GAMBLING
LICENSE:
Costa Rica has become the Mecca of on-line casinos and online gambling
corporations because it has the best infrastructure available in the
Caribbean basin. Costa Rica has a reliable telecommunication system,
highly trained multilingual workers, and a lack of online gaming and
Internet regulations.
A lot of online casinos and other betting and gambling corporations
have chosen Costa Rica as registration country because of the fact
that there are no direct prohibition on gambling business and no necessity
to receive a special license to execute these kinds of activities.
In Costa Rica there are more than 200 online gambling companies, without
a legislation specifically dealing with online gambling and gaming
over the Internet.
There is legislation to restrict land-based gambling, but according
to the legal system these laws are not interpreted as extended to Internet
gambling.
As no specific license is required, these gambling corporations work
under a “data processing license” which must be obtained
in the Municipality (City hall). To obtain any license in Costa Rica
the corporation must have a physical office in Costa Rica. Quality
Solutions can assist you to obtain this license; we open a physical
place in the name of the corporation, register the corporation and
obtain the permits in all governmental institutions required, and fulfill
any other specific requirement according to the zone where the physical
place is going to be open.
Once this is done we obtain the legal “data processing
license” in the name of the corporation so the client
is sure that his or her company will have no impediments to develop
the intended objective.
The requirements to obtain the license are:
- Power of attorney authorizing members from our staff to process
the license.
- Office Lease Contract. (We rent the place and create the respective
contract).
- Health permit. (We obtain the health permit in the corresponding
institution).
- Workers insurance policy.
Requirements to hire this service from Quality Solutions:
- Own a Costa Rican Corporation.
- Power of attorney authorizing members from our staff to process
and obtain the license. (The text of this power of attorney will
be provided by Quality Solutions, and it must be issued by the correspondent
Costa Rican Consul in the country of origin of the applicant).
Costs:
2 options are possible:
A. Permanent License with permanent open office.
Administrative and Legal costs: US$500.00
Legal Fees: US$5000.00
Yearly lease of office space US$3600.00
Renewal at the end of the year US$5000.00
B. Temporary License with Temporary open office.
Administrative and Legal costs: US$500.00
Legal Fees: US$5000.00
Yearly lease of office space US$1200.00
Renewal at the end of the year during the years that license remains
active US$2000.00 (This because we could not guarantee that if the
office does not remain open that the license will not be revoked).
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