The guides below cover the consular procedures Nicaraguans living in the United States ask about most. Most of them rest on Nicaraguan statute — the Ley 710 consular fee schedule, the Migration Law (Ley 761) and its 2012 regulation — and on the civil-registry pages of the Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE); each guide says where no official source could be reached.
Which offices operate: the Nicaraguan outlet Confidencial reported on October 20, 2024 that only three consulates remained in the United States — Miami, Washington and New York — after closures announced from January 19, 2024 in Los Angeles and Houston, and the closure of New Orleans. We could not confirm the current list from an official source: the Foreign Ministry website did not resolve on October 3, 2026.
US documents: the passport regulation (Reglamento a la Ley 761, Arts. 18.5 and 20.4) asks Nicaraguans abroad who have no cédula de identidad for a consular card or certification and/or a «Cédula de Residencia vigente», and Art. 19.6 asks Nicaraguan parents living abroad for the «Cédula de Residencia del país que corresponda» (residence card of the country concerned) for a child’s first passport. To find your nearest office first, see the Nicaragua consulate directory.