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| Author: | TF74 [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Below I have combined some helpful info previously shared from other members on this board to help any new members new thru this process of entering Costa Rica. The info and quotes may differ from person to person so do the research and decide what is best for and your budget. I Just finished my 3rd Health pass form and got my QR Code Immediately, I honestly was hoping this process would be gone but none the less I’m blessed and happy to be visiting again CR during Covid, I bought my Health Ins thru visitors coverage a few weeks ago and posted a direct link below and also the link for the mandatory CR health pass below as well. Now the health pass questionnaire can be sort of tricky to me with regards to the Surname and Given name as this is not custom for us Gringos in the USA to be asked also as well as the date format on the questionnaire more on this later. I am sure the expats living there have gotten the hang of this Surname but for me still little unsure and find myself looking at my passport book to refer the names to double check every time, the last thing I want to do is fill something out wrong. Now the dates are also tricky remember it’s the day/month/year when filling in this info. Costa Rica health Pass Link - remember this must be filled out only within 48 hours of flight. Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica. https://salud.go.cr/ Costa Rica pre-approved insurance guaranteed : https://www.sagicor.cr/seguro_para_turistas/ https://www.grupoins.com/ https://www.bcbscostarica.com/ International Policies accepted mentioned on this board : https://www.visitorscoverage.com/destin ... osta-rica/ https://www.insubuy.com/travel-health-insurance/ https://www.trawickinternational.com/pr ... ls-voyager FYI - The Trawick Policy seems to be sold with all 3 international Policies links above as previously mentioned by Boynton and Myself The Trawick site directly the 3rd option as mentioned in posts the prices have increased for most quotes. |
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| Author: | Boynton [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 1:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Good and concise info. The Admin should consider making it a sticky. It combines the info on the tourism website with the resl world experience of other travelers. I would also recommend members refer newbies questions to this post as long as TF74 keeps it relatively current. This will help keep it from being diffused and spread out across multiple posts and threads. In that spirit, I will add one obssrvation. I know of three members who tried to both purchase insurance and get their health pass at the same time. If everything goes without a hitch, no problem. However, if you have any problems purchasing the insurance, you might get spotty customer service assistance over the weekend and on holidays. While you ARE restricted to applying for Health Pass no earlier than 48 hours before entry, you CAN buy the insurance at any time before entry. Given this, I recommend getting quotes and buying the insurance a week prior to your flight. There is no good reason to leave it to the last minute. I share TF's hope that the insurance requirement would be gone by now. It makes little sense and only adds to the cost of the trip. I don't anticipate this government removing it anytime soon. |
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| Author: | TF74 [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 4:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Yes I actually was searching this site for health pass link info and then when entering in duck duck go well everything found to no surprise came back in Spanish  yeah good info lock the insurance in well before your trip as prices seem to vary and in some cases increase |
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| Author: | RicoGuapo [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Just completed my Health Pass and got my QR Code yesterday for a flight tomorrow. I got a little nervous thinking I may have completed it an hour or two too soon after reading what was stated above when I thought the time limit was 72, not 48 hours, so I looked it up to make sure. As a result of checking, (according to visitcostarica.com) the Health Pass "can only be completed within 72 hours of departure". I then further researched to find at costa-rica-guide.com a note called "What is 48 hours?" It explains that the logic used in the health pass site uses flight date, not time, for the time boundary, so effectively can allow the health pass to be applied for up to 71 hours 59 minutes of the scheduled flight time, depending on the flight time and its relation to day boundary. Bottom line is that the site will let you know if you are outside its allowed time window. It's probably best to stay within 48 hours of departure just in case, so you don't get tangled in a technicality. Fortunately for me, in retrospect after checking, I was within 48 hours of departure. |
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| Author: | Jfoot [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Good info, will be doing my health pass tomorrow |
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| Author: | Boynton [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 6:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
TF74 wrote: Yes I actually was searching this site for health pass link info and then when entering in duck duck go well everything found to no surprise came back in Spanish yeah good info lock the insurance in well before your trip as prices seem to vary and in some cases increase You should have entered "pato pato va" and it would have returned results in English. 
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| Author: | TF74 [ Mon Jun 28, 2021 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Rico good solid info I had not dug that deep into it and just been using 48 hours prior to flight. thanks for sharing 
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| Author: | Flabuck [ Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
the information posted above will get you into the country, but at some point you will have to get out and as of now you need a negative test. the attached link is a list of testing sites https://www.ict.go.cr/es/documentos-ins ... /file.html they are also doing tests at the airport plus many hotels can make arrangements for the test https://ticotimes.net/2021/05/13/sjo-ai ... id-testing |
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| Author: | iDrift [ Tue Jun 29, 2021 3:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Good post! Thanks for the info |
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| Author: | Boynton [ Fri Jul 09, 2021 5:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
No more insurance requirement for the fully vaccinated. (starting August 1) https://ticotimes.net/2021/07/09/costa- ... -travelers |
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| Author: | kwadd [ Fri Jul 09, 2021 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
That's great news. Looks like the Government realized that tourism muy importante. Be there in September 
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| Author: | Boynton [ Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Boynton wrote: No more insurance requirement for the fully vaccinated. (starting August 1) https://ticotimes.net/2021/07/09/costa- ... -travelers The announcement states that the traveller will have to furnish proof of vaccination. It will be interesting to see the mechanics of how this will be implemented to get the Health Pass QR Code. It is not like the CDC Vaccination Record Card is passport quality identification. 
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| Author: | BhueyXXXVII [ Tue Jul 13, 2021 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
kwadd wrote: That's great news. Looks like the Government realized that tourism muy importante. Be there in September First week of September for me and my Homie as well. I hope they will have changed the curfew to at least 10 or 11 by then. I'm okay with that, as I tend to peter out around that time these days anyway. |
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| Author: | Ricker121212 [ Tue Jul 13, 2021 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Heading down first week of September as well. I'll miss the late nights at the Del Rey, really hoping the curfew is extended before I get there 9 is a bit early to be in for the night.. |
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| Author: | Laredokid [ Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Entering Costa Rica Health Pass and Insurance info |
Boynton wrote: Boynton wrote: No more insurance requirement for the fully vaccinated. (starting August 1) https://ticotimes.net/2021/07/09/costa- ... -travelers The announcement states that the traveller will have to furnish proof of vaccination. It will be interesting to see the mechanics of how this will be implemented to get the Health Pass QR Code. It is not like the CDC Vaccination Record Card is passport quality identification. I'll find out tomorrow. The website for the health pass has not been updated as of yesterday to allow for us fully jabbed to complete the form. I just posted a photo of my vaccinated card in the proof of insurance section and selected international insurance. Hopefully the amount of BS that I will receive for doing that will be little or it could be my shortest trip to CR in 30 trips and I'll be home tomorrow in time for happy hour.  I should add that for seat assignment I typed in the word unknown since I'm flying southwest. The form gave me a green check mark and I received the QR code. I checked in at SW this morning, and they asked for my health pass and insurance or jab card which I had with me and my boarding pass says DOCS OK in big red letters, on to CR ...... I made it ! All immigration said was whats the purpose of your trip. No problem at all. |
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