Wife at the Managua Consulate Yesterday. Picked up Instruction Packet

[Justo/Sheyla 0]

My wife picked up her Instruction Packet yesterday at the Managua Consulate. Apparently, there are problems with the Nicaraguan Mail Service (Correos de Nicaragua). Our case was received on March 28th and they sent the packet on April 3rd. We wanted to wait until the end of this week for the packet to arrive at first, since Holy Week usually delays everything in Nicaragua. But after my wife ran into a friend whose one of her parents went thru a IR 1 process recently, she went to the Embassy to get the Instrucctions herself. According to my wife´s friend, her father waited about 3 weeks for the delivery of the Packet. He contacted the Consulate and was told to come in and pick up the paperwork instead. They were never delivered actually. And this is in Managua. So, if anyone has a beneficiary living or with an address other than Managua, don´t wait for the Instructions Packet to arrive. After finding out that the case has been received by the Consulate, pick them up as soon as possible. The staff at the Consulate are aware of the innefective service by Correos de Nicaragua, they even suggest the beneficiaries to pick the paperwork. They are open from 7:30 am - 11:00 am, Monday - Friday, except Thursdays.

When our case was received by the Consulate I contact them via e-mail and was told that if my wife wanted she could pick the instructions packet.

Write to Blanca R Perez at PerezBR@state.gov as soon as they get your case. Use always your case number when contacting them.

According to my wife, everything went fine and smooth yesterday. After passing all Security Checks, she was directed to a room where they deal with Inmigrant Visas and other Consular Issues. She waited for about half an hour since there were others beneficiaries and couples waiting for interviews or to inquire on their cases.

Blanca Perez was very helpful, my wife says, she went thru the checklist and highligted everything my wife needs to gather before the interview.

After she gets all the required documents and the medical exams, she needs to fax the checklist page to the consulate. Consulate then sends a notification by mail, (Correos de Nicaragua) with the date of the interview.

BUT DON´T LET THE CONSULATE SEND THIS NOTICE BY MAIL. MY WIFE WAS ADVICED TO ASK THE CONSULATE TO CONTACT HER BY TELEPHONE ABOUT THE INTERVIEW DATE. LET THEM KNOW BY FAX OR BY CALLIN THEM.

AND THIS IS THE BEST PART PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO BLANCA, THE INTERVIEW DATE IS GIVEN IN 8 DAYS.

THIS IS GREAT FOR US, BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS TOLD ME SHE CAN GATHER EVERYTHING BY NEXT FRIDAY. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN INTERVIEW DATE MORE OR LESS AT THE END OF APRIL OR THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. AMAZING! THIS HAS OVERTAKEN ME ALREADY. DIDN´T EXPECT TO HAPPEN THIS SOON.

-Justo.

PS: For those doing CR 1 or IR 1 Visas, you do not need to submit any additional info regarding the Affidavit of Support 1-864. This has already been processed and accepted at NVC, so the Consulate will not deal with it, unless is a K Visa at issue.

Edited April 14, 2007 by Justo/Sheyla

[Kristen&Mark 0]

My wife picked up her Instruction Packet yesterday at the Managua Consulate. Apparently, there are problems with the Nicaraguan Mail Service (Correos de Nicaragua). Our case was received on March 28th and they sent the packet on April 3rd. We wanted to wait until the end of this week for the packet to arrive at first, since Holy Week usually delays everything in Nicaragua. But after my wife ran into a friend whose one of her parents went thru a IR 1 process recently, she went to the Embassy to get the Instrucctions herself. According to my wife´s friend, her father waited about 3 weeks for the delivery of the Packet. He contacted the Consulate and was told to come in and pick up the paperwork instead. They were never delivered actually. And this is in Managua. So, if anyone has a beneficiary living or with an address other than Managua, don´t wait for the Instructions Packet to arrive. After finding out that the case has been received by the Consulate, pick them up as soon as possible. The staff at the Consulate are aware of the innefective service by Correos de Nicaragua, they even suggest the beneficiaries to pick the paperwork. They are open from 7:30 am - 11:00 am, Monday - Friday, except Thursdays.

When our case was received by the Consulate I contact them via e-mail and was told that if my wife wanted she could pick the instructions packet.

Write to Blanca R Perez at PerezBR@state.gov as soon as they get your case. Use always your case number when contacting them.

According to my wife, everything went fine and smooth yesterday. After passing all Security Checks, she was directed to a room where they deal with Inmigrant Visas and other Consular Issues. She waited for about half an hour since there were others beneficiaries and couples waiting for interviews or to inquire on their cases.

Blanca Perez was very helpful, my wife says, she went thru the checklist and highligted everything my wife needs to gather before the interview.

After she gets all the required documents and the medical exams, she needs to fax the checklist page to the consulate. Consulate then sends a notification by mail, (Correos de Nicaragua) with the date of the interview.

BUT DON´T LET THE CONSULATE SEND THIS NOTICE BY MAIL. MY WIFE WAS ADVICED TO ASK THE CONSULATE TO CONTACT HER BY TELEPHONE ABOUT THE INTERVIEW DATE. LET THEM KNOW BY FAX OR BY CALLIN THEM.

AND THIS IS THE BEST PART PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO BLANCA, THE INTERVIEW DATE IS GIVEN IN 8 DAYS.

THIS IS GREAT FOR US, BECAUSE MY WIFE HAS TOLD ME SHE CAN GATHER EVERYTHING BY NEXT FRIDAY. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN INTERVIEW DATE MORE OR LESS AT THE END OF APRIL OR THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY. AMAZING! THIS HAS OVERTAKEN ME ALREADY. DIDN´T EXPECT TO HAPPEN THIS SOON.

-Justo.

PS: For those doing CR 1 or IR 1 Visas, you do not need to submit any additional info regarding the Affidavit of Support 1-864. This has already been processed and accepted at NVC, so the Consulate will not deal with it, unless is a K Visa at issue.

CONGRATULATIONS! That's wonderful! Thanks for the advice- Mark lives on the coast in Bluefields and the mail system there is EVEN WORSE! Good news is, I got his documents from DHL on Friday! Only took 4 days but was expensive! Hopefully she'll be here soon. Good luck.

[Raspect 0]

Yes, the same thing happened to us.

I called the consulate in Peru, and they said they would send out packet 3

then it didnt come, so i called a few weeks later

and was told they would send it, if we didnt recieve call back by this date

we did not recieve so I called back, and was told just to go to the embassy to pick it up

[Eli_y_Mauri 0]

This is good to know...I'm assuming it would apply for both K1 & K3 visas...I am hoping that our petition will reach the consulate within the next 2 weeks. My Fiance lives about 10 minutes outside Managua so it will be great if he can just pick it up. Thanks for this info and felicitaciones!!!