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General Immigration Office
The Costa Rican General Immigration Office provides foreign individuals with a number of migratory options so that they can validly stay in the country. These may be granted according to the migratory categories and subcategories set forth in Act 8764 on Immigration and Foreigners and in the Regulations on Foreigners, as well as in the General Non-Resident Entry and Permanence Visa Guidelines.
In order to qualify for any of these options, foreign individuals must meet a number of requirements, which may vary depending on the case and the category the person is willing to apply to, whether it is for a first-time application, extension, duplicates of their DIMEX card, change of category, suspension and revocation, refuge procedures, statelessness and asylum, return of the security deposit, Company Registration, among others.
In order to be able to submit the required documentation, you must first request an appointment through the call center by calling 1311, and go to the selected immigration office on the appointment date, either at the head offices located in La Uruca, or at any of the regional offices located in Puntarenas, Paso Canoas, Liberia, Limón or San Carlos.
Also, you may carry out some of these proceedings through the digital immigration platform, Trámite Ya, as a result of which your digital file will be opened. For further information on this topic please refer to the note we have included in our News section regarding this new digital platform.
For further information on the different migratory categories available for you in Costa Rica and the forms and requirements to qualify for any of them, please click on the link to the General Immigration Office’s website: https://www.migracion.go.cr/SitePages/Inicio.aspx