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Costa Rica Residency Delays in 2026: What Foreign Residents Should Expect (opens in new tab)

For many foreigners planning to live in Costa Rica, the residency process in 2026 has required one essential quality: patience. Applicants are currently facing delays at two major stages of the immigration process. First, many residency applications are taking months — and sometimes years — to be reviewed by Costa Rica’s immigration authority, the General […] The post appeared first on .

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