. Wills and Estates In this installment, we are going to review the various ways through which we can pass down property in Costa Rica. Foreigners living in Costa Rica need to be very mindful considering that they may also have assets in other countries. I will try to be simple with my language.
I really like law. I went to school (among other things) for biology, anthropology and law. Exploring these various subjects allows me the opportunity to appreciate human nature from a privileged perspective. “A thousand lawyers at the bottom of the ocean is a good start” said Joe Miller in the movie Philadelphia. I get it,
It is part of our business to know what the competition is doing. We have noticed that some other immigration firms do not provide an accurate description of the government fees people have to pay in order to obtain temporary residency. We at Outlier Legal feel it is important for people know the amount of
I We receive a lot of questions regarding the renewal of this category, such as: do I need to transfer money from my dollars account into the colones account? Do I need a background check? Do I need a letter from my pension? And many more. So let’s review how the renewal process works.
00 We received a question from Donald Hickman which will be valuable to share with the readers. “Assume that someone established pensionado residency using a letter from a private pension in the States. At renewal time they have to provide another pension letter. But now the person is also getting Social Security. Could they just
oo I am always baffled when dealing with real estate transactions, particularly because of the lack of knowledge of the parties involved in the transaction. I do not necessary hold the buyer or the seller responsible since they rely on professionals such as attorneys or real estate agents in order to do things right. The
As some of you may know, the investor category allows four options to qualify for Temporary Residency; namely, investing in real estate, purchasing an existing business, creating a new business, or purchasing part of a business. Today, we are going to talk about the investment in real estate, specifically when the investment is done
Well, it has been a while since I last published a post. Work has been keeping us very busy and we also had a few curve balls that consumed some time and energy. Thankfully, we have been able to move forward but some of our clients have suffered as we have not been able to
I am flabbergasted by the level of ignorance that goes around a number of issues. In this particular instance, I want to make reference to the article posted by The Costa Rica Star with the heading “Costa Rica Law Makers Approve Reform to Limit Rent Increases to Rate of Inflation”. There are two instances of
According to Section 70 of the Immigration Law (Law No. 8764 of 2009) foreign nationals who file an application to remain in the country under any of the categories as described in the law, must have not been convicted of a crime within ten years prior to requesting immigration status. What does this mean? Well
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