Costa Rican passport

Costa Rican passport
Costa Rican passport front cover
Date first issued 1 January 2006[1] (current version)
Issued by  Costa Rica
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Costa Rican citizenship
Expiration 6 years after acquisition

Costa Rican passports are issued to Costa Rican citizens to travel outside Costa Rica. Currently, it is valid for 6 years (10 years before 2006). It is issued to people born on Costa Rican soil (who are citizens by default), and to children of Costa Rican citizens born abroad, who are reported to the nearest Costa Rican embassy (whose birth, immediately after such report, is recorded in the civil registry). Children born overseas to a Costa Rican citizen are Costa Rican by birth, not by naturalisation, as stated in the Constitution of Costa Rica.

As of May 2018, Costa Rican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 149 countries and territories, ranking the Costa Rican passport 25th overall and first among Central American countries, in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index.[2]

Costa Rica plans to begin issuing biometric passports by 2020.[3]

Appearance

It is dark blue on the outside, with letters and the Costa Rican coat of arms in gilded-looking letters.

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Global Ranking - Passport Index 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Biometric passports for Costa Rica citizens by 2020
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