• You can contact your resident Embassy/Consulate/Honorary Consul able to provide consular protection.
• If your EU Member State has neither a resident Embassy/Consulate nor an Honorary Consul able to provide consular protection in Costa Rica, you can turn to any other EU Member State for consular protection.

Indeed, any EU citizen abroad whose own Member State has no local representation is entitled to receive consular protection from the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other EU Member State. In that case, EU citizens are entitled to benefit from consular protection under the same conditions as the nationals of that other EU Member State.

You can find contact details of the resident EU Member States Embassies who can provide consular protection in Costa Rica in the list below.

Please note that the EU Delegation in Costa Rica cannot provide direct consular assistance.

As an EU citizen, you can take simple steps to make consular protection more effective, for example:

• Following the travel advice issued by your country’s Foreign Ministry.
• When abroad, registering with your Embassy or Consulate and/or through dedicated platforms, if applicable.
• Other tips include keeping an electronic copy of your travel documents, subscribing to a travel insurance or saving crisis contact details.

For more information on consular protection, see the dedicated pages on the websites of the EEAS, the European Commission and the Council of the EU.

EMBASSIES

HONORARY CONSULS

COMPETENT EMBASSIES OF MEMBER STATES WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN COSTA RICA