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rainyj
  4/22/2016 14:30 EST

Hi there,
Getting ready to journey to Nicaragua and getting my criminal records check. Apparently, there are two different kinds (Canadian) one with fingerprints and one without...does anyone know which kind I need or have had successful residency with one or the other? Also do my documents need to be notorized in Canada before I come? Thanks for your help.

Salsera
  4/22/2016 15:22 EST

All documents you bring along - birth certificate, police record and health certificate - which you bring along have to be with "apostille".

But: I brought only my apostilled birth certificate with me (bring 2 apostilled originals of each, because Migracion keeps all the originals!), and had the Police Record established by Interpol (in the building of the Policia Nacional in Managua) and the health certificate in a public hospital here.

You pay 30$ per bank transfer to Interpol before going there, and bring along the receipt as well as an excellent colour copy of your passport and you passport plus 2 passport photoes - I hope I did not forget anything. Interpol also takes your fingerprints, and after 10-15 days you can pick up the Police Report.

For the health certificate you go to a local lab for a blood and a stool test. Total costs 300 CS, if I remember well. You bring the result to the public hospital, where they establish the health certificate free of charge.

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iguanalover
  4/22/2016 16:51 EST

Canada is different, they aren't part of the treaty. If you don't get an answer here, go to one of the Facebook pages and ask. Lots of Canadians on Facebook.

rainyj
  4/22/2016 17:33 EST

thank you for your response, are you Canadian? also, just to clarify, I need two copies of my birth certificate with apolstles on each because they will take one away and I will keep one?

cedelune
  4/22/2016 18:45 EST

If you join the Expats in Nicaragua Facebook page, and search for "Canadians" in the search box top left, one of the first posts that comes up is one by lawyer Paul Tiffer, who wrote it specifically for Canadians seeking residency.
Anyone who tells you you need your Canadian documents apostilled clearly has no idea! As iguanalover said, Canada is not a signatory to the Hague convention so you can't get Canadian documents apostilled. Paul Tiffer's post should answer the majority of your questions.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/373143946088926/for_sale_search/?forsalesearchtype=all&query=Canadians&referral_surface=direct_link&availability=available

rainyj
  4/22/2016 18:51 EST

as a Canadian I have had documents apostled in the past, but as you mention perhaps not for this, I will follow your lead and go on facebook, thanks for the help...much appreciated!

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iguanalover
  4/22/2016 21:44 EST

Ask for contact information for Patricia Sanchez. She has helped several of our Canadian friends.

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