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Latest FCDO travel advice for Costa Rica. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences. 

• Updated: 26 November 2024

• Warnings and insurance

  Before you travel No travel can be guaranteed safe. Read all the advice in…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Costa Rica for healthcare practitioners.

• Updated: 26 August 2021

Essential information for British nationals residing in Costa Rica, covering topics like driving, employment, the health system and schools.

• Updated: 22 June 2023

• Updated: 14 May 2024

Updates, news and events from the UK government in Costa Rica

• Updated: 30 August 2017

DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Costa Rica, and Costa Rican companies set up and invest in the UK.

• Updated: 12 April 2023

List of medical facilities for British nationals in Costa Rica.

• Updated: 25 February 2021

Explanation of the legal and prison system to British nationals in Costa Rica.

• Updated: 13 August 2021

Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Costa Rica.

• Updated: 21 January 2020

Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Costa Rica.

• Updated: 18 August 2022