| Costa Rican consulates provide information about visas,
work permits, marriage and residency. They can issue tourist
visas, authenticate documents and assist Costa Rican citizens
living abroad.
Anyone seeking permanent residency in Costa Rica needs to
have certain documents notarized by a Costa Rican consulate
or embassy in their country of origin. Documents that must
be notarized are a birth certificate, police certificate (stating
you have no criminal record) and a proof of income statement.
All this paperwork should be taken care of before coming to
Costa Rica.
If you apply for permanent residency in Costa Rica, it may
take months to get notarized documents from your home country,
if it's possible at all. If worse comes to worst, you may
have to make a trip home to take care of these matters. While
you are waiting for papers from abroad, other documents may
expire and you will have to start all over again. Bureaucracy
is slow enough as it is in Costa Rica, and it is foolish to
delay this process any more than necessary.
Each Costa Rican consulate has its own business hours and
its area of coverage (jurisdiction) based on the origin of
the document. Please locate your nearest consulate for personal
attention. If there is no consulate in your state, locate
the state or city nearest your residence in the list below.
Consulates in the United States:
- Atlanta:
1870 The Exchange Southeast N.W., Suite 100, Atlanta, GA,
30339. Tel: (770) 951-7025 Fax: (770)-951-7073
E-mail: consulate_ga@costarica-embassy.org.
- Boston:
175 McClennan Highway, East Boston, MA 02128. Tel: (617)
561-2444, Fax: (617) 561-2461.
E-mail: consulate_bos@costarica-embassy.org.
- Chicago: (includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana
and Wisconsin):
203 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 1312, Chicago, IL 60601.
Tel: (312) 2632772 Fax: (312) 263-5807
E-mail: crcchi@aol.com.
- Dallas (Area of coverage: Dallas):
7777 Forrest Ln., Suite C-204, Dallas, TX 75231. Tel: (972)
566-7020, Fax: (972) 566-7943.
- Denver:
3356 South Xenia Street, Denver, CO 80231-4542. Tel: (303)
696-8211, Fax: (303) 696-1110,
E-mail: crconsul@hypermall.net
- Houston: (includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Texas):
3000 Wilcrest, Suite 112, Houston, TX 77042. Tel: (713)
266-0484, Fax: (713) 266-1527 E-mail: consulatecr@juno.com.
- Los Angeles: (includes Southern California, Arizona, Nevada,
Utah and Hawaii):
1605 West Olympic., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90015, Tel:
(213) 380-6031 Fax: (213) 380-5639.
E-mail: costaricaconsulate la@ hotmail.com.
- Miami (area of coverage: Florida):
Consulate General, 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite 704-S, Miami,
FL 33131, Tel: (305) 871-7487, 871-7485, Fax: (305) 871-0860.
After hours emergency phone line: (305) 331-0636
E- mail: consulate_fla@costarica-embassy.org.
- New Orleans: (Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee ):
World Trade Center Bldg., 2 Canal St., Suite 2334, New Orleans,
LA 70130. Tel: (504) 581-6800 Fax: (504) 581-6850. After
hours emergency phone line: (504) 256-2027
E-mail: consulno@ aol.com.
- New York (includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and Vermont):
80 Wall Street, Suite 718, New York, NY 10005. Tel: (212)
623-6310, Fax: 212 509-3068. After hours emergency phone
line: (908) 623-6310. E-mail: consulnewyork@hotmail.com.
Phoenix (area of coverage Arizona):
7373 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd.,Suite 200, Scottsdale, Arizona,
85258. Tel: (480) 951-2264 Fax: (480) 991- 6606,
E-mail: burkeap@aol.com.
- Puerto Rico:
Avenida Ponce de Leon, Edificio 1510, Oficina P1, Esquina
Calle Pelaval, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00909. Tel: (787) 723-6227
Fax: (787) 723-6226. After hours emergency phone line: (787)
627-3220 E- mail: consuladopr@yunque.net.
- San Antonio:
Continental Building, 6836 San Pedro, Suite 116, San Antonio,
TX 78216. Tel: (210) 824-8474, Fax: (210) 824-8489. After
hours emergency phone Line: (210) 386-6839
E-mail: mrojasconssulsa@ msn.com.
- San Francisco (includes, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Northern
California, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming):
P.O. Box 7643, Freemont, Ca 94536. Tel: (510) 790-0785,
Fax: (510) 792-5249. After hours emergency phone line: (800)
790-8561 E-mail: consulsfo@hotmail.com.
- St. Paul (area of coverage Minnesota):
2424 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114. Tel: (651) 645-4103,Fax:
(651) 645-4684, E-mail: cr- consulate@2424group.com.
- Tampa:
2204 Barker Road, Tampa, FL 33605. Tel: (813) 248-6741,
Fax: 813) 248-6857 E-mail: crica@integracom.net.
- Washington: (includes all U.S. states, District of Columbia,
Dela ware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina):
2114 S Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008. Tel: (202) 328-6626
Fax: (202) 265-4795. After Hours emergency phone line: (202)
215-4178, E- mail: consulate@costarica-embassy.org. Web:
http://www.costarica-embassy.org.
Consulates Abroad:
- England 14 Lancaster Gate London, England K2P 1B7 Tel:
071-723-1772 E-mail: rolomadrigal@hotmail.com
- Canada 135 York St., Suite 208 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5T4
Tel: (613) 562-0842 Fax: (613) 562-22855
- Canada 614 Centre A. Street N.W. Calgary, Alberta
- Canada 164 Avenue Road Toronto, Ontario M5R 2H9 Tel: (416)
961-6773
- Canada 145 Chadwik Court Suite 320 North Vancouver, V6C
1H2 Tel: (604) 983-2152 Fax: (604) 983-2178
E-mail: consulado@sprint.ca
- Canada 1425 René Levexque-West Suite 602 BC Montreal,
H3G 1T7 Tel: (514) 393-1057 Fax: (514) 393-1624
* To obtain a complete list of embassies and consulates visit the Costa Rican
Foreign Ministry website at http://www.rree.go.cr or http://www.costarica.com/
travel/missions-worldwide. |
