About Digital Business Re-registration
In accordance with the provisions of Article 61 of the CFIA’s General Internal Regulations and the CFIA’s Business Regulations, companies must apply for renewal of their rights every year, specifically in enero, regardless of the date on which their registration was authorized.
Online Payment
Bank Transfer or Deposit
- Once the deposit has been made, please submit a copy of the issued document to the following: CFIA Help Center Request Form.
- On the form, select the request type “Notify me of my payment”
- Please provide the name of the professional and/or company and the license number.
Name
Federated Association of Engineers and Architects
Legal Certificate
3-007-051185 
| National Bank |
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Checking Account Colones: 100-01-000-024493-9 Dollars: 100-02-000-070699-4 IBAN Account CR28015100010010244937 CR32015100010020706994 |
| Bank of Costa Rica |
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Checking Account 001-0032567-8 IBAN Account CR06015201001003256783 |
| BAC Credomatic |
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Checking Account 904409380 IBAN CR32010200009044093803 |
| COOPENAE |
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Checking Account 8111677 IBAN Account CR86081400011008111677 |
- Pay the annual fee and tuition for Responsible Professionals: The amount of the annual fee varies daily depending on the number of days overdue. On the day you pay the annual fee, you must check the amount and pay it through the CFIA Payment Portal.
- Log in to the Company Re-registration System: to verify the information regarding the company, its representatives, and the responsible professionals, using your ID number (5 digits) as your username.
- Acceptance or Rejection of Liability by Professionals: They must use their ID number as the username, adding a leading zero for U.S. citizens (10 digits).
- Review by the CFIA.
- If you do not complete the digital renewal, your account will be deactivated.
- The CFIA will remove from the registry any companies that have not renewed their registration for more than five years.
- The company can check the status of the application by logging back into the digital platform.
- The process will take 24 hours, provided that the information provided and the responses from each of the responsible professionals are entered correctly.
- Payment must be made online through the CFIA Payment Portal, or the payment receipt must be uploaded to the digital platform. If payment is made but the renewal process is not completed, the payment will have no legal effect and the company will be deactivated.
- If you have already submitted the SME certificate issued by the MEIC to the CFIA, please check its expiration date. If it is about to expire, you must submit your application well in advance of the expiration date.
- If the SME certificate issued by the MEIC expires, you must submit a new, valid certificate to dep.registro@cfia.cr so that the CFIA can update its records and apply the discount to your annual fee. If you pay the annual fee and subsequently submit the SME certificate issued by the MEIC, no refund will be issued.
- The professionals responsible must be licensed to practice and up to date with their professional association dues as of the month in which the application is submitted. Otherwise, the platform will not allow you to proceed with the application.
- Companies that have not renewed their registration with the CFIA for more than three years, or that have changed their corporate name, corporate purpose, or legal representatives, must submit a digital certificate of legal status issued by the National Registry of Costa Rica, with an issuance date within the last 15 calendar days.