Declare a baby

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6 years ago

Hi!

I am just wondering once you give birth in Costa Rica (American citizen - not Costa Rican Mom), how much time (weeks?) do you have to declare the baby? Is it true that Costa Rica takes the baby if he is not declared before a deadline?

Thanks,
Shaly

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212POSTS

6 years ago

I looked at the Costa Rica Birth Registration ()聽 and Art. 25 on the first page reads: "Dentro聽 del聽 t茅rmino聽 de聽 cuarenta聽 d铆as聽 de聽 nacida聽 una聽 persona聽 debe聽 hacerse聽 la聽 declaraci贸n聽 ante聽 el Registrador del respectivo lugar donde se haya verificado el nacimiento", meaning there are 40 days to register the new born.聽聽It does not say anything about what happens if the new born isn't registered. Reading down, page 5 has a screenshot showing not Art.25 but Art. 21 saying that there are 21 days to register the new born. Go figure what to believe.

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