NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION

UNCLAS MANAGUA 000820 STATE FOR WHA/CEN, EB/IFD/OIA AND L/CID STATE FOR WHA/EPSC STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTR TREASURY FOR INL AND OWH SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EINV ECON USTR KIDE CVIS NU SUBJECT: NICARAGUA: POST REQUESTS VISA ELIGIBILITY UNDER SECTION 2225 BE RESTORED FOR IVAN ENRIQUE GARCIA CORTES REFS: A) 06 MANAGUA 33273 B) 04 MANAGUA 870 ¶1. (SBU) Summary: Post requests that nonimmigrant visa eligibility be restored for Ivan Enrique Garcia Cortes. Post has confirmed that Garcia Cortes satisfactorily resolved his property dispute with the U.S. claimants Oscar and Sandra Dubon in December 2007. Please see action request in Paragraph 3. End Summary. ¶2. (SBU) On October 18, 2006, U.S. citizens Mr. and Mrs. Oscar and Sandra Dubon settled their property dispute with Ivan Enrique Garcia Cortes by accepting indemnification bonds issued by the Government of Nicaragua (GON) worth an estimated 935,600 cordobas ($52,486). On November 1, 2006, the Embassy received a copy of the settlement document from the GON. On December 3, 2007, The Dubon family received the bonds. On June 23, 2008, Econoff spoke to Mrs. Sandra Dubon who confirmed that her family's claim had been settled. Mrs. Dubon lives in Northridge, California and may be contacted by telephone at the following number: (818) 363-5458. ¶3. (SBU) Action Request: Post finds sufficient evidence that the property dispute between Oscar and Sandra Dubon and Ivan Enrique Garcia Cortes has been resolved. Thus, we request the Department consider removing Garcia Cortes' visa ineligibility under Section ¶2225. TRIVELLI