RicoGuapo wrote:
Harddrive43228 wrote:
You will be given a tourist visa that has as many days as you are insured for. Also be sure that you insure your day of departure.
What is the procedure if you decide after you are already in Costa Rica that you wand to extend your stay beyond what was originally insured and granted by tourist visa?
There is an official process which can be a pain in the ass.
https://ticotimes.net/2021/02/03/how-to ... urist-visaYou can also overstay your visa and deal with it when you leave. You are taking a risk if you are stopped by the authorities for any reason. In theory, you would extend your insurance and then at exit either pay $100 for each month of overstay or accept a re-renty impediment of 3x the length of your overstay. Both the fine and impediment had been suspended during the "emergency period" but who knows if they will be going forward. The current emergency period provisions end on June 2nd. The last time the government waited until one day before the extensions expired (March 2) until extending them until June 3rd.
Also, both land borders are now open, so Panama or Nicaragua border runs are possible, but you will still need to extend or purchase your medical insurance. This can be an issue with some carriers since you would not be in the USA.
All of this could change at a moment's notice by government decree. There are rumors of requiring a PCR test for CR entry. Netgems is the only one giving ironclad guarantees these days.