Costa Rica Travel: July 2007

CIRCULAR
DG-1087-2007

TO: Migration Agents abroad, all Departments and Migration Branches in Costa Rica.
DATE: May, 24th, 2007
FROM: Lic. Mario Zamora Cordero. General Director of Migration and Alienate
APPLY: Jun 15th, 2007
THEME: General Rules of Visas for non Residents

GENERAL RULES OF VISAS FOR NO RESIDENTS

THIRD GROUP
The citizens of the following countries may enter to Costa Rica with Consular Visa and with a maximum permanence 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
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
INDIA
INDONESIA
JAMAICA
JORDAN
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KYRGYZSTAN
KUWAIT
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBIA
LEBANON
MACAO
MADAGASCAR
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 THECONGO
LAOS PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
RWANDA
SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SUDAN
SWAZILAND
THAILAND
TANZANIA
TAJIKISTAN
EAST TIMOR
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKMENISTAN
UKRAIN
UGANDA
UZBEKISTAN
VIET NAM
YEMEN
DJIBOUTI
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE

NOTE: The nationals of the countries located in the third group will have to request for consular visa in their country of origin, except for the following exceptions:

a) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that have already a visa to enter the United States of America and/or the countries of the European Union, will be able to enter Costa Rica without consular visa, with the same conditions as of the nationals of the countries located in the second group.

b) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a non inferior use to six months, in the other not referred countries of the first group in the cluster ‘a’, will be able to request 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, residents in the United States of America and/or the countries of the European Union, will be able to enter Costa Rica without consular visa, with the same conditions as of the nationals of the countries located in the second group.

d) The nationals of the countries located in the third group that are in quality of permanent resident with a no inferior use to six months in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua or El Salvador, will be able to request 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.

For other national foreigners of a country of the third group that request 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 Alienate via fax, for their evaluation. This request will be solved in accordance with the applicable elements of fact and right. The General Director of Migration and Alienate will be able to deny these requests according to pertinent considerations. In any case, there must be reasonable indications that the foreigner does not try to stay in the country, because it would be cause of denial to the migratory category of no Resident.

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