1. Request to the general manager, signed by a public representative of the enterprise or the body, which provides the income of the foreign sportsman, or the national sport federation. With this kind of inquiries the signature must be authenticated by a notary or by a responsible official. If the press agency does not have its seat in the country, the request must be submitted to the consulate of Costa Rica. The request should contain the following documents:

a) Background of the request, in which the request and the activities, which the foreigner will perform in the country, are described and justified.

b) Data of the public representative of the enterprise, the institution or the person, that requests the stay for the foreign sportsman:

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Occupation

" Exact address and telephone number in Costa Rica

" Authnticated copy of the identity card

" 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 sportsman whose stay is requested:

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Date of birth

" Occupation

" Address in Costa Rica

" Further documents that support the request

" Complete names and nationality of parents

2. Certificate of the legal capacity of the applicant, either from the organization which provides the income of the foreign sportsman or the national sport federation, stating the registration data, the legal representation and the duration of the legal validity. The date of issue of the document should not date back more than three months.

3. Certificate of the national sport federation in which it is confirmed that the foreigner is a sportsman recognized by the federation.

4. Work contract signed by the sport organization for which the foreigner will conduct a service, specifying the income and the activities he will dedicate himself to.

5. Birth certificate of the applicant which specifies the names of the parents.

6. 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.

7. 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

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.

8. Three current passport photos

9. 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.

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