Rolleratnight wrote:
Netgems wrote:
I'm happy I got my permanent residency when I did, and I pay a paltry sum for "CAJA" and more than get my money's worth in meds, check ups, blood tests, er in my local clinic ease of availability, etc., but a friend of mine just retired here and he can't "hide" his income like I did, and they want $250 a month from him!
Normally most guys I speak with don't pay big like I don't either, and if they move here I advise them to get residency, but for that monster amount for so little benefits, and now non-residents only have to exit twice a year, I told him don't bother and shoot up to Nicaragua twice a month or go visit home twice a year, or Panama, Colombia, Mexico, wherever.
$250 a month every 6 months is $1,500, you can afford to rent a luxury car and have a Tico drive you to the border with Nicaragua and have a ho blowing you in the back seat the entire time and back for a lot less than that...
I am way off from retirement, but what do you have to show: Income Tax returns? What if you’re asset rich and income poor?
If you have assets in the USA but apply for residency using the $1,000 minimum income option, they don't care. All you have to do as of now is show a guaranteed lifelong social security income of over $1,000 USD per month.
I'm not sure how any other residency program works if someone is still employed or owns their own company, the social security income option showing in excess of $1,000 a month is what I did. There's plenty of answers on Google about the other options.
Sorry, I don't "explain" how I don't show Costa Rica my entire income, lol, but it has to do with my non social security income flowing through my corporate account, and never going into my personal account, but I access it via ATM's, and my corporate debit cards.
My social security income is the only income in my personal name, if that helps...
Wait...did I just explain it anyway? Oh well, Costa Rica, see if you can find "Netgems"'...