Embassy in Nicaragua won't respond to emails or calls

[Larindra 9]

As far as I know, the embassy in Managua is still processing the cases which are already ongoing.The fact that @ColoradoSteve received another interview date is a good sign. I don't really think that the interview went bad. She just has to correct the documents. Did they keep your fiance's passport? 

 

I will be traveling to Managua this coming Friday. I hope that everything will go well.

[TBoneTX 47,005]

Gosh.

[ColoradoSteve 29]

11 hours ago, Larindra said:

As far as I know, the embassy in Managua is still processing the cases which are already ongoing.The fact that @ColoradoSteve received another interview date is a good sign. I don't really think that the interview went bad. She just has to correct the documents. Did they keep your fiance's passport? 

 

I will be traveling to Managua this coming Friday. I hope that everything will go well.

No, they didn't keep my fiancées passport. The person doing the interview collected a few documents and pieces of evidence from us at the start. Then we waited for an hour, there were many people receiving services at the embassy that day.

Next they interviewed only my fiancée for about 15 or 20 minutes. Then they called me up to the window to join her, and asked for the I-134 and my tax transcripts for the past 2 years. They only asked me one question - how we managed to communicate since I speak little Spanish and my fiancée speaks only some English. We don't have another interview date yet. The interviewer told my fiancée everything she needs to do for the next interview. I was told that their is nothing I can do but wait for my fiancée to get the required documents. Then she needs to take the documents to some depot or collection site, where they will be delivered to the embassy.

My fiancée was told that I would get interviewed at the next appointment. I am guessing that they didn't bother questioning me at the first interview, since there were problems with my fiancées documentation. I imagine I will get grilled at the next appointment. I don't know what needs to be done to schedule a second appointment. Will I need to set up another profile online and pay the fee again?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[TBoneTX 47,005]

You're going to have a Stokes interview.  See this thread, pinned atop this forum:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/207292-embassy-wants-petitioner-at-next-cr-1-interview-any-advice/

 

This was almost certainly prompted by your lack of knowledge about your fiancee's previous marriage... and her not having told you about it.  The communication issues (her minimal English, your minimal Spanish) are a strongly associated factor.

[ColoradoSteve 29]

7 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

You're going to have a Stokes interview.  See this thread, pinned atop this forum:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/207292-embassy-wants-petitioner-at-next-cr-1-interview-any-advice/

 

This was almost certainly prompted by your lack of knowledge about your fiancee's previous marriage... and her not having told you about it.  The communication issues (her minimal English, your minimal Spanish) are a strongly associated factor.

 

Thanks TBoneTX. I would never have suspected that I would receive such an interview. I would have thought it would be reserved for individuals that had more "obvious" issues, such as widely different ages, having never met in person, being from a high fraud country, having just recently met, etc. etc.

 

I explained to the interviewer that we mostly communicate in Skype and WhatsApp, since we live 2000 miles apart and these are free to use. We use Google translate heavily. When we are together, our language skills have been sufficient for "all practical purposes" and we break out the smart phones with Google translate when we need to have a more complex discussion.

 

Fortunately, we had visited each other on 6 different occasions in Costa Rica. Our relationship has been ongoing for the past 2-1/2 years. We have tons of photos together in many different locations, including some photos with other people. On two of these trips, additional friends joined us for part of the vacation, in part to share the expense of the rental car and rental house. I obtained a letter already from one of these friends, I can get letters from 2 others. I also have a letter from the owner of a small hotel where we stayed together on 3 or 4 of the visits.

 

The petition I filed last September was already front loaded with much of this evidence. They also asked to see evidence at the interview, so we handed them a large stack of photos and cards we have sent to each other over the years, including the envelopes with postmarks.

 

After reading the post about the Stokes interview, I will gather additional evidence for the next interview. My fiancee explained the situation to the interviewer about her previous marriage, and that she never mentioned it to me. It wasn't a successful marriage, they didn't even live together, and she had been unable to obtain a divorce certificate previously because the marriage was never registered and therefore invalid. My fiancee told me that the interviewer decided to give her a second chance, and told her to correct the document with the misspelled name, obtain a divorce certificate, and something called a literal birth certificate.

 

Thanks again for the heads up!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[TBoneTX 47,005]

Well, these are mostly positive-sounding things, but you're going to get grilled about many relationship items.  Your answers must match, or no visa.  Don't take this the slightest bit lightly.

[Larindra 9]

On 7/15/2018 at 10:39 PM, TBoneTX said:

Gosh.

Was that in response to my post? If so, why?

[TBoneTX 47,005]

It was in regard to the one above yours -- apologies for the unclarity.

Hoping for good news about your trip and consular experience.

Edited July 19, 2018 by TBoneTX

[ColoradoSteve 29]

Everyone,

 

My fiancee has obtained all of the additional documents the embassy in Nicaragua requested at our interview back in June. The instructions she received from the embassy in June said to gather the requested documents, then to request an interview by sending email to MNGFPU@state.gov . The instruction sheet referred to this interview as "Split interview".

 

This email address is not one I have seen or used before for the embassy. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with this address? Am I correct in assuming that this address means MaNaGua Fraud Prevention Unit?

 

I sent an email to this address 5 days ago requesting an interview, as instructed. But as of yet I haven't received any response or acknowledgment. How long should I wait before sending another email? Does anyone know the current status at the embassy in Nicaragua? I know that day to day life in Nicaragua has largely returned to normal in recent weeks. The roads are all open, busses and public transportation are all operating again.

 

For a quick recap of my situation, my fiancee and I had our K1 fiancee interview back in June. But unknown to me, my fiancee had been previously married and divorced 13 years ago. It turns out the marriage was invalid, so there was no public record of the marriage. My fiancee's certificate of singleness showed that she was never married. It was invalid because the lawyer who prepared the marriage paperwork wasn't certified to do so, and therefore never registered the marriage with the central registry in managua. Unfortunately, she had obtained a passport 13 years ago with the married name. That passport had long since been lost and replaced with others (with her non-married name). The woman conducting the interview found a record of the 13 year old passport, with the married name. This, along with a misspelled name on another document, made her question the identity of my fiancee. My fiancee was asked to obtain a divorce certificate, a literal birth certificate, several old expired ID's with her current name, and to correct the document with the misspelled name. It took 2 months of work, and many visits to various lawyers, judges, and government offices in Nicaragua. But my fiancee finally has all of the new requested documents, and we are trying to get an appointment for the next interview.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[NCNic 0]

Steve,

email that address again and also CC the regular IV unit email address as well so someone can acknowledge it. Ask for acknowledgment also. Do not wait and assume it’s been seen or delivered. Follow up ASAP is my suggestion. 

My husband returned home Aug 12 after a huge breakthrough with our lawyers and the consulate. I went in the consulate and it was deserted basically. They have had some extra help to process these visa cases in the last few weeks so now is the time to get aggressive in getting them to get her processed! 

Edited August 22, 2018 by NCNic

[TBoneTX 47,005]

FPU = Fraud Prevention Unit.

"Split interview" means a Stokes.

You're really in for it.

 

At least they're open about it, distinctly unlike the [censored] Guayaquil consulate that hosed us and our contemporaries.

[Boiler 46,939]

Check and double check there are not any other hidden issues.

[TBoneTX 47,005]

Do what Boiler recommends.

[ColoradoSteve 29]

Everyone,

 

I sent another email to the embassy, and I finally received a response from the MNGFPU@state.gov address. They acknowledged receipt of my email, and said that they were currently "reorganizing" their calendar. They said they would contact me when they were ready to have me schedule a second interview. However, they didn't mention a likely timeline. I don't know if I will be waiting days, weeks, or months.

 

How long should I wait before I ping them again, assuming I hear nothing in the near future?

 

Regards,

 

Steve

[ColoradoSteve 29]

Everyone,

 

I finally received a response from the Nicaraguan embassy a few weeks ago. They have more or less resumed normal operations. I have an appointment for the second interview in the first week of November.

 

Here is a quick refresher on what has happened with my case: The interview will be with the fraud prevention unit, as they had an issue with my fiancé on our first interview. Her name was misspelled on one of the documents, and she had been married briefly about 12 years ago. The marriage wasn't valid, because it was never registered with the central registry in Managua. She had attempted to obtain a divorce certificate many years ago, but failed because there was no record of the marriage. She had an official certificate of singleness stating that she was single. Unfortunately, she had obtained a passport 12 years ago with the married name, and the embassy had obtained record of this. I wasn't aware of the previous marriage, and so I didn't mention it in the petition or any documents I provided. So the embassy requested that my fiancée obtain various additional documents, including a divorce certificate, a literal birth certificate, and get the misspelled name corrected on her other documents. She did all of these things, and now we have a second interview pending.

 

I asked the embassy if I needed to obtain any updated documents or records, since the first interview and my documents are from June. They told me I didn't need any updated documents, but that I should bring additional evidence of our relationship, if I have it.

 

I am wondering what additional evidence I can provide. My relationship has been ongoing for nearly 3 years. I already provided photos, airline tickets, hotel and rental car receipts from the 6 trips when I visited her in Costa Rica. I also provided letters from friends, coworkers, and the owner of a hotel where we stayed on several occasions. We have provided screen shots and records from Skype and WhatsApp of our conversations. We provided many cards including the postmarked envelopes that we had physically mailed to each other over the years. We provided receipts from Western Union and MoneyGram where I have been supporting her the entire 6 months she has been staying in Nicaragua, and for all of the times I helped support her when she was in Costa Rica. I also provided the receipt for the engagement ring I gave her 22 months ago.

 

Any ideas on what else I could provide? I don't know what else they could possibly want from us...

 

Regards,

 

Steve