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Nicaragua: airport transportation:
Aventon charges $45 for 10 airport to Granada for 1 to 2 people. The AirportXManagua independent drivers are willing to match that price if only an air conditioned car is needed. To arrange, please message us the flight number and the name of the person being picked up. After receiving confirmation, the AirportXManagua Hotel driver would meet the client outside the first set of doors that lead to the street after they exit customs. The driver ordinarily has a large Airport X Managua Hotel sign. The driver would then pick the client up and take directly to Granada.
Of course, Airport X Managua Hotel also offers rooms 3 minutes away from the airport under $45 for 1-2 people not desiring to travel so late to Granada. The price includes a breakfast. Airport pickup is $5. All Airport X Managua rooms have a private bathroom, hot water, potable drinking water from the faucet, cable tv, and air conditioning.
Nicaragua: Banks in Managua:
Most banks in Nicaragua provide accounts without fees if a minimum balance is kept. Savings accounts, however, pay about 1% interest and provide an ATM card and online access. This is the type of account most people use. In addition, savings accounts kept in local currency provide payments to keep their balance on par with the dollar. Checking accounts do not receive this revaluation.
Bank accounts in Nicaragua are now insured for $10,000 in case the bank fails (while unlikely, Nicaragua's Banex Bank failed several years ago prompting the insurance scheme).
Nicaragua: Required limit on stay in Nicaragua?:
Ordinarily, immigration will not hassle about a return ticket; however, the airlines often do (especially Avianca/Taca, Copa, and KLM from Amsterdam to Panama). American usually doesn't request it, but it has happened when boarding at smaller airports.
AA offers fully refundable tickets that you can cancel as soon as you land and get 100% back with no penalties.
Nicaragua: Problems with "Airport Transfer Tourist Transport" Company:
We operate a new hotel less than a mile from the airport. Round trip it is 2 miles. On 3 occasions over the last 2 months, some guests-- not knowing how far the hotel is-- have been duped into agreeing to pay between $40 (for a car) and $50-60 (once for a car and once for a van) for this 3 minute drive using "Airport Transfer Tourist Transport"
While the taxis try to overcharge foreigners coming on the 3 minute ride by asking for $10-15 when it should be $5 or even less, charging $40-60 is simply criminal for a three minute ride even if its a group and they need a van.
We're preparing a formal complaint to EAAI (airport management), INTUR, and the airport police. If anyone has had any similar experiences with this company (not the taxis but the new van booths), please let us know.
We're going to be filing a formal complaint with the EAAI (airport), INTUR, etc. and would be interested to know if others have had similar experiences with them.
Nicaragua: Workers vacation days (double pay):
There are some double days that are paid in Managua only (fair days, etc.). The double days are all made by resolution from MITRAB and can be found at the following page on MITRAB's website:
http://www.mitrab.gob.ni/bienvenido/documentos/comunicados/
Nicaragua: Mortgages in Nica:
Here's Banpro's requirements for mortgages/loans for non-Nicaraguans:
https://www.banpro.com.ni/info_requerimientos/cr_credito_consumo/cr_crediConsu_Extranjeros.asp
A mortgage is called an "hipoteca." If the owner is financing, he usually wants to use a "promise to sell." We are hesitant to use promise to sell documents rather than transfer of a deed with a hipoteca even though the promises to sell are popular.
Common sense is that if you have a promise to sell and are making payments, but the owner didn't transfer to you and something happens to him, you may end up in a situation where you'd have to prove you paid. With an hipoteca, it'd be the opposite. Since you own the property, they'd have to prove you didn't pay.
Nicaragua: mornin':
There are houses for rent in most cities, although in the smaller towns the use of internet advertising and realty companies may be less. While visiting the town, look around for signs.
http://www.encuentra24.com/nicaragua-en/real-estate-for-rent-houses/matagalpa-matagalpa#regionslug=matagalpa-matagalpa
Nicaragua: TRAGEDY:
A lot of information on here may inappropriately instill fear into a tourist choosing to visit Nicaragua.
1. Traffic police have long sleeve shirts and a red patch on their sleeve. These are the only ones who can give you a ticket. They are called "transitos." If they do not have the long sleeve shirt and red badge and tell you that you violated some traffic law, listen to their story, tell them you are sorry, do not pay them anything under any circumstances.
2. Traffic police can write you a ticket. The fines have recently increased. They now range from c200 to c1000 for infractions. They like to stop people for crossing over the white lines. We don't suggest giving the police a bribe under any circumstances. However, when you are given a ticket, the police seize your drivers license. The ticket then becomes your driver's license valid for 30 days. You pay the ticket at Banpro, take a copy of the ticket and the payment receipt to the police station, and they return your license. The only time we'd even consider paying something to them is if we had a flight the next day and couldn't go to the police station and retrieve the license.
3. You can appeal the ticket within four days if you're going to bother doing that over an $8 to $20 ticket.
4. The "tragedy" where the police shot who they believed were fleeing drug dealers is a rare occurrence. Police in Nicaragua are not ordinarily physically aggressive and will not take you to jail for minor things. Even in this tragic case, the government promptly charged the police officers. The government openly admitted policy violations and made clear that the police's authority would have been to pursue the people with their emergency lights on. We understand that the charges were reduced by the court to the equivalent of involuntary manslaughter in the United States, but at least they are being prosecuted.
Nicaragua: Money exchange (Canadians):
As ScotiaBank is not in Nicaragua, Canadian currency is not routinely accepted. (ScotiaBank in Costa Rica accepts Canadian dollars and opens Canadian dollar accounts).
It is suggested you convert to dollars before coming to Nicaragua to avoid bank foreign currency charges on the transaction. Upon entering Nicaragua, you can change some of your currency to local money at one of the banks in the airport and at most hotels. Larger businesses (La Union, Pali, Colonial, McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut) accept dollars.
We don't recommend using the change booth at the airport for Canadian dollars.
Our hotel, and Art Hotel Managua, will accept deposits into our Canadian accounts and will provide local currency or US$ on arrival. We convert the Canadian dollar deposit to US dollars at the bank advertised rate, then convert the dollar to cordoba at the BAC bank exchange rate, then add 3% as our fee (so you lose several points). We do not charge the 3% if you are simply paying for services such as your room-- we only charge the fee if you are receiving cash.
Another option for Canadians is to deposit in US$ to our US$ Canadian account, which we will change to cordobas at the BAC bank rate and then charge the 3% (again, no 3% if paying for services at our hotel).
Nicaragua: Nicaraguan Baby- American Father, Nicaraguan Mother:
1. You could attempt to obtain a B1/B2 visitor visa (40% chance of her getting it) and then file an adjustment of status (I130 and I485) after you are married. She can then apply for advanced parole if she needs to leave the US and her permanent residency hasn't yet been adjudicated. We disagree with the poster that said 99% of B1/B2 visas are denied. If the B1/B2 is denied, it will have no effect on the permanent residency visa.
2. You could apply for the fiancee visa if you plan on getting married within 90 days of her entering the US. See http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas
3. If option 1 or 2 won't fit your plans, then you must marry in Nicaragua and then apply for the residency using I-130.
Note: If you try option 1, advise the consular officer that she is your baby's mother (or will be) but right now you are only interested in her visiting the United States and do not plan on being a resident. (After all, permanent residency is for people staying 181 days or more in the United States and residency applications have been denied with instructions to obtain a B1/B2 because the American plans on staying in Nicaragua and only staying in the US for a couple months per year).
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