Costa Rican passports are issued to Costa Rican citizens to travel outside of Costa Rica. It is valid for 6 years. It is issued to people born on Costa Rican soil (who are citizens by default), and to children of Costa Rican citizens born abroad, who are reported to the nearest Costa Rican embassy (who, immediately after such report, become citizens too).
Appearance
It is dark blue on the outside, with letters and the Costa Rican coat of arms in gilded-looking letters.
Visa-free travel
Costa Rican citizens enjoy visa-free access to approximately 85 countries and territories for short-term tourism visits according to the information shown below.
Occasionally, controversy arises due to the suspicion that passports are sold (which by all means, is illegal) to Chinese nationals for large sums of money. Some arrests and firings have been carried away under this matter.
