{"id":2036,"date":"2022-07-06T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:10:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:10:46","slug":"digital-nomad-law-now-in-effect-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/digital-nomad-law-now-in-effect-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Nomad law now in effect in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Digital Nomad law introduced by by former President Carlos Alvarado last year was signed into law this week by President Rodrigo Chaves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International virtual workers, popularly referred to as <em>Digital Nomads<\/em>, will now be able to apply for a special visa that allows them to stay in Costa Rica for up to one year, rather than the 90 day limit provided by tourist visas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is expect to bring an addition $600 million a year into the Costa Rican economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amcostarica.com\/Regulations%20for%20digital%20nomads%20come%20into%20effect%20in%20Costa%20Rica%20070522.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMCostaRica.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@instagramfotografin?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Peggy Anke<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/digital-nomad?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/digital-nomad-law-now-in-effect-in-costa-rica\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"reverse_time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Nomad law introduced by by former President Carlos Alvarado last year was signed into law this week by President Rodrigo Chaves. <\/p>\n<p>This is expect to bring an addition $600 million a year into the Costa Rican economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,87],"tags":[762,224,675,756],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Digital Nomad law now in effect in Costa Rica - Costa Rica Tourism News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/digital-nomad-law-now-in-effect-in-costa-rica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Digital Nomad law now in effect in Costa Rica - Costa Rica Tourism News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Digital Nomad law introduced by by former President Carlos Alvarado last year was signed into law this week by President Rodrigo Chaves.  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