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Why hire Immigration Attorneys to request your residency?
By Mariela Céspedes Cruz and
Anthony Bassey Villanea
Special to A.M. Costa Rica
You decided to move to Costa Rica or are already living in Costa Rica, so obtaining the adequate immigration status must be one of your top priorities. In Costa Rica it is not necessary for an attorney to file your immigration status. You can do it on your own. Nonetheless, hiring an experienced professional can make the difference between having your application on the system for many years and even resulting in a denial or having it processed in a timely manner with a significant chance of a positive result.
We want to share with you a few specific reasons why you should consider having your immigration process managed by a professional and experienced attorney:
Discard the language barrier
Costa Rica´s official language is Spanish, but even when it is likely you speak it, legal and immigration terms can be challenging. A small detail lost in translation can result in an exigency from authorities causing the process to be delayed or even denied. Having an attorney fluent in your native language, without a doubt, will make the process smoother. Communicating with a professional in your language is an invaluable benefit. In Facio Abogados we have professionals who can assist with your immigration process and will communicate with you in English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Determining the best immigration category for you
Costa Rica has a wide variety of immigration categories available for foreign nationals. Some of them will allow you to reside. Others will allow you to reside and work with certain limitations, and others will enable you to reside and work without restrictions. Making sure you request the most suitable immigration status according to your needs is crucial. There are mid- and long-term residence plans in this country that will benefit you the most. Having the correct category can result in the possibility of changing your status to permanent resident and even after several years being able to pursue Costa Rican nationality. At Facio Abogados our team has more than 11 years of experience managing immigration matters in Costa Rica. We are experts and will counsel you in the best category according to your needs and plans.
Minimizing your visits to Immigration
When you have an attorney manage your immigration process on your behalf, there is no need for you to go to immigration for filing of the application or for followups or to receive notifications. When you hire Facio Abogados, we file the application on your behalf, we receive all notifications and visit Immigration on a regular basis to follow up on your process.
Receive the best strategy and planning for your process
An immigration process involves many different documents, depending and varying among categories. Some documents will have expiration deadlines, and you will need to keep track of them, as an expired document filed in an application can result in denial or exigency to file a new valid one, which will delay the process. The immigration process involves and requires documents from your country of citizenship and/or residence and local documents. Additionally many entities are involved such as: local police authorities, the consulate of your country and, in some cases notaries and public accountants. It can be complex to juggle all of them and their expiration dates while investigating the requirements of each. Having an expert strategize the process for you, outline the way and order to obtain the documents and also provide clear instructions to obtain them, can be the difference between feeling overwhelmed and frustrated and receiving a clear guidance on the the process to obtain documents. In Facio Abogados our experts manage these processes on a daily basis and are able to guide you with simple instructions and make sure you optimize your time and resources to obtain all necessary documents. Tracking document expiration is part of the service.
Hiring experts and professionals to manage your immigration process can certainly bring you benefits. You can focus on other aspects of your relocation, such as household moving and housing. Trust your immigration process and needs to Facio Abogados, and your actions and time spent will be only those absolutely necessary.
Authors are experts on immigration process and provide personalized guidance on the process to obtain and legalize documents in: U.S.A., Canada, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, among others. They may be reached at migracion@faciolegal.com
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Editor’s note: The views or opinions expressed by the authors are the sole and exclusive responsibility of the senders and do not necessarily represent the opinion of A.M. Costa Rica. Therefore, the newspaper does not accept liability for author's article content.
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