Slinky wrote:
................. I keep hearing conflicting stories about the necessity to actually leave for 72 hours.....
This could be two questions.
1. The necessity to leave.
2. The necessity to stay gone for 72 hours.
I have always left. I cant say I have always been gone a solid 72 hours. I don't recall ever reading anyone being checked for the amount of time they have been away when re entering Costa Rica. I have heard stories and seen the passport of guys driving across the border and coming back the same day and getting a new Visa stamp for 90days.
I have never left by ground so I don't know firsthand. When re entering Costa Rica at SJO, I have been given a 90 day visa every time out of about 85-90 trips and they have never looked to see how long I was gone.
There is a company that advertises on AM Costa Rica that provides a plane ride out of and back into Costa Rica the same day for a Visa run.
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