Residency and Immigration

Hello NL readers:

I am glad to inform you than Nicaragua now is part of The Hague Convention (Apostille Treaty ) which entered into force in Nicaragua on 14 May 2013, abolishing the requirement for legalization or authentication of foreign public documents by the local and state authorities and by the Nicaraguan Consulate abroad, for the countries which are members of the Convention.

The discussion of the arrest of Toth (http://www.nicaliving.com/node/21146) has clearly been a hot topic. Another hot topic here has been immigration/residency issues. In those discussions there has been some Nicaragua should ideas presented -- many justified by how easy it is for bad Gringos to move here/stay here.

With this real case study available, have we learned anything/changed any opinions?

Here are my observations:

Immigration granted yesterday (April 16th) the permanent residency to a former agent of the Home Land Security of USA (Retiree). The process took one year and officially there wasn't any problem, I was informed off the record that the reason for the delay was because he was an ex law enforcement agent. The gist is at the end of waiting time he was approved. As for now, we must know in this kind of cases we have to wait more

Best Regards,

Paul Tiffer Attorney at law ptiffer@cablenet.com.ni

Considering currents they might land on Nicaragua's west coast in a month or two.

With apologies to the poor South Koreans, for whom this whole business is far from a joke.

(There's supposed to be a small jpeg attached, but I've never had much luck attaching pics).

I'll head to Gobernacion on Monday if nobody knows, but I was wondering what the process is for registering a change of address with Migracion for cedula holders.

I did a search and didn't see anything that looked like an answer other than someone waiting until renewal to make the change (two and a half more years for me).

I now have all my paperwork back from the different US state agencies, police report, doctor's report, etc. for submission to the Nicaraguan Embassy state side, but would like to make sure I have all my ducks in a row prior to submission.

So what needs to be notarized prior to submission and what are the current fees for having my paperwork approved and anything else that I might be overlooking at this point. I would like this to go smoothly and be ready to head down as soon as I receive it all back. Thanks.

As typically happens with discussions of "visa resets", http://www.nicaliving.com/node/21010 has regressed into something far from useful. Rather than beat a dead horse, I would like to take up a related subject. What do you feel the Nicaraguan government should do with regard to the situation of residents without residency. That is, people who are perpetual tourists.

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can comment, through experience or understanding of the relevant documents, on something that has recently been indicated to me.

If a foreigner (married to a Nica) seeks Nica residency using the marriage as a basis, is there a requirement to demonstrate that the Nica has a substantial enough income to be able to support the foreign spouse? Even if the spouse has a freelance foreign income making that unnecessary?

First of all, my thanks to fyl for letting me post this topic...

I'm trying to gather proof that it would be legal for me to telecommute to a job with a British employer, paid in Britain, if I were living in Nicaragua under the Rentista programme, because my British employer's auditors KPMG's Nicaraguan office are currently stating it would be illegal and that is preventing me initiating the immigration process.

I'm British, my wife is Mexican and we're currently living in Mexico and have been working on moving to Nicaragua since May 2012.

I remember being told that a resident gets all the rights of a citizen except the right to be involved in politics and vote. I have found out that is not really true but, until today, I thought the rights granted by the CA-4 agreement were included. Now I am not so sure. Some months ago I asked someone in the government of Honduras (I will look up the message) if one could travel to Honduras from Nicaragua on a resident cédula. I was assured, because of the CA-4 agreement, you could. Today, I went to book a bus ticket*, and was told by both Del Sol and TicaBus that I could not.

Over the years many people have posted great things about Paul Tiffer. I want to add my experience to the others. My brother in law and his family had struggled for practically two years with a different lawyer trying to advance through the residency process and never got anywhere. I heard about Paul on Nicaliving and we met with him in April. He walked all of us through the whole thing and it worked exactly as he said it would. They received their cedulas last Thursday.

I had a terrible time getting the true instructions to complete my residency application so I am going to now attempt to help you save a little cash and do the job correct (the first time). First you will need the following documents from your home country; 1) Birth Certificate 2) Police Record (most states will do a 'name only ' police records check through the 'State' Bureau of Investigation. for a small fee. But you M U S T have an Original, a faxed copy; will NOT be accepted, so an original must be mailed to you.

New regulation in Immigration Department.

Can anyone tell me until what age can a child born outside Nicaragua but to a Nicaraguan mother be registered as a Nicaraguan citizen?

Exit Visa for one year.