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1. For U.s. nationals, a photocopy of the identity page/photo and arrival stamp are all that is required. Don't risk losing your actual passport...carry a copy.
2. Carry the ticket stub from your arriving flight. THis is additional proof that you have not overstayed your tourist visa.
3. A wallet-sized, laminated copy of your passport I.D. page and entry stamp is available for around U.S. $5.00 at a small shop, main floor, north side of Av. Central, a block west of the Hotel Presidente. Process takes about fifteen minutes, depending on the line at the counter of the print shop.

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Pura Vulva! Wandering through the dark, I am El Ciego.

Great advice. A so good to hear from you, again, El Ciego!

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"I'm not one those pathetic lietuenant colonels working a silly civilian job, working out two hours a day trying to reclaim a body they lost 20 years ago and four hours a night completing War College by correspondence in a sad attempt at colonel. Tyler Durden told us [i]'Self improvement is masturbation[/i].' My mid-life crisis is going to involve a new sports car, or the zoftig redhead with daddy issues in accounting, or better yet, racking up frequent flyer miles going to Pattaya."

Another thing to do is to have a second passport. You can ask for a passport that is limited to a particular country or two, in addition to your general use passport.

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"I'm not one those pathetic lietuenant colonels working a silly civilian job, working out two hours a day trying to reclaim a body they lost 20 years ago and four hours a night completing War College by correspondence in a sad attempt at colonel. Tyler Durden told us [i]'Self improvement is masturbation[/i].' My mid-life crisis is going to involve a new sports car, or the zoftig redhead with daddy issues in accounting, or better yet, racking up frequent flyer miles going to Pattaya."

If you are staying at the SL, they will make a color copy of your Passport free of charge. Also, keep with you a card of the hotel you are staying at. The hotel can also support your date of arrival.

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[/quote]I've been goin to that joint for 14 years & u got fleeced if they charged ya $5.00. The price has gone up a bit since 2004 but I paid 1k colones a couple months ago there, about $1.80usd

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SinCity...you're correct. I stated the price in error...think I was thinking of something else...but you're right. It's less than $2.00 as of this writing. By chance do you remember the name of the print shop? I know it's in a little "mall" with two stories; upstairs is a small shop which will take the photos from your telephone or SIMM card and make prints for you...not cheap by U.S. standards, but affordable. I've used that store as well.

.I've been goin to that joint for 14 years & u got fleeced if they charged ya $5.00. The price has gone up a bit since 2004 but I paid 1k colones a couple months ago there, about $1.80usd[/quote]

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Pura Vulva! Wandering through the dark, I am El Ciego.

"Officially" the copy of your passport only gives you a reprieve until you produce your actual passport (if that is demanded by the authorities).

Banks, shops, etc. may / will ask for the real thing also.

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