Residency procedures

[Jonh]

This was sent to me by Managua lawyer Paul Tiffer, to share with TRN users.

RESIDENCY

Getting residency can be one the hardest parts of living in Nicaragua for many people, and lack of information is one the reasons.

It is imperative to know there are three ways to get the residency.

1. As Investor
2. As Retiree
3. As worker

In all of these cases, the applicant must prove this status and submit supporting documentation, as well as the general documents of any foreigner namely:

• Birth Certificate
• Police Record
• Health Certificate.

These three documents must be from the applicant's country and MUST be authenticated by the Nicaraguan Consulate in the country where the documents where issued. To get the authentication in USA, for example, it is necessary for the County Clerk to notarize and authenticate them. This is for Canadians too, and because there are no Nicaraguan consulates in Canada, they must authenticated in Canada and sent to the Washington consulate of Nicaragua.

Then these authenticated documents must be authenticated in the Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Ministry and translated into Spanish with a Nicaraguan Notary, to be submitted to Immigration.

The same procedure must be followed for retirees, with the document of annual pension to prove they have the minimum income required for the Nicaraguan law.

At the moment, this procedure I just told you, must be followed by everybody. There is no possible way to submit documents issued in Nicaragua (police record or Nicaraguan health certificate are not valid for foreign people to get residency) and finally, no one can submit any document to Immigration or any other government offices without the proper authentication I just explained; that is the law.

Another possibility is if somebody marries a Nicaraguan. In this case, this person will need to submit the whole documentation above (Birth Certificate, Police Record, and Health Certificate), and must submit this additional information:

• Copy of the ID of you husband/wife
• Marriage License
• Support Affidavit (the spouse must declare he/she will support you in Nicaragua)
• Labor contract or any certification from your spouse’s job.

[Vampirebat]

I would like to know more about how each country views an American getting married to a Nicaraguan and the American living in Nicaragua.

Pros/cons

does Dual citizenship result?
dual passports?

Thanks

[bill_bly_ca]

I would like to know more about how each country views an American getting married to a Nicaraguan and the American living in Nicaragua.

Pros/cons

does Dual citizenship result?
dual passports?

Thanks

Pro :

Once you get past the realization that you have married here family and not her specifically things are smooth sailing

Con :

You have just married yourself the her family

[howard cox]

Pro :

Once you get past the realization that you have married here family and not her specifically things are smooth sailing

Con :

You have just married yourself the her family

This is absolutely true. And if you dont draw a line, they will eat you alive.

[JackMcG]

Pro :

Once you get past the realization that you have married here family and not her specifically things are smooth sailing

Con :

You have just married yourself the her family

Ditto........

[Daddy-YO]

You have just married yourself to her family

Double dittos. Of course that does NOT grant you the legal right to despoil her younger sisters.

[Just Plain John Wayne]

Where you been? Oh yes it does, and you can grind the mother to if there is anything left in ya......

excuse me, the DAC is not part of Nicaragua......

[Jonh]

Trying to boost new residency applications in the DAC?

[Just Plain John Wayne]

My neighbor has had such a pain inthe Arse, this residency $hit is a joke......

[gen08]

My neighbor has had such a pain inthe Arse, this residency $hit is a joke......

JW , seems like it gives you more incentives?

[Just Plain John Wayne]

No it is udderly ridicules on the part of Nicaraguan Immigration, here back in the late 90's he had temporary residency, working humanitarian work renewable yearly.....

Now that he has retired and has over 40k invested in property, a wife from here, and a 3 year old child born here, 3k a month which he spends here, has been given an endless runaround, ripped off by lawyers, not given the complete list of things to do in the States, 4 trips back and fourth.....

I can tell you, he is pretty weary of it all and just wants to take his family and go....

[robertharvey]

I had prepared for the application of residency prior to my latest journey to Nicaragua, with documents in hand that I supposedly needed to fulfill my quest.

Upon hiring an attorney, everything that I had brought with me per instructions, was not good and I should return to the USA to have all of the paperwork reproduced with Notary Public stamps. All of my papers had these stamps.

It is a friggin run around and another infusion of capital into the system. I saw the writing on the wall and said, excuse me my darlings; frankly I don't give a damned.

My spouse is an alien. It was far less costly to get her approved in the USA than for me in Nicaragua.

The value is not there with the run around that one gets from those legal eagles that supposedly know and love the system of milking.

[Just Plain John Wayne]

Lecheros.....

[gen08]

Information I recived from Nicaraguan lawyer, there is no age requirements , I need to
present income of $ 500 as a pensionado.
Being born in soviet block , now I dont have to authenicate my birth cerificate, OMG
just to present my USA naturalization certificate. So that is a big improvement.
I plan to transfer a lot of solar panel to make my house energy independent , my electric
bill from April was....$ 1200 american dollars.

[robertharvey]

Information I recived from Nicaraguan lawyer, there is no age requirements , I need to
present income of $ 500 as a pensionado.
Being born in soviet block , now I dont have to authenicate my birth cerificate, OMG
just to present my USA naturalization certificate. So that is a big improvement.
I plan to transfer a lot of solar panel to make my house energy independent , my electric
bill from April was....$ 1200 american dollars.

Congratulations! You have now been enrolled in the school of make believe.

[Jonh]

Information I recived from Nicaraguan lawyer, there is no age requirements , I need to
present income of $ 500 as a pensionado.
Being born in soviet block , now I dont have to authenicate my birth cerificate...

You could be President of the USA too.

[robertharvey]

You could be President of the USA too.

Or..........Ann Margaret if you wish?

[bill_bly_ca]

, my electric
bill from April was....$ 1200 american dollars.

IIRC my sister in law had listed on her hydro bill something like 5 or 6 $C per KW/h

at $C20/$US that $1200 US electric bill is 4 Mega watts for the month... (4000KW)

You operating a grow op down there.. ??

You need one of these "Flux Capacitor"

[robertharvey]

IIRC my sister in law had listed on her hydro bill something like 5 or 6 $C per KW/h

at $C20/$US that $1200 US electric bill is 4 Mega watts for the month... (4000KW)

You operating a grow op down there.. ??

You need one of these "Flux Capacitor"

At $1200.00, ole Daniel will sell him the all of Nicaragua.

[robertharvey]

Of course not documented by any means.

[Jonh]

Or..........Ann Margaret if you wish?

You think she could be Ann-Margaret?

[robertharvey]

You think she could be Ann-Margaret?

Gheeze; no one could possibly be Ann Margaret in "Bye-Bye Birdie" but Ann Margaret!

[gen08]

You think she could be Ann-Margaret?

You made me blush....I love her life story.

[robertharvey]

You made me blush....I love her life story.

Blush! Blush!? She has been an institution in my life for more that 40 years. There are few that would compare to the infatuations that a young man borne on lovely ladies as to this lassie!

I truly doubt that me lengua is correct above, but rest assured; I have nevah been correct and like it that a way!

[gen08]

IIRC my sister in law had listed on her hydro bill something like 5 or 6 $C per KW/h

at $C20/$US that $1200 US electric bill is 4 Mega watts for the month... (4000KW)

You operating a grow op down there.. ??

You need one of these "Flux Capacitor"

My regular electric payment is about $ 500 due I have tourists.
April payment was increadible. My Property Manager went to Managua
spaniord company, than thy send us to Rivas and than they answer that we have to pay this amount explaining if you use more electricity than
the rate per KW increases by xxx procentage.I wish to be not true
but it is what it is.It is not funny to pay such a amount.I even ask lawyer
from Granada to talk to electric company but he refused .