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Immigration

Updates! Updates! Updates!

May 14th, 2010 | By No.Cal Refugee
Updates! Updates! Updates!

It’s been more than 4 months since we started this blog, and we’ve put up nearly 300 posts on all kinds of topics, from Volcanoes to street vendors to residency procedures and more than I care to list. Nothing stays static and we’ll try to catch you up on a few things since the original
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Immigration/Residency Law and the Legal Tar Pit

Feb 28th, 2010 | By No.Cal Refugee
Immigration/Residency Law and the Legal Tar Pit

Once upon a time, in a land far away, I worked as a systems analyst and computer programmer. One of the things that troubled me was the fact that nobody, and I mean not one person, understood how the system worked, how it all fit together, or exactly what it was supposed to do. I
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Perpetual Tourists Beware!

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By No.Cal Refugee
Perpetual Tourists Beware!

Like every other country in the world, Costa Rica has its rules and laws regarding foreigners. In my own case, I have a ‘temporary’ legal residency, meaning it has to be renewed (every 5 years, as things stand now). There is a sizable number of people who enter the country as Perpetual Tourists and set
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