Immigration To Place
Sticker In Passports Of Foreigners With
Special Status
Foreigners coming to Costa Rica to study,
work or participate in academic activities
(special status) will have a sticker placed
in their passport beginning February 1,
informed the Dirección de Migración y
Extranjería (immigration service).
The sticker, specially printed with a high
degree of security features, will include
the name of the person, the nationality,
date of birth, sex, passport number, the
type of permit and the expiry date of the
permit.
The sticke will also include the person's
signature and very difficult to reproduce
(falsify), unlike the current rubber stamp
is placed on passports of those persons who
are on a temporary permit, other than a
tourist visa.
Mario Zamora, the director of Migración,
explained that the printed stickers are
within the specifications of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
standards for passports and other travel
documents.
Zamora said that cost of the system is
greater than ¢100 million colones and is
part of the immigration service systems of
issuing passports and other documents.
The director said that some 16.000
foreigners "with special status" currently
live in Costa Rica.
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