by: Robelyn Martinez Yambao Hola, This is Robelyn once again and welcome back to my personal website. I'm glad you are here to read info about reporting the birth of your baby abroad. This is only one of my experiences living here in Costa Rica that I wanna share to all of you to give you guys guidance especially if you are also staying here in this beautiful country. What are the documents needed?Today, our topic is to prepare your documents for the application of CRBA, passport and SSS card of your American baby. My daughter was born here in Costa Rica last year so, technically she is a Costa Rican. But, her dad is American and he can transmit the US citizenship by applying CRBA at the US embassy here in Costa Rica personally together with me as mother of the child. So, both of us will go to the US embassy for the interview. To do that, you need to gather all the required documents such as the following: * The application forms found in their website * Birth certificate of the child * Birth certificate of the american parent, passport, driver's license ID or any government IDs * Passport and any national IDs of the non-american parent * A letter from the physician or midwife or the director of the public hospital stating the pertinent facts of the birth * Marriage certificate * Divorce decrees or termination of previous marriages (if any) * Any physical presence evidence like government tax, military service, employment certificate, school records, college transcript, etc. * Passport size photo of the baby * Payment of $215 For more detailed instructions, please visit the US embassy website and print out a copy of the instructions. Watch my video HERE for the detailed explanation.Go Back To "Costa Rica" Page
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by: Robelyn M. Yambao
Opening An Account
Hola everyone,
I am back! I am sorry I was not able to publish any article last month because I've been busy making vlogs in my YouTube channel. Today, I'm gonna share with you all how I opened a bank account in BCR Palmares. We went to the bank at Palmares in the morning last month to open a dollar account. The information window asked us to provide our passport and TIN # or SSS #. Without these two requirements for foreigners, we won't be able to open an account. The teller encoded all our information in the computer including the telephone number and our address. It took an hour for her to finish it since we opened two accounts and their system was so slow. After preparing all the documents we signed it all. She then told us to return Thursday to pick up our atm cards and the PIN. So, it took 3 working days before we got our cards that day was Tuesday. How To Register In An Online Banking
After we received our atm cards, we went to the machine to try the card but I was not able to change the PIN yet because I don't understand Spanish. I wanted to register in an online banking because I wanted to check my account whenever I'm at home through internet. We went to the teller to present my request. I just gave him my card and passport, he then encoded all my information. After half an hour, he gave me a piece of paper listing the steps or instructions on what to do next when I get home. He told me to wait for the email that his boss sent to my email as temporary password. He also gave me another card which is a security pass codes (the card is shown in the picture above, Clave dinamica) that I will need every time I'm gonna log in to their website. That's it!
When I went home, I just followed what he said and finally, I was able to log in to their website to check my account. Go Back To "Costa Rica" Page |
SUPPORT MY JOURNEYAuthorA licensed teacher in the Philippines who shifted her career into another direction to follow her passion to be a blogger. Her blogs are related in traveling and simple living as an expat in a foreign land. FEATURED ARTICLES |