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Foreign Resident Must Take Exam
To Become Citizens
Foreign residents living in
Costa Rica and who are looking
to become naturalized in Costa
Rica are required to take
classes in the history and
idiosyncrasies of Costa Rican
and Spanish offered by the
Ministerio de Educacíob Pública
(MEP), and irrispective of their
nationality, must present to the
Registro Civil the exam results.
The MEP operates classes all
year round.
Registration for the exams on
Social Studies and Spanish is
open until February 28 at the
Control de Calidad department in
San José and the exams for both
courses is set for March 18.
8:30am for Social Studies and
1:00pm for Spanish. The exams
are being held at the Marcelino
García Flamenco school in San
José.
To sign up for the exams, the
foreign resident must provide
the original and copies of their
identification, be it their
residency cedula, passport or
refugee status, fill out the
form and pay the exam fee of
¢4.000 colones, by deposit to
the Banco Nacional de Costa
Rica, account number 128600-4.
The exam results will be
available between March 29 and
30 and those with a passing mark
of at least 70% will be able to
submit their results, failing
which they will have to take the
exam again. And Again.
Foreign residents who have
completed high school in Costa
Rica need only to present their
diplomas and are not required to
take the exam.
Applicants for citizenship who
are applying under the family
status of being married to a
Costa Rican citizen are exempt
from having to take the exam.
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