Author name: Staicy Delgado

Although Decree No. 43544-S excluded from the use of the mask all those persons who are not first line health officials, the fact is that it did not establish a prohibition in workplaces, as stated in the press communication of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, CP-013-2022 MTSS. In this sense, it is at […]

Legal representatives, notaries, trustees, authorized persons and the general public are informed that as of April 1st, the deadline to file the ordinary declaration for the period 2022 for legal entities and trusts in the Transparency and Beneficial Ownership Registry (RTBF) will begin and will be extended until the 30th of the same month. In

Legal entities registered in the National Registry and that have their corporate term in force, are informed that as from April 1st , they must file through their legal representative, the ordinary declaration for the period 2022 for legal entities and trusts in the Transparency and Beneficial Ownership Registry (RTBF) and it is extended until

As of Monday, February 21, 2022, Costa Rica will request an entry visa from Venezuelan citizens, either for transit purposes or final destination Costa Rica. Citizens of Venezuela must request a visa consulted before the Consulates of Costa Rica duly accredited abroad. The visa will be granted for a single visit to the national territory.

The sanitary vehicle restriction will be relaxed this holiday season and will be from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 am. During Christmas (December 25th) and New Year’s Eve the vehicle restriction will be completely eliminated. The application of the QR code was extended and the Government intends to implement it as of February 7th, 2022.

The Christmas bonus is an “additional salary” that must be paid by any employer to workers, regardless of their activity, within the first twenty days of December of each year.  The Christmas bonus is a right that all workers have, regardless of their mode of payment. This right is granted to workers who have worked

Last November 22, 2021, was published in the Official Gazette “La Gaceta” the law to declare August as the historical month of Afrodescendence in Costa Rica, law number 10050, which decrees August 31 as a holiday in commemoration of the Day of the Black Person and the Afro-Costa Rican Culture. Reforming article 148 of the

Today was published in La Gaceta the resolution of the Ministry of Health number MS-DM-RM-6735-2021 where the list of vaccines accepted to enter Costa Rica was expanded. These are: VACCINE ALTERNATIVE NAME DOSES AstraZeneca / Oxford Covishield Vaxzevria AZD1222 ChAdOx1 ChAdOx1_nCoV19 India 2 Pfizer/ BioNTech Comirnaty BNT162b2 Tozinameran 2 Moderna Spikevax mRNA-1273 2 Janssen COVID-19