Applying for a certificate of legal capacity to marry in Costa Rica
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Are you a Dutch national living in Costa Rica and you need a certificate of legal capacity to marry? The Dutch embassy in San José does not issue this certificate. In Costa Rica you can apply for a certificación de estado civil at the Registro Civil.
Warning: Are you a Dutch national living in the Netherlands (or have you lived in the Netherlands previously)? You can get a certificate of legal capacity to marry from the Dutch municipality where you live or the last municipality you lived in before you left the Netherlands. Go to the website of the relevant municipality for more information.
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