Rican consul, the document that credits that legal permanence. The Costa Rican consuls will have to verify before the migratory authorities of the residence country, the authenticity of the permanent residence.
c) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a noninferior use to six months in Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, will be able to ask for consular visa in that country of permanent residence, whenever they present before the respective Costa Rican consul, the document that credits that legal permanence. The Costa Rican consuls will have to verify before the migratory authorities of the residence country, the authenticity of the permanent residence.
The exceptions indicated in the point a) will not be applied in the case the Costa Rican consulates located in the countries of the first group in South America, Nicaragua or Panama, neither in countries located in the second, third or fourth group. The Costa Rican consuls in those countries, will not be able to authorize consular visa to enter Costa Rica, without to carry out the procedure established to follow.
The other national foreigners of a country of the third group ask for entrance visa before a Costa Rican consulate that is not within the exceptions indicated before, the consular agent will have to send the request to the office of the General Director of Migration and Alienage via fax, for their valuation. This request will be solved in accordance with the applicable elements in fact and of right. The General Director of Migration and Alienage will be able to deny these requests according to considers pertinent. In any case, one will be due to count on reasonable indications that the foreigner does not try to stay in the country, because it would denature the migratory category of no Resident.
During the sencond semester of 2006 we will open a consular office at the International Airport Juan Santamaría to approve of visas in arrive.
Direccion General de Migracion y Extranjeria
San Jose Costa Rica
CIRCULAR DG-1512-2006
TO: Inmigration Agents abroad, Departments and Inmigration Branchs in Costa Rica.
DATE: July 14th, 2006
FROM: Lic. Mario Zamora Cordero
General Director of Migration and Alienage
APPLY FROM: July 19th, 2006
THEME: New Rules of Visas for no Residents
NEW RULES OF VISAS FOR NO RESIDENTS OF COSTA RICA
THIRD GROUP
The citizens of the following countries may come to Costa Rica with Consular Visa and with a maximum stay allowed of up to 30 natural days.
COUNTRY
ALBANIA
ANGOLA
SAUDI ARABIA
ALGERIA
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHRAIN
BENIN
BELARUS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BOTSWANA
NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BURKINA FASO (ALTO VOLTA)
BURUNDI
BHUTAN
CAPE VERDE
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
COLOMBIA
COTE d'IVORE
COMOROS
CHAD
ECUADOR
EGYPT
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GHANA
GUINEA
GUINEA BISSAU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
HONG KONG
INDONESIA
JORDANIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KYRGYZSTAN
KUWAIT
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBIA
LEBANON
MACAO
MADACASCAR
MALAYSIA
MALAWI
MALI
MOROCCO
MAURITANIA
MOLDOVA
MONGOLIA
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PERU
QATAR
SAHARAHUI ARAB REPUBLIC
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Former Zaire)
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RWANDA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SUDAN
SWAZILAND
THAILAND
TANZANIA
TAJIKISTAN
EAST TIMOR
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKMENISTAN
UKRAINE
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIET NAM
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
NOTE: The nationals of the countries located in the third group will have to ask for the consular visa in their country of origin, except for the following exceptions:
a) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in the United States of America, Canada and the countries of the European Union, enjoying legal permanence, still with tourist visa, will be able to manage by means of the consuls credited in those countries, their consular visa to enter Costa Rica.
b) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a noninferior use to six months, in the other not referred countries of the first group in the point a), will be able to ask for consular visa in that country of permanent residence, whenever they present before the respective Costa Rican consul, the document that credits that legal permanence. The Costa Rican consuls will have to verify before the migratory authorities of the residence country, the authenticity of the permanent residence.
c) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a noninferior use to six months in Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, will be able to ask for consular visa in that country of permanent residence, whenever they present before the respective Costa Rican consul, the document that credits that legal permanence. The Costa Rican consuls will have to verify before the migratory authorities of the residence country, the authenticity of the permanent residence.
The exceptions indicated in the point a) will not be applied in the case the Costa Rican consulates located in the countries of the first group in South America, Nicaragua or Panama, neither in countries located in the second, third or fourth group. The Costa Rican consuls in those countries, will not be able to authorize consular visa to enter Costa Rica, without to carry out the procedure established to follow.
The other national foreigners of a country of the third group ask for entrance visa before a Costa Rican consulate that is not within the exceptions indicated before, the consular agent will have to send the request to the office of the General Director of Migration and Alienage via fax, for their valuation. This request will be solved in accordance with the applicable elements in fact and of right. The General Director of Migration and Alienage will be able to deny these requests according to considers pertinent. In any case, one will be due to count on reasonable indications that the foreigner does not try to stay in the country, because it would denature the migratory category of no Resident.
During the sencond semester of 2006 we will open a consular office at the International Airport Juan Santamaría to approve of visas in arrive.
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