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Costa Rica: It's awfully quite out there (here)!:
What Gil is not telling you is that the Immigration Officers that receive the Residency don't speak English. After you file it's very important to follow up constantly at Immigration and this could drag for months so do you want to have to come to Immigration often to stand in line for hours and then talk to officers that only speak Spanish? I don't think so unless you are a Cheapo. The truth is that the officially established legal fees for a residency are US$1000.00 that most attorneys charge in 2 payments and they become responsible for your residency, you can stay in Guanacaste or wherever and just follow up with your attorney of course hire a reputable law firm not a single practitioner as he or she might not have the muscle to actually follow up.
Costa Rica: Just back from Costa Rica. Expensive Food!:
Well from your description it appears that your tour of course was concentrated merely in touristy areas and outside of the Central Valley. So that alone basically explains why you found probably high priced stuff, as you get closer to bigger populations you find places that go for volume thus lower prices (if not ask the Gringos that I see everytime I visit Pequeño mundo how cheap stuff is over there). Im local and I survive as many others do, I guess it wouldn't hurt you to leave your biased view of Costa Ricans so ir you're ever close to SJO I would be more than happy to show you around and explain you how CR works not from the biased Expat ONLY angle.
Costa Rica: Good Lawyers in Costa Rica:
I´m very proud to present to the expat community in Costa Rica some of the testimonials that we have gathered from satisfied clients: http://www.glcabogados.com/blog/testimonial-from-mr-charles-fedonczak/
I´m tied of hearing negative stories about lawyers in Costa Rica, based on our 15 yearsof experience with expats and their stories I feel that a large percentage of the dissapointment comes from lack of knowledge of how CR works, 99% of ALL the most professional services are concentrated in the Central Valley so when you hire an independent practitioner from a small town your odds are reduced significantly. The US Embassy conducts a filter on law firms of a certain profile and normally only includes attorneys with US postgraduate education.
Costa Rica: Apostille question- Quality solutions s.a. legit?:
My law firm GLC Abogados is included in the list of attorneys of the United States Embassy in San José and we do handle such process you can check our client testimonials at: http://www.glcabogados.com/blog/testimonial-from-mr-charles-fedonczak/ if you want info you can write to us at info@glcabogados.com or call us at 506 2524-3176
Costa Rica: relocating to CR:
absolutely ALL Costa Ricans will search for rental properties in encuentra24.com, don't follow the expat route as you will only get a biased version of how things are handled in Costa Rica by Costa Ricans. Good Luck
Costa Rica: Men's clothes:
Hi there you don't need to go to Panama for clothes CR has plenty of options for all preferences.
You can visit Siman Department store in Multiplaza Escazu, Yamuni near downtown San José or in Lincoln Plaza or you can visit the Levi's Store in Mall San Pedro just to name a few.
Costa Rica: Cleaning Person/Maid:
Costa Rican Labor Law is very easy to understand as it's governed entirely by the Roman principle of "Primacy of Reality" which in simple words means that independently of whatever documents and/or contracts are signed to try to avoid the labor relationship, if the worker can demonstrate subordination in any form, a labor relationship exists. So you can perhaps get a way with a legal scheme for a while but at the end of the day, if they take you to court you will lose guaranteed. My firm has advised foreigners since 1999 in small mom n pops deals and up to large developments and the experience is the same.
Costa Rica: CR vs. Ecuador and Belize:
Its amazing to see the level of ignorance in the expat community, Costa Rica is by far better than Ecuador and Belize (barely a country) meanwhile Costa Rica is the oldest democracy in Latin America and the only Latin country included in the list of the 22 oldest democracies in the world. Costa Rica in 1948 became the first country in the world to abolish the army redirecting an important part of its budget towards education creating well educated people which led to attaining one of the highest human developments in the region.
Today 20% of the population makes a living comparable to an income of a citizen of developed nations. Costa Rica is also one of the least corrupt and safest countries in the Subcontinent.
Any other questions?
Costa Rica: Plan Plausibility:
You need to get advise from Costa Ricans, expats have a very limited and biased perspective of how things work in my country. Seasonal rent in rural Areas? Let me inform you that here things work differently, folks in rural areas just rent their houses at the price similar to their area they don't know or take into account a high or low season. You can rent a decent house in a rural community starting as a low as $300.00. Watch out from receiving advice from people that don't understand the real local scenario, just the fact that one doesn't speak perfect Spanish severely narrows the view that one may have.
Costa Rica: Free Costa Rica Business Advice for Expats:
In order to contribute a little bit with the expat community I wanted to offer free consultation to any member of the Expat Exchange community interested in starting a business in Costa Rica.
I firmly believe that Costa Rica needs more foreign direct investment and innovation brought from experienced expats.
I have contributed with the installation of hundreds of successful businesses of diverse industry from small ventures to large scale offshore companies.
I have a Juris Doctorate from the most prestigious law school of the country and a Masters in Global Business Administration from Thunderbird School in Arizona (#1 international business school in the world). Please feel free to contact me directly to my personal email: arce@global.t-bird.edu or via PMs.
Note: as a Costa Rican licensed attorney I cannot provide free legal advice as it would be considered unethical and would get disbarred, however I am willing to assist any person without any cost in business start ups and general local business advice.
I have owned and operated some of the following businesses: moving company, real estate company, bar and restaurant, souvenir shops, office supplies store, private loans, tour company, medical tourism, t-shirt company and I am currently the Managing Partner of GLC Abogados a full service business law firm specialized in foreign advisory.
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