MIGRATION ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you are a migrant from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua with a pending refugee application in Costa Rica, you can now apply for a regular stay through the Temporary Special Category.  See more information here.

Costa Rican and Panamanian government authorities created a Humanitarian Corridor to transport migrants in a safe, orderly and humane manner from the Temporary Migrant Reception Stations (ETRM) in Panama to the Temporary Attention Center for Migrants (CATEM) in the southern part of Costa Rica.

More details, here.

On September 29, 2023, the Government of Costa Rica signed an executive decree declaring a National Emergency to the migration crisis. The decree allows the National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Attention (CNE) to take a series of administrative, operational and economic measures to support the work of institutions related to the protection of families already at the borders and the guarantee of a safe transit to their next point.

For more information on the decree, click here.

From October 25, Hondurans wishing to enter Costa Rica must present a criminal record certificate, without apostille, at the immigration posts, according to Costa Rica's General Direction of Migration and Alien Affairs (Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería de Costa Rica).

Immigration explained that Costa Rica will not request the certificate from Hondurans who are only making a stopover in the country.

For more details of the migratory requirements for the application of the consular visa please visit here.

From October 25, Costa Ricans wishing to enter Honduras must present the certification of criminal record, without apostille, to the authorities of border posts. This was informed by the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of Honduras.

For more details of the migratory requirements for the application of the consular visa click here.

On May 11, Title 42 expired, this title used to restrict the entry into the United States to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, this change does not mean that the border will be open since the measures to enter this country are incorporated under Title 8.

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