Hauge Convention signatory?

[Gracie3787]

What is the name of your state? Unknown for this question.

Is Costa Rica a signatory of the Hauge Convention?

There's a real winner of a deadbeat dad on another forum who has a CS order in the US, and when a motion for contempt was filed he took off for Costa Rica before his passport was suspended. He's the classic deadbeat, with all of the stupid excuses, plus some. He's real arrogant about how he's beat the system. I'm hoping that I can find something to make this scum take notice, or at least scare the #*&% out of him.

Also, a related question, this same jerk claims that there is a way to live in the US, and be able to get a DL from another COUNTRY to prevent the US from suspending it for non payment of CS.
Please, somebody tell me that his claim can't possibly be true.What is the name of your state?

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

Eventually his passport will expire ... then HE has a problem.

 

[Gracie3787]

Eventually his passport will expire ... then HE has a problem.

Not really, he's already in Costa Rica and has been for 2 years. He posted wanting to know if he would be arrested if he tried to re-enter the US. One of the things I pointed out to him was that his passport has most likely been suspended and that he should check that out first. He wants to come back, but doesn't want to have to be arrested, or pay CS. When he realized that he can't come back the way he wants, he changed his tune and said that he's willing to never come back if it meant paying CS.

 

[TinkerBelleLuvr]

Life as a perpetual tourist

No paperwork, no job, no muss, no fuss–nice work if you can get it. And it can be that easy, though recent crackdowns have put the fear of expulsion in the hearts of long-term expats who’ve never bothered about renewing visas or getting residency.

A side note: It used to be that people from Canada, the U.S., and Panama could enter and exit Costa Rica without a passport, though they did need some form of identification, like a driver’s license. As of April 30, 2003, however, all visitors to Costa Rica must travel with valid passports with at least sixth months remaining from the date of entry into Costa Rica.

Here’s how the perpetual tourist thing works. Visitors from Canada, the U.S. and most of Europe don’t need to apply for visas in their home countries but instead receive, upon arrival in Costa Rica, a stamp on their passport authorizing a 90-day stay. When that 90 days is almost up, you leave the country for at least 72 hours–maybe you’ve always wanted the visit the colonial city of Granada in southern Nicaragua, or snorkel at one of the Bocas del Toro islands in northern Panama. After your 3-day vacation, you cross back into Costa Rica, and get another 90-day stamp on your passport. This category of visa is called the B1, or tourist visa.

Some people do this for years, but it’s not an ideal solution. Although not strictly illegal (you’re not overstaying your visa), the practice is considered a little shady by Costa Rican officials–a way of getting around the law.

If you have anything to lose in Costa Rica–a house, a business, a family–this sort of gray-area existence is apt to make you a little bit anxious. Not to mention that leaving the country every three months gets to be tiresome and expensive. Costa Rican officials are becoming more inflexible about enforcing immigration laws. If you get caught with a long-expired visa, you could be deported, and not allowed to return for ten years

Eventually everyone gets stupid!

 

[SingleMom67]

Sadly, Costa Rica is not a country under the Hague Convention.

http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/hague_issues/hague_issues_1487.html