A Costa Rican passport is an identity document issued to Costa Rican citizens to travel outside Costa Rica. Currently, it is valid for 6 years. It is issued to people born on Costa Rican soil, and to children of Costa Rican citizens born abroad, who are reported to the nearest Costa Rican consulate. Children born overseas to a Costa Rican citizen are Costa Rican by birth, not by naturalisation, as stated in the Constitution of Costa Rica.