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Registrations Social Security Requirements Relocating Employee

To request your Social Security Card, you must go to the nearest Equipo Básico de Atención Integral en Salud (EBAIS) office. Make the most of your trip by preparing the following: Steps for Phase One + Employment Letter, which you can get directly from your employer + Temporary payslip + Validate payslip at the control offices of Social Security headquarters in San José* Steps for Phase Two + Original and copy of residency card (green card) or passport. If you don’t have your residency card on hand, this process can be done with your passport and a copy of Immigration Resolution, approving the visa + Request Social Security Card* + Original and copy of your lease agreement + Payslip duly sealed by the Social Security Control Offices

+ An original and copy of the electricity bill for the rented home. In case you are on temporary living, a copy of the electricity bill from the temporary housing will be accepted

Helpful Hint: * These processes can be done by another person on your behalf (i.e., your employer, spouse, family member, etc.) This person must be authorized with a letter signed by you, the employee.

To apply, the relocating employee completes and signs a form requesting to include their spouse into the Social Security System. One part of this form is with his/her personal information, and the other specifies his/her desire is to be included in the Social Security System through the benefits of the employee. The form must be completed and signed by the spouse. The spouse must present the following documents: a marriage certificate, and an original and copy of their residency card. Child’s Social Security Card Parents of the child must present documentation, one of which includes the original and a copy of the birth certificate (must be authenticated). The same birth certificate used to request the residency card can also be used for the social security card; however, it must be notarized by the lawyer in charge of this process.

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