When you plan to move to Costa Rica, you first have to apply for temporary and permanent residency at Costa Rican immigration services. No matter if you are going to retire in Costa Rica, plan to invest in a business or work as a manager of an international company, you will need to apply for…
By having family ties with a Costa Rican, you can apply for permanent residency in Costa Rica. Moving to Costa Rica is easy, becoming a resident is not, unless you know how to apply for it. To be able to apply for a permanent residency in Costa Rica for having family ties (vínculo), the ties need…
Janine’s TURYA Yoga in Escazu offers workshops and yogic journeys are accessible to all people and easily adapted to special groups, organizations, and conventions. Different classes, workshops, and journeys by Janine Fafard. These workshops are offered in different formats, from a 2-hour session to a full day retreat. The yogic journeys through Costa Rica range…
I’d like to tell you how I got hooked to Costa Rica. Let me introduce myself. My name is Kathy D. Peterson and I’m from Chicago. My Costa Rican real estate agent asked me to tell you about my experience of moving to Costa Rica in 2006. As I recall my personal experience with the…
Should you rent before you buy property in Costa Rica? This is a question I’m asked quite often. That is because I sell property in Cariari, Costa Rica. I’ve also noted that those people who have owned their own home for a long time have a harder time adjusting to the idea to rent. Some…
Thinking of making renovations to your home? I am a Cariari real estate agent and I have also built homes and fixed up homes in my area. In this article, I’d like to tell you a bit about fixer-uppers in Costa Rica. There are two kinds of renovations you can make to Costa Rica real…
As a buyer of an apartment in Sonesta Jaco Resort, I received an email from the Developer. Joshua ten Brink of Riverside Developers sent this email during Eastern Week 2010 to all condo buyers. Joshua told us that he was using the bank who lent them the money to build the project of One Jaco Place in…
Did you know that Costa Rica is a really happy place? Do you see the smile on these faces? They smile because they’re happy people and live in a happy place. Costa Rica took top honors in the latest Happy Planet Index, which reports Costa Rica as having the highest life satisfaction in the world,…