1. Request to the general manager, signed by the person who requests the temporary stay as a foreigner with guaranteed income, the signature must be authenticated by a Costa Rican consul or by the responsible official to whom the request is submitted. 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) Particulars of the applicant of the temporary residence permit

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Date of birth

" Occupation

" Address in Costa Rica

" Migration status desired

" Complete names and nationalities of parents

" Date and signature

c) If the formalities are processed from the foreign country, a Costa Rican consul can stamp the residence permit provisionally in the passport in the consulate, to which the entry permission of the foreigner must be submitted, so that the request is confirmed provisionally.

2. Certified document that specifies convincingly that the foreigner receives a monthly income from the foreign country or of banks of the national banking system; the amount must be at least US $1000 monthly.

The foreigner must prove that he receives an income which is not below US $1000 or the equivalent amount in another stable currency for a period of at least five years. The amount should be disbursed monthly and should not stem from an account with a foreign bank or the national banking system, except the bank provides the amount monthly in interest.

If the foreigner with guaranteed income requests the residence permit for

himself and the marriage partner, the income must be at least US $2000 monthly or the equivalent amount in Colones, subject to the exchange rate of the central bank in Costa Rica. If the residence is requested for children under age, for children in training under 25 years or for children with a handicap, which must be proven by a medical appraisal, an additional income of US $500 or the equivalent amount in Colones, subject to the exchange rate of the central bank in Costa Rica, must be proven for each child.

The signature of the official who issued the document in the country from which the information originates, must be authenticated by a Costa Rican consul. This authentication must likewise contain the authentication of the competence of the official who issued the document. The signature of the Costa Rican consul must be authenticated by the State Department of Costa Rica.

3. Authenticated copy of the travel papers

4. Further documents that support the request

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

6. Certificate of good conduct from which it 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.

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.

7. Authenticated copy of the passport of the applicant

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.