1. Request to the Ministry, signed by the official representative of the enterprise or the body, which employs the applicant. The signature must be authenticated by a Costa Rican consul or the official, to whom the request is to be submitted. The request must contain the following documents:

a) Justification of the request, in which the request and the activities, which the foreigner will perform in the country, are stated.

b) Data of the official representative of the company, the institution or the person, that intends to employ the scientist:

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Occupation or office

" Address and telephone number in Costa Rica

" Further documents that support the request

" Place within the legal district of San José or an electronic medium determined by the Ministry, which is specified in the Official Journal, in order to receive notifications.

" Date and signature

c) Data of the scientist who requests the stay:

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Date of birth

" Occupation or office

" Address in Costa Rica

" Migration status desired

" Complete names and nationality of parents

" Position which the foreigner in the company or the body will take, confirmed by a certificate of an official representative, in which the position and the salary of the foreigner are specified.

2. Certificate of the legal capacity of the enterprise or the body, which pays the income of the foreigner, stating the registration data, the legal

representation and the duration of the legal validity of the company. The date of issue of the document should not date back more than three months.

3. Original and photocopy or one by a notary authenticated copy of the identity card, or the residence permit of the official representative of the enterprise or the body, which wants to employ the foreigner. If the mentioned representative is not a regular resident of the country, one by a notary authenticated copy of the passport must be submitted.

4. Certificate of a responsible accountant, in which the credit-worthiness of the applicant is stated; it should be based on the financial situation of the tax period before the submission in the Ministry and from this it should follow that the financial situation of the enterprise and the project cover the labor costs.

5. Report of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, from which it follows that the foreigner will not implement public work in the country according to the article 76 and 259 of the law. Therefore the enterprise must submit a relevant report in accordance with the procedures, requirements and conditions of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. In these cases the function of the scientist should be described to the Ministry.

6. Birth certificate of the scientist which specifies the names of the parents.

7. Certificate of good conduct from which follows that the applicant did not commit any crime, neither in the homeland nor in the country in which he lived during the last three years.

8. Authenticated copy of the passport of the applicant.

a. In order to be valid for receiving a temporary residence permit, the birth certificate, certificates on previous

convictions, copies of the passports or other documents which were issued abroad must be present as certified translations in Spanish or certified by a notary with appropriate knowledge of the relevant language. The birth certificate must be issued in the homeland. If previous convictions are present, the certificates must have been issued in the homeland or the country, in which the foreigner has been living legally during the past three years. The legality of this stay must be explained reliably.

b. In exceptional cases, when it is impossible to submit the birth certificate with the names of parents and/or the certificates on previous convictions because the government in the homeland can not issue them or because of other serious reasons, one can be excempted from submitting these documents by placing a request to the Ministry, in which the impossibility must be described convincingly. The request is examined by the Ministry and, if necessary, is submitted to the national council which takes the accordant decision.

9. Three current passport photos

10. Proof of the payment of US $30 (thirty dollar) or the equivalent amount in Colones, subject to the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Costa Rica, for the residence formalities for the first entry of the foreigner in favour of the applicant.

11 Tax-stamp: 125 stamps for the request and 2.50 for each sheet.