Expat Guide: Costa Rica is a comprehensive and informative book designed to assist individuals and families considering or embarking on the journey of becoming expatriates in Costa Rica. This guide serves as a valuable resource, providing in-depth knowledge, practical advice, and helpful tips specific to the unique challenges and opportunities of living in Costa Rica. The book begins with an insightful introduction that offers a brief overview of Costa Rica, highlighting its natural beauty, cultural heritage, and the reasons why it has become a popular destination for expats worldwide. It also addresses common myths and misconceptions, offering a realistic perspective on what to expect. Understanding the expat life is essential, and the guide delves into this topic in detail. It explores the various stages and transitions of the expat journey, helping readers navigate the emotional and practical aspects of adapting to a new environment. It explores the benefits and challenges of expat life, offering valuable insights and strategies for a successful transition. The book then delves into why Costa Rica stands out as an attractive destination for expats. It covers key factors such as the country's geography, climate, culture, cost of living, safety considerations, political and socioeconomic climate, ecological diversity, and outdoor activities. Through comprehensive comparisons with other popular expat destinations, readers gain a solid understanding of what makes Costa Rica unique. Legal considerations are essential for expats, and this guide provides clarity on visa types, the application process, work permits, long-term stay considerations, requirements for permanent residency and citizenship, legal rights and responsibilities, as well as laws specific to foreigners. Readers will gain confidence and knowledge about navigating the legal landscape in Costa Rica. Healthcare, housing, cost of living, education, work and business opportunities, language and culture, transportation, and other practical aspects are explored in dedicated sections of the guide. These sections offer practical information, expert advice, and real-life experiences to help readers make informed decisions and smoothly integrate into the Costa Rican way of life. Throughout the book, readers will find valuable tips, resources, and insights to help them plan their move, establish a fulfilling life as an expat, and overcome the challenges that may arise. With a focus on providing accurate and up-to-date information, this guide serves as a trusted companion for anyone considering or embarking on their expat journey in Costa Rica. Whether you are seeking adventure, a tranquil lifestyle, career opportunities, or a change of scenery, Expat Guide: Costa Rica equips you with the knowledge and tools to make the most of your expat experience in this captivating Central American country.

A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.

This "How-to" guide contains information about the process of moving internationally, specifically to Costa Rica. The basics of what people need to know during the first two years after relocating are covered. Several topics are discussed-Schools, Banking, Housing, Work, and Transportation to name a few. In addition, the authors share stories of their personal experiences and insights about the process of relocation to the tropical paradise of Costa Rica. Tips give the insider information that helps smooth the process for re-locators. For those choosing the Tamarindo area, Recommendations are given for various businesses, restaurants, and professionals. Includes useful:¿ Tables¿ Equations¿ Websites

The definitive guide for anyone dreaming of living in paradise when they retire. Whether motivated by a desire for adventure, or the need to make the most of a diminished nest egg, more and more Americans are considering an overseas retirement. Drawing on her more than three decades of experience helping people relocate happily and successfully, Kathleen Peddicord shows how living in an unconventional retirement destination can cost less than a traditional home in Florida or Arizona. Peddicord addresses all of the essential issues, including: • Finding a home to own or rent • Researching and understanding your tax liability • Obtaining health insurance and medical care • Avoiding common mistakes and pitfalls • Opening a bank account Whether readers are interested in relatively unknown havens like Nicaragua, well-traveled areas in Italy, or need some help deciding, How to Retire Overseas is the ultimate guide to making retirement dreams come true.

This new and extended guide will answer you all the questions before relocating to Costa Rica and will let you discover the country of "La pura vida" at your own pace before you even get there. This guide will help you: Get all the essential up-to-date trends, personal stories from expatriates, an insight of the mentality of the "Tico", profound immigration information, business ideas for Costa Rica, real estate knowledge, from importing products to healthcare, basically all the essential information you need to start over in Costa Rica. Furthermore, you get a deeper understanding of the culture and local business manners, a grasp for the lay of the land and nevertheless, in-depth information for "evaders", who have to stay anonymous under the radar and considering Costa Rica as their new home country.

This volume is a synthesis of existing knowledge about the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. The major portion of the book consists of detailed accounts of agricultural species, vegetation, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and insects. "This is an extraordinary, virtually unique work. . . . The tremendous amount of original, previously unpublished, firsthand information is remarkable."—Peter H. Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden "An essential resource for anyone interested in tropical biology. . . . It can be used both as an encyclopedia—a source of facts on specific organisms—and as a source of ideas and generalizations about tropical ecology."—Alan P. Smith, Ecology

In October, 2000, the author and his wife moved from California to Costa Rica to begin a new life in a new country. Martin had a theory that retiring to a foreign country would present so many challenges as to make it impossible to fall into a rut, to become bored, and eventually depressed as happens to so many retirees. It appears as though his theory was a correct one. At Home in Costa Rica: An Adventure in Living the Good Life is the story of how Martin and Robin gradually adapted to their new country, and tells a fascinating tale of the trials and tribulations of learning a new way of life and a new language, of making unusual friends, of building homes, of rehabilitating animals, of surviving the machinations of alien institutions bureaucracies, of adjusting their first-world pace and needs to those of an emerging country, and much more. Told in an anecdotal style, based on letters they've been sending home for three and a half years, At Home in Costa Rica is filled with funny and touching stories about re-learning how to live in one of the most beautiful, peaceful, and stable Democracies in the world. The book is ideal for anyone who has either gone through this wonderful and at times trying process, for anyone who is contemplating living the expatriate's life, or for anyone who enjoys reading about life in other countries.

Achieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The book reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement. Aimed at retirees and near-retirees in the U.S. and Canada, this book's strategies apply just as well to younger people and people with families who are looking for ways to improve their quality of life while at the same time lowering their cost of living. It includes solutions for the challenges of continuing to work and earn money abroad, too. As long-time contributors to the acknowledged leader in the field, International Living, authors Suzan Haskins and Dan Prescher have at their disposal more than thirty years of International Living experience and expertise in the topic. They've been writing about living overseas for more than 12 years and have created their own broad and deep body of work, including regular blogs on the topic for Huffington Post and AARP. The authors include information and strategies that can be successfully applied by anyone regardless of their political or economic opinions. For anyone who wants a happier, healthier, more affordable life, The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget shows you how to enjoy the romance and excitement of living abroad on an affordable budget.