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Costa Rica · citizenship by descent

Costa Rica — Citizenship by Descent

for Costa Rica

Costa Rican nationality by descent under Constitution article 13 and the Law on Options and Naturalizations; transmission is parent-only from a Costa Rican-by-birth parent, and a foreign-born claimant must register before age 25.

ParentQualifying line
No national completion SLA encoded in the supplied researchGovernment processing
Eligibility

Find out in a few questions — before you pay anything.

Pick Costa Rica, answer questions about your line, and get an honest read. Free, no account, no card.

What this programme is

Costa Rican nationality by descent under Constitution article 13 and the Law on Options and Naturalizations; transmission is parent-only from a Costa Rican-by-birth parent, and a foreign-born claimant must register before age 25.

Qualifying line
Parent
Government processing
No national completion SLA encoded in the supplied research

The route

Article 13 foreign-birth registrationParent

Article 13 foreign-birth registration

Government processing
No national completion SLA encoded in the supplied research

These are the routes the programme itself records, with the figures it records against each. Nothing here is our estimate.

Most people find out the real problem isn’t the bloodline.

Live product
Where are your ancestors from?Step 1 of 6
Costa Rica
Citizenship by descent
Selected
Documents

This is a real vault. Built from your line, not a template.

Every Costa Rica case gets a document list built from that family's actual line. A marriage certificate appears only where a name actually changes; a death certificate only where the programme asks for one.

Documents · live
Costa Rica · 2 requiredFixed set
Complete original foreign birth certificate
You
Required
Declarant identity document and copy
You
Required
Third party filing authorization
You
Conditional

Built from your line, not a template

If your case doesn’t need it, you never see it.

Ordered once, shared across the family

Your anchor ancestor’s records serve every relative applying on the same line. Family members see status. They never see the document.

Cost

What it actually costs, including the parts that aren't ours.

Our fee is $100 a person. Everything else goes to a government or a records office, at cost, never marked up.

Heritage Passport

$100 per person, one time. Whole dollars, no subscription.

Heritage Passport · per person$100

We do not publish a government fee for Costa Rica yet. Rather than estimate one, we leave it out — you will see the real figure before anything is ordered.

Life in Costa Rica

Some people want the passport. Some want the country.

If you're thinking about actually going, our sister platform covers what it costs to live in Costa Rica, how residency works, and what the tax picture looks like.

Citizenship first, or country first

A Costa Rica passport doesn’t require you to move. But if moving is the point, it’s worth knowing the numbers before you start a long paperwork process.

Same family, different destinations

Families frequently qualify for more than one country. The free check shows every path, so you can choose on the merits rather than on the one you happened to think of.

Programme facts on this page render from verified programme knowledge. Nothing here is estimated or invented.