🇨🇷 A closer look at your next base

Costa Rica

Estancia para Trabajador Remoto

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Illustrative lifestyle scene, not a location survey

Financial evidence: US$3,000/month net; US$4,000 with dependants
Initial stay: 1 year, with an additional year subject to renewal conditions
Extension / longer stay: Renewal, permanent residence and citizenship have separate conditions
Schengen: Outside Schengen
Processing time: Confirm with the application channel
Government fees: Confirm current route-specific fees

Could this be your next base?

Explore Costa Rica as a remote-work base. US$3,000/month net; US$4,000 with dependants. Check passport, work arrangement, application channel and documents before deciding.

Tax conditions to understand

The official nomad programme provides an income-tax exemption, subject to programme eligibility; other tax obligations need separate review.

A visa does not settle tax residency. Days present, residence ties, income source and treaties can all matter.

Make room for everyone

Your family’s financial threshold

🇨🇷 Costa Rica

See the extra financial evidence for a partner and children. Dependant definitions and documents vary; this is a financial precheck, not a full eligibility decision.

Spouse / partner Children Monthly income (USD) Savings (USD, optional) Profession Planned stay (months)

Main applicant monthly income: —
Monthly family addition: —
Total monthly threshold: —

Nationality, work arrangements, insurance and documents still need checking. Unknown family rules are never replaced by a generic percentage.

What this route offers

US$3,000/month net; US$4,000 with dependants
1 year, with an additional year subject to renewal conditions
Original programme information is linked below

Things to plan for

Meeting a financial threshold does not establish full visa eligibility
Tax, health cover and work arrangements need separate review

Documents to prepare

This is a starting checklist. Confirm the full current list, translations and legalisation rules for your application channel.

Provide passport and nationality/jurisdiction documents required by the official checklist
Provide route-specific evidence of remote work and income or assets
Check the official checklist for health cover, criminal records, translations and legalisation

Start with the official source

DGME / Costa Rican Tourism Board

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Sources & what still needs checking

Research checked: 2026-11-05

The date records when sources were consulted, not when a policy took effect or an official endorsement. Recheck with the authority before applying.

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Government fees: Not yet verified
Processing time: Not yet verified
Documents: Conditions to confirm
Nationality restrictions: Conditions to confirm
Insurance: This field checked

Data gaps

Current government fees
Current processing timeline
Complete nationality eligibility list
Complete country-specific document checklist
Dated living-cost samples
Internet quality samples

Costa Rican Tourism Board programmeFinancial threshold · Family rules · Stay duration · Tax treatment · Insurance