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If the ‘other income is not guaranteed for life’ such as govt or private pension, annuity or SSC it cannot be combined with your pension.
No, it isn’t ‘really necessary’ and quite impractical to expect to bolt a safe to the floor of a rental unit.
Again, it depends on where you choose to live.
You have mentioned on another post, about the requirements of residency here and the costs involved. If you haven’t been here before, I wouldn’t advise you too jump ahead until you have really looked around and see if this is the place for [i]you[/i]. Many disagree on how many or the percentage of people actually returning ‘home’ due to lots of different reasons that their expectancy was very different from their actual experience.I would advise you to consider using the above site. It will be difficult now, to get your application in before the deadline, because you must have all the required paperwork, be finger printed here in CR, and copies of birth certificate in before your application can go ahead and like you, many are now just becoming aware of the change and many, many applications are being prepared.
Yes, this replaces the previous amount required of $600. And this is good [i]for a couple and or a family[/i]. But, this wouldn’t really be enough to support a family ifthis was all the income you had.
The $1000 must be from a [i]guaranteed source[/i], not from rental income, etc.
You can apply as a rentista, depositing funds which you will then have deposited in ayour bank account every month. Here is a site that explains it better than I can, [url=http://blog.therealcostarica.com/2009/08/13/the-new-costa-rica-immigration-law/]New residency requirements[/url].My observations of the school system here is similar to what Analise reported. And to me these are very important traits. Rudeness is not allowed, neither is disrespect for their teacher, which I am afraid to say is not always prevelant in North American schools. There, many parents say, my child is/has [i]’this or that'[/i] condition…and thinks this makes the behavior, acceptable.
Personally, I am thrilled that more teenagers and parents in Costa Rica attend night schools, which to me, means they really want to learn and are not going, because they have too, after picking coffee during the day or working in other agricultural areas.
In Canada now, more schools have returned/added the classes that [b]jdocop[/b] mentions. Not every kids wants to be a computer tech or software writer.
I was ridiculed, once again, when I mentioned once on a forum, that I felt it was more important that a 4-5 year old could [i]write their name with a pencil[/i] than to punch the keys of a keypad. I had a pre-school & daycare for many years and did add a computer with teaching software for children in Canada, for children I knew would not have access to one in their own homes, to be able to [i]’hold their own'[/i] when entering the public school system.
Computers are very important, and are invaluable to students, but not every student will want to continue their ‘education’ at universities, but will chose trade schools, and continue to perform services that computers cannot replace.As of March 1st the new rules go into effect that will call for a guaranteed pension of [b]$1000[/b] or SSC when applying for residency under the [i]pensionado catagory.[/i] Unfortunately, you have just a ‘tad under’.
For one person to live here on that, should be fine, but this would depend heavily on what you rent for accommodations and where.Kathleen, it is also presently [i]cool and very windy[/i] in parts of CR right now.
You can book the ticket for 5-6 or even just under the year and this is much better for you, rather than being stopped from boarding your plane due to trying to come on a one-way ticket.There was not just the removal of the catheter, but other concerns that a doctor needed to address, but you know what, I would have been happy to have had a nurse call in and remove this and my husband told them this at the clinic, but the hospital has stated on the paperwork, that a [i]followup[/i] was required.
Anyway, enough of this, I am [i]’just about'[/i] back to normal…CAJA is great for emergency care. Our workers wife…[i]they have had a bad time recently[/i]…was taken in for emergency surgery 3 days before Christmas, with symptoms that had got progressively worse for the past 6 months and they kept giving her pills & shots for the pain and told her that she would get her appointment within 6 months with an gynecologist.
I believe someone recently posted that [i]if you go to the Caja hospital in an ambulance you will be seen right away, but if you walk or drive there, wait you will…[/i]
I meant to add in my last post, that not everyone who uses a private doctor, will not at other times utilize a CAJA facility for a cold, or less serious complaint, but when [i]’time could make a difference in the outcome'[/i] they will probably chose to pay.
[i]jdocop,[/i] I realize you were making light of my situation, but when you are lying there, immobilized and in pain, it didn’t seem funny to me.[b]jdocop[/b],you are indeed very lucky to be able to get what you need in a timely manner, because [i]most of the ex-pats[/i] that we know use private doctors and are covered by CAJA. Have these been done yet, or do you have to wait?
My husband has HBP as well, and had to get tests prior to being prescribed generic meds, and everything seemed fine for 5 days, when things went haywire. Now, we will keep purchasing what a local doctor prescribed, and which has been the best he has had in the past 7 years, to keep this under control. I couldn’t even get our CAJA doctor to come to our home to remove a catheter, 3 weeks later, that was inserted after my ATV accident, until we paid him.
So count yourself [i]very lucky.[/i][b]Robb,[/b] you will probably find, like most ex-pats here that they end up using private doctors rather than the ones at their nearest CAJA clinic, which is the one they [i]must[/i] use. You cannot pick your doctor/clinic.
You may also choose to use private labs for blood tests, etc as other wise you could have to wait 2-3 weeks for results or 6 months-1 year to see a specialist.
We have just made arrangements for our worker to have surgery on Sat, at a private clinic after the urologist/surgeon we took him too, told us that even though he required surgery ASAP, he would have to [i]wait 2 years[/i] to have it done at the CAJA hospital.It seems that if you take a taxi to the company’s nearest office, and pick up your vehicle [i]there[/i] but not [i]’book it from the airport'[/i] you will get a cheaper rate.
