Costa Rica Special Category for a Self-Employed Business Person
Special category for a person carrying on a qualifying business activity on their own account.
- Route type
- Business & self-employment
- Can bring
- — Not stated in the official source
- Requirements
- 13 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
13 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Birth Certificate
A legalised or apostilled foreign birth certificate is required.
- Business Activity
A defined lawful business activity in Costa Rica must be established.
- Character and security
A legalised or apostilled criminal-record certificate covering the relevant country of origin or last three years of legal residence is required.
- Completed Affiliation Form
A completed and signed affiliation form is required.
- Consular Registration
Proof of consular registration is required.
- Economic Capacity
The applicant must document the means and capacity to conduct the activity.
- Eligibility summary
The current Costa Rican authority material establishes Special Category for a Self-Employed Business Person and its route-specific requirements.
- Fiscal Stamps
The regulation requires the applicable fiscal-stamp payment.
- Passport Pages
All pages of the valid passport must be supplied as a certified or authority-compared copy.
- Photograph
Two recent passport-size photographs are required.
- Registrations And Permits
Applicable business registrations, municipal permissions and tax standing must be supplied.
- Self Employed
The activity must be performed on the applicant's own account.
- Fingerprints Over Age
Applicants older than twelve must provide the Public Security fingerprint record.
- Official source basis
The current Costa Rican authority material establishes Special Category for a Self-Employed Business Person and its route-specific requirements.
- Report summary
The current Costa Rican authority material establishes Special Category for a Self-Employed Business Person and its route-specific requirements.
Who you can bring
What the source prices
- Written Legal Stay Request
A signed legal-stay request must identify the applicant, claim, address and notification channel.
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Costa Rica?
Special category for a person carrying on a qualifying business activity on their own account.
Every answer is quoted from the official pgrweb.go.cr page for this route, last read 2026-07-26.
We checked 16 points against the official source; 16 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
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Fees and processing time are not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source pgrweb.go.crLast read 2026-07-26 Every quote on this page is from this Costa Rica government page.Other business & self-employment routes to Costa Rica
2 other business & self-employment routes to Costa Rica.
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