Costa Rican Consulates and Embassies Abroad

Costa Rican Consulates provide information about visas, work permits, marriage and residency. They can issue tourist visas, authenticate documents and assist Costa Rican Citizens living abroad. Anyone seeking permanent residency in Costa Rica needs to have certain documents notarized by a Costa Rican consulate or embassy in their country of origin. Documents that must be notarized are a birth certificate, police certificate (stating you have no criminal record) and a proof of income statement. All this paper work should be taken care of before coming to Costa Rica.

If you apply for permanent residency in Costa Rica, it may take months to get notarized documents from your home country if it’s possible at all. If worse comes to worst you may even have to make a trip home to take care of these matters. While you are waiting for papers from abroad other documents may expire and you will have to start all over again. Bureaucracy is slow enough as it is in Costa Rica, and it is foolish to delay this process any more than necessary.

Each Costa Rican Consulate has its own business hours and its area of coverage. Please locate your nearest consulate for personal attention. If there is no consulate in your state, please locate the state or city nearest to your residence in the list below.

Consulates in the United States:

Atlanta: 1870 The Exchange Southeast N.W. Suite 100, Atlanta, GA. 30339 Tel: (770) 951-7025 Fax: (770)-951-7073 E-mail: consulate_ga@costarica-embassy.org

Boston: 175 McClennan Highway, East Boston. Ma 02146 or 175 McClennan Highway, East Boston, MA 02128-9114 Tel: (617) 561-2444 Fax: (617) 561-2461, E-mail: consulate_bos@costarica-embassy.org

Chicago: (Includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Indiana, and Wisconsin) 203 North Wabash Avenue., Suite 1312, Chicago, IL 60601 Tel: (312) 263-2772 Fax: (312) 263-5807 E-mail: crcchi@aol.com Dallas (Coverage: Dallas): 7777 Forrest Ln., Suite B445, Dallas, TX 75231 Tel: (972) 566-7020 Fax: (972) 566-7943

Denver: 3356 South Xenia Street, Denver, CO 80231-4542; Tel: (303) 696-8211 Fax: (303) 696-1110 E-mail: crconsul@ecentral.com

Houston: 3000 Wilcrest, Suite 112, Houston, TX 77042 Tel: (713) 266-0484 Fax: (713) 266-1527 E-mail: consulatccr@juno.com

Los Angeles: (Includes Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Hawaii): 1605 West Olympic., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90015 Tel: (213) 380-6031 Fax: (213) 380-5639 E-mail: kieffer@inetworld.net

Miami (Covers Florida): Consulate General, 1600 Northwest 42nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33126 Tel: (305)- 871-7487, 871 7485 Fax: (305) 871-0860 E-mial: consulate_fla@costarica-embassy.org

New Orleans: (Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennesse )World Trade Center Bldg., 2 Canal St., Suite 2334, New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: (504) 581-6800 Fax: (504) 581-6850, E-mail: consulno@aol.com

New York (Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island andVermont) : 80 Wall Street, Suite 718, New York, NY 10005Tel: (212) 509-3066 Fax: 212 509-3068 E-mail: consulnewyork@hotmail.com

Phoenix (Area of coverage Arizona):1426 W, Key Largo Court,Gilbert, Arizona, 85034 Tel: (561) 5620-8307 Fax: (561) 620-5821

Puerto Rico: Avenida Ponce de Leon, Edificio 1510, Oficina P1, Esquina Calle Pelaval, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00909 Tel: (787) 723-6227 Fax: (787) 723-6226, E-mail: consuladopr@yunque.net

San Antonio: Continental Building , 6836 San Pedro, Suite 116, San Antonio, TX 78216 Tel: (210) 824-8474 Fax: (210) 824-8489

San Francisco (Includes, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Northern California,Oregon and Washington): P.O. Box 7643, Freemont, Ca 94536, Tel: (510) 790-0785 Fax: (510) 792-5249 E-mail: consulsfo@hotmail.com St. Paul: 2424 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN 55114, Tel: (651) 645-410 3Fax: (651) 645-4684 E-mail: lupita.barahona@2424group.com

Tampa: 2204 Barker Road, Tampa, FL 33605, Tel: (813) 248-6741 Fax: 813) 248-6857 E-mail: crica@integracom.net

Washington (Covers all of U.S. territory): 2114 “S” Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008; Tel: (202) 3286628 Fax: (202) 265-4795 E-mail: consulate@costarica-embassy.org Web-site:http://www.costarica-embassy.org.

Consulates Abroad:
England Canada
14 Lancaster Gate 325 Dalhouse St, Suite 407
London, England Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7G2
K2P 1B7 Tel: (613)562-0842
Tel: 071-723-1772 Fax: (613) 562-2582
E-mail: rolomadrigal@
hotmail.com

Canada Canada
614 Centre A. Street N.W. 164 Avenue Road
Calgary, Alberta Toronto, Ontario M5R 2H9
Tel: (416) 961-6773

Canada Canada
145 Chadwik Court 1425 René Levexque-West
Suite 320 Suite 602
North Vancouver, B.C Montreal, H3G 1T7
V6C 1H2 Tel: (514) 393-1057
Tel: (604) 983-2152 Fax: (514) 393-1624
Fax: (604) 983-2178
E-mail: consulado@sprint.ca

*To obtain a complete list of embassies and consulates visit the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry web site at: www.rree.go.cr or www.costarica.com/travel/missions-worldwide.