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Costa Rican Residency Status Granted to Foreigners by Immigration
The following is the list of residency status granted to foreigners by the Costa Rica Department of Immigration. The information is broken down by Continent and Country
COSTA RICA
PERMANENT RESIDENTS, TEMPORARY RESIDENTS AND SPECIAL CATEGORIES
BY CONTINENT AND COUNTRY
INFORMATION THOROUGH JUNE 30, 2011
COUNTRY | CATEGORY | RESIDENTS | TOTAL | ||
SPECIAL * | TEMPORARY** | PERMANENT *** | |||
TOTAL | 21.879 | 25.940 | 316.875 | 364.694 | |
AFRICA | 203 | 29 | 111 | 343 | |
ÁFRICA DEL SUR | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
ANGOLA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
ARGELIA | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
BENIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
BOTSWANA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
BURUNDI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
BUTAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
CABO VERDE | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
CAMERUN | 22 | 0 | 1 | 23 | |
CHAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
COMORAS | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
COSTA DE MARFIL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
EGIPTO | 7 | 1 | 15 | 23 | |
ERITREA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
ETIOPÍA | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
GABÓN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
GHANA | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
GUAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
GUINEA ECUATORIAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
KENIA | 12 | 3 | 12 | 27 | |
LIBERIA | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
LIBIA | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | |
MALAUI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
MARRUECOS | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | |
MAURICIO | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MOZAMBIQUE | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
NIGERIA | 24 | 1 | 9 | 34 | |
REP. DE GUINEA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
REP. DEM. DEL CONGO | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
REP. DEL CONGO | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
RWANDA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
SENEGAL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
SEYCHELLES | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
SIERRA LEONA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
SOMALIA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
SUDAFRICA | 12 | 7 | 2 | 21 | |
SUDÁN | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
SWAZILANDIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
TANZANIA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
TOGO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TONGA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
TÚNEZ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
UGANDA | 18 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
ZAMBIA | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
ZIMBAWE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
AMÉRICA | 18.861 | 21.494 | 298.844 | 339.199 |
ANTIGUA Y BARBUDA | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
ANTILLAS HOLANDESA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ARGENTINA | 55 | 792 | 1.122 | 1.969 |
ARUBA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
BAHAMAS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
BARBADOS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
BELICE | 71 | 11 | 64 | 146 |
BERMUDAS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
BOLIVIA | 84 | 73 | 210 | 367 |
BRASIL | 72 | 417 | 323 | 812 |
CANADA | 130 | 686 | 1.508 | 2.324 |
CHILE | 102 | 437 | 846 | 1.385 |
COLOMBIA | 7.488 | 2.807 | 12.442 | 22.737 |
CUBA | 722 | 108 | 7.588 | 8.418 |
CURAZAO | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
DOMINICA | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
ECUADOR | 229 | 295 | 802 | 1.326 |
EL SALVADOR | 495 | 1.145 | 6.928 | 8.568 |
ESTADOS UNIDOS | 1.883 | 4.972 | 8.778 | 15.633 |
GUATEMALA | 332 | 762 | 1.367 | 2.461 |
GUYANA | 3 | 2 | 24 | 29 |
HAITI | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
HAITÍ | 46 | 10 | 166 | 222 |
HONDURAS | 484 | 633 | 1.985 | 3.102 |
ISLAS CAIMAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
JAMAICA | 8 | 23 | 99 | 130 |
MEXICO | 193 | 1.646 | 1.323 | 3.162 |
NICARAGUA | 5.288 | 3.767 | 241.212 | 250.267 |
PANAMA | 241 | 453 | 4.980 | 5.674 |
PARAGUAY | 29 | 18 | 43 | 90 |
PERU | 331 | 500 | 3.321 | 4.152 |
PUERTO RICO | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
REP. DOMINICANA | 60 | 178 | 1.957 | 2.195 |
SAN CRISTÓBAL Y NEVIS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
SAN VICENTE | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
SANTA LUCÍA | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
SURINAM | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO | 6 | 30 | 31 | 67 |
URUGUAY | 17 | 73 | 197 | 287 |
VENEZUELA | 465 | 1.632 | 1.481 | 3.578 |
ASIA | 1.351 | 1.562 | 9.009 | 11.922 |
AFGANISTÁN | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
ARABIA SAUDÍ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ARGELIA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ARMENIA | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
BANGLADESH | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
CAMBOYA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
CHIPRE | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
EMIRATOS ARABES UNIDOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FILIPINAS | 25 | 61 | 169 | 255 |
HONG KONG | 0 | 33 | 93 | 126 |
INDIA | 31 | 179 | 45 | 255 |
INDONESIA | 14 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
IRAN | 5 | 19 | 110 | 134 |
IRAQ | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
ISRAEL | 37 | 66 | 221 | 324 |
JAPON | 58 | 136 | 173 | 367 |
JORDANIA | 2 | 6 | 38 | 46 |
KAZAJISTAN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
KIRGUISTÁN | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
KUWAIT | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
LAO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
LIBANO | 4 | 14 | 82 | 100 |
MALASIA | 7 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
MACAO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
MONGOLIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MYANMAR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
NEPAL | 19 | 0 | 51 | 70 |
OMÁN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PALESTINA | 4 | 0 | 15 | 19 |
PAQUISTAN | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
REP. DE CHINA -TAIWAN- | 9 | 158 | 2.188 | 2.355 |
REP. DE COREA | 30 | 422 | 381 | 833 |
REP. POP. DEM. DE COREA | 60 | 2 | 6 | 68 |
REP. POP. DE CHINA | 917 | 406 | 5.292 | 6.615 |
SINGAPUR | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
SIRIA | 0 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
SRI LANKA | 31 | 8 | 0 | 39 |
TAILANDIA | 35 | 8 | 3 | 46 |
TAYIKISTÁN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
TURKMENISTÁN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TURQUÍA | 3 | 4 | 17 | 24 |
UZBEKISTÁN | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
VIET NÁM | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
YEMEN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
EUROPA | 1.419 | 2.836 | 8.839 | 13.094 |
ALBANIA | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
ALEMANIA | 339 | 433 | 1.494 | 2.266 |
ANDORRA | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
AUSTRIA | 59 | 42 | 129 | 230 |
BELGICA | 11 | 80 | 242 | 333 |
BIELORRUSIA | 6 | 0 | 16 | 22 |
BULGARIA | 8 | 1 | 43 | 52 |
CROACIA | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 |
DIMARCA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
DINAMARCA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
DINAMARCA | 16 | 32 | 50 | 98 |
ESLOVAQUIA | 92 | 0 | 8 | 100 |
ESLOVENIA | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
ESPAÑA | 163 | 467 | 1.892 | 2.522 |
ESTADOS UNIDOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ESTONIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
FEDERACION RUSA | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
FEDERACION RUSA | 47 | 34 | 289 | 370 |
FINLANDIA | 24 | 3 | 12 | 39 |
FRANCIA | 137 | 356 | 712 | 1.205 |
GEORGIA | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
HUNGRIA | 1 | 4 | 26 | 31 |
IRLANDA | 11 | 38 | 23 | 72 |
ISLANDIA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
ITALIA | 89 | 445 | 1.718 | 2.252 |
LETONIA | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
LIECHTENSTEIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
LITUANIA | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
LUXEMBURGO | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
MOLDAVIA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
NORUEGA | 39 | 38 | 49 | 126 |
PAISES BAJOS | 117 | 187 | 552 | 856 |
POLONIA | 3 | 22 | 52 | 77 |
PORTUGAL | 2 | 16 | 43 | 61 |
PRINCIPADO DE MÓNACO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
REINO UNIDO | 89 | 268 | 444 | 801 |
REP. CHECA | 3 | 17 | 46 | 66 |
REP. HÉLENICA | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
RUMANIA | 5 | 7 | 89 | 101 |
SAN MARINO | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
SANTA SEDE DEL VÁTICANO | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
SERBIA Y MONTENEGRO | 1 | 3 | 18 | 22 |
SUECIA | 22 | 83 | 122 | 227 |
SUIZA | 80 | 230 | 628 | 938 |
UCRANIA | 11 | 11 | 71 | 93 |
OCEANIA | 45 | 19 | 61 | 125 |
AUSTRALIA | 21 | 17 | 43 | 81 |
ISLAS PITCARIN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
NAURU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
NUEVA ZELANDA | 22 | 1 | 14 | 37 |
VANUATU | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
OTROS | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
APATRIA | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
NO INDICA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |