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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Procedure==<br />
#To renew your identity card go to the Consulate of your jurisdiction and fill in the application form.<br />
#Submit your application along with all the required documents.<br />
#Once you fill out the papers, your request is sent to the Civil Registry of Costa Rica for processing.<br />
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==Required Documents==<br />
*Identity card expired<br />
*Photocopy of the identity card on both sides<br />
*Copy of your birth certificate<br />
*2 passport size photographs of the same background in light blue without identification of the carrier and not the negative<br />
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If your identity card expired in 1995 or at an earlier date, you also need to present the following:<br />
*Two witnesses of Costa Rican nationality<br />
*Valid identity card of witnesses<br />
*Copy of the identity card of the witnesses on both sides<br />
*Affidavit of witnesses, which will be signed before the Consul<br />
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==Office Locations & Contacts==<br />
'''Ministry of Foreign Affairs'''<br />
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Avenida 7-9, Street 11-13, San Jose, Costa Rica [http://www.rree.go.cr/index.php?sec=ministerio&cat=acerca&cont=407 Map]<br />
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Contact Number: (506) 2539-5300<br />
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PO Box: 10027-1000<br />
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[http://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios%20al%20publico&cat=servicios%20consulares&cont=616 Website]<br />
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[http://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios%20al%20publico&cat=servicios%20consulares&cont=616 Officials in the Ministry]<br />
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[http://www.rree.go.cr/index.php?sec=inicio&cat=contactos&cont=642 Officials Abroad]<br />
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==Eligibility==<br />
Every Costa Rican citizen over 18 must hold a valid identity card.<br />
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==Fees==<br />
Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.<br />
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==Validity==<br />
Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.<br />
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever<br />
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==Documents to Use==<br />
Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure. <br />
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==Sample Documents==<br />
Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure. <br />
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==Processing Time==<br />
The '''proceedings''' before the Consulate '''can last about an hour'''. The '''identity card''' may take up to '''three months''' to be sent back to the Consulate of your jurisdiction in the United States.<br />
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''The delivery of an identity card to the person concerned, by virtue of Article 92 of the Organic Law of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and Civil Registry must be made in person, ie can not be delivered to a third party.''<br />
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==Related Videos==<br />
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. <br />
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.<br />
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.<br />
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, <br />
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube<br />
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.<br />
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". <br />
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==Instructions==<br />
Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.<br />
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.<br />
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==Required Information==<br />
A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.<br />
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1. Date of Birth.<br />
2. City or County of Birth.<br />
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==Need for the Document==<br />
Following are procedures on how to renew your identity card.<br />
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==Information which might help==<br />
Enter other informations which might help<br />
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==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==<br />
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.<br />
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Renewal of Identity Cards:<br />
:http://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios%20al%20publico&cat=servicios%20consulares&cont=616<br />
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==Others==<br />
More information which might help people.<br />
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[[Category:Costa Rica]]<br />
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