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I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

LEAVE Costa Rica EVERY 90 days or LESS - Renew Tourist Visa!!!!!!!

Here's ANOTHER example as to 
WHY you do NOT want to mess with your 90-day Tourist Visa Stamp!!!  
I sure would NOT want to be caught in something like that!!  I KNOW people that have been busted for this exact thing and they were kicked out of Costa Rica for 5 YEARS!!!!

Be SMART - RESPECT THE LAW and LEAVE COSTA RICA 
AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 90 days



(NOT 91 days+ [I personally usually go out BY day 89 - JUST in case - as one trip - a group of us were going to Bocas del Toro, Panama and the day before - the Sixiola border we were going out of was CLOSED for flooding!!! This is how I discovered Nicaragua which I LOVE!!!).

Check out my Info•Photo Sites to help you with your Visa Runs:
CRNIBorderCrossing.com
(soon to be updated)


Immigration agent accused of faking data on foreigners

By AMCostaRica.com staff  -  January 18, 2012

Another immigration agent has been detained at Juan Santamaría airport on the allegation that he was helping foreigners fake their trips in and out of the country.

The security ministry identified the man by the last names of  Monge Navarro.  He is facing a charge of computer fraud.

The ministry said that he had access to the SIMMEL immigration data base that keeps track of who enters and who leaves the country.

He was detained by what the ministry said were fellow members of the Policía Profesional de Migración y Extranjería under the jurisdiction of the frauds prosecutor.

Another immigration agent, identified by the last name of Gómez, was led away by investigators Nov. 15 under the cloud of the same allegation. He, too, was accused of altering the immigration data base.

The ministry said that Monge had been under investigation since December. The man has worked for the department since June 2008, investigators said.

The ministry did not explain fully actually what has been alleged. However, tourists can extend their stay here if they leave the country just as their visa expires. For North Americans that is every 90 days. Others who are illegal here can use fake data to show that they just arrived.

Gómez faces an allegation of legalizing the status of the four immigrants from Columbia via fake computer data. He was the subject of a telephone tip in June. There was no indication that the two cases are related.

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