Entry/Exit Requirements
"A valid U.S. passport is required to enter Nicaragua. Although
there is a bilateral agreement that waives the six-month validity
passport requirement, U.S. citizens are urged to ensure that their
passports are valid for the length of their projected stay in the
country before traveling. U.S. citizens must have an onward or return
ticket and evidence of sufficient funds to support themselves during
their stay. A visa is not required for U.S. citizens; however, a
tourist card must be purchased ($5.00) upon arrival. Tourist cards
are typically issued for 30 to 90 days.
A valid entry stamp is required to exit Nicaragua. Pay attention
to the authorized stay that will be written into your entry stamp
by the immigration inspector. Visitors remaining more than the authorized
time must obtain an extension from Nicaraguan Immigration. Failure
to do so will prevent departure until a fine is paid.
There is also a $32 departure tax, the payment of which may or
may not be included in your ticket. If not, payment can be made
at the ticket counter.
Per Nicaraguan law, individuals should exit Nicaragua with the
same passport with which they entered the country. Dual national
minors who entered Nicaragua on their Nicaraguan passports will
be subject to departure requirements specific to Nicaraguan children
under the age of 18, even though they may also be citizens of other
countries. More information on these requirements can be found on
the U.S. Embassy web site at http://nicaragua.usembassy.gov/dual_nationality.html.
Also note that all non-Nicaraguan citizens must be in possession
of a valid identity document -- passport or Nicaraguan permanent
or temporary residency card -- at all times while traveling or residing
in Nicaragua and may be required to show their documentation to
Nicaraguan authorities upon request.
In June 2006, Nicaragua entered a “Central America-4 (CA-4)
Border Control Agreement” with Guatemala, Honduras, and El
Salvador. Under the terms of the agreement, citizens of the four
countries may travel freely across land borders from one of the
countries to any of the others without completing entry and exit
formalities at Immigration checkpoints. U.S. citizens and other
eligible foreign nationals, who legally enter any of the four countries,
may similarly travel among the four without obtaining additional
visas or tourist entry permits for the other three countries. Immigration
officials at the first port of entry determine the length of stay,
up to a maximum period of 90 days. Foreign tourists who wish to
remain in the four-country region beyond the period initially granted
for their visit are required to request a one-time extension of
stay from local Immigration authorities in the country where the
traveler is physically present, or travel outside the CA-4 countries
and reapply for admission to the region. Foreigners “expelled”
from any of the four countries are excluded from the entire “CA-4”
region. In isolated cases, the lack of clarity in the implementing
details of the CA-4 Border Control Agreement has caused temporary
inconvenience to some travelers and has resulted in others being
fined more than one hundred dollars or detained in custody for 72
hours or longer.
For the most current information about visas to visit Nicaragua,
visit the Embassy of Nicaragua web site at http://www.cancilleria.gob.ni."
- US State Dept
For non-US Citizen requirements, please contact
us for updated information.
|
