Getting a Tourist Visa Extension in Granada

Submitted by ourman on 15 June, 2007 - 09:26.

I've only a week left on my tourist Visa.

I am told that you don't have to make the short hop to Costa Rica. Instead you can pay to have it extended.

Initially I was told you could only do this in Managua but somebody mentioned that there is a place in Granada that also provides the service.

Does anyone know if that is true? And if so, where is it?

If it isn't, then where do I go in Managua?

Thanks all.

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Immigration Office

Submitted by fyl on 15 June, 2007 - 11:12.

Any immigration office can do the extension. They are in 30 day increments up to 90 days total. Cost for 90 days is about C$500.

I don't know where the office is in Granada but I am sure there is one. If you don't get a comment, just look in the phone book.

You fill out an uninteresting form (name, birthdate, parent's names, ...) and pay. They take your passport and send it to Immigration in Managua. You get a "receipt". Get it back in 3 days.

You can only do this once

Submitted by arlington on 15 June, 2007 - 11:18.

You can only do this once . . . is this the case?

Sorta

Submitted by fyl on 15 June, 2007 - 11:23.

If you have a 90 day visa, you can only extend it for another 90 days. So, you could get 30 days three times, a 60 and a 30, ...

Bottom line is that you have to leave every 179 days, 178 days or 177 days. This comes from the fact that Immigration (and Nicaraguans in general) when counting days, include both end dates. (For example, if someone tells you come back in 8 days and today is Friday that means next Friday, not Saturday.) So, renewing for 90 days gives you 179 days total, ...

in Granada the office

Submitted by tacomasteve on 15 June, 2007 - 12:38.

is 5-6 blocks west of the park on Calle Real Xalteva

“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.”

Abbie Hoffman

thanks all

Submitted by ourman on 15 June, 2007 - 13:25.

Thank you all for that comprehensive advice. I'll nip out that way right now.

By the way, tacomasteve, I'd like to interview you for a website - not my own but one I do a little bit of freelance work for. Any chance you can drop me an email at ourmanwhere (at) gmail.com if you're interested in talking about your peanut business. It sounds very interesting and I'd love to hear about your experiences to date.