1. The formalities can be processed by the public body which is interested in the entry of the foreigner. The director of the institution must submit a request, in which the project is described, to the Ministry; the signature must be authenticated by the legal adviser of the institution. The request should contain the following documents:

a. Background of the request, in which the reasons for the request are described.

b. Data of the foreigner who requests the migration status:

" Complete name

" Nationality

" Occupation

" Prospective address in Costa Rica

" Requested migration status

" Date of birth

" Passport photo

" Name and nationality of parents

c. A Costa Rican consul from the consulate, to which the entry permission of the foreigner, who requests the residence permit in the special category, is submitted, should stamp the visa in the passport. If the foreigner is resident in a country, in which there is no Costa Rican consulate, this can be processed from the closest Costa Rican consulate or by the person, who administers the stay for the foreigner. In this case this person is responsible for the fact that notifications are passed on and a means of transport is available.

2. Report of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, from which it follows that the foreigners will not perform public work in the country. Therefore the institution, which is interested in the entry of the foreigner, must submit a relevant report in accordance with the

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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Three current passport photos

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