{"id":1816,"date":"2014-01-21T14:57:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2020-09-09T12:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:06:32","slug":"reasons-move-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/reasons-move-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons to Move to Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First, try it…<\/p>\n
You needn\u2019t be a resident to begin your life in Guatemala. Most foreigners receive 90 days permission as a tourist when they enter the country. An extension of another 90 days is permitted before you must decide what to do about residency status.<\/p>\n
There are three basic options for most persons interested in residency.<\/p>\n
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To receive Resident Retired Citizen status (\u201cPensionado\u201d) or Investor Resident Status (\u201cRentista\u201d) you are required to prove pension and\/or investment income of US$1,000 per month. You\u2019re required to show additional income of US$200 per month for each dependent.<\/p>\n
To become a resident, proof of pension or investment income is required, along with a marriage certificate (if applicable), a \u201cpolice record\u201d certificate issued by your police department, a certified photocopy of your passport and a letter of the validity of your passport issued by your embassy. \u00a0(These documents, if not in Spanish, must be translated into Spanish by an \u201cofficial translator.\u201d)<\/p>\n
You can begin the process before coming to Guatemala by working with the Guatemalan consulate nearest you. But, you are not required to attain residency before you arrive. It is possible to reside here up to 180 days as a tourist prior to applying for residency status.<\/p>\n
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Why Guatemala? It’s affordable. A middle-class retirement can buy an improved lifestyle, with plenty left over to support your activities. You can attain a much higher standard of living on your social security, investments and retirement income. Proximity to the U.S. and Canada. Guatemala has direct air flights to the U.S. with connections to Canada. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":26265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[56,127,178,277,355,357],"yst_prominent_words":[5132,5133,5134,5125,5126,5131,5130,2880,3336,5124,1722,5128,5122,2669,1887,5123,4589,1719,5127,5129],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Guatemala.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32011,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/32011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}