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Travel to Cuba? Visa?
Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the
situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. Cheers, Rob |
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On 10/27/2005 5:20 PM Kurt Ullman after palpating a Ginkgo,
electronically interjected: In article .com, wrote: Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. I am assuming that the Treasury people can't help you? There is a group of people called "People to people" who invited me along on a trip they were sponsoring with the Okay of the feds a couple of years ago. You might google on them and call to see if maybe they have some pointers. A place to start anyway. -- It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to know that hurricanes are dangerous. --Yankee Viejo on misc.writing Doesn't Cuba have a consulate or embassy in Toronto that you can contact? -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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"Brian K" wrote in message .net... On 10/27/2005 5:20 PM Kurt Ullman after palpating a Ginkgo, electronically interjected: In article .com, wrote: Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. I am assuming that the Treasury people can't help you? There is a group of people called "People to people" who invited me along on a trip they were sponsoring with the Okay of the feds a couple of years ago. You might google on them and call to see if maybe they have some pointers. A place to start anyway. -- It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to know that hurricanes are dangerous. --Yankee Viejo on misc.writing Doesn't Cuba have a consulate or embassy in Toronto that you can contact? -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 It may be different for US citizens, or ex-Toronto travel, but UK travel companies (specifically Thos Cook) supply blank tourist visas with the tickets, cost included in package. Fill in details and hand in to immigration on arrival, with passports. Get half back and hand to immigration (emigration??) on departure, with passports. Valid for 30 days, extendable for 30 days. Envo |
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wrote: Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. If you're a US citizen and you have a US Treasury Dept. licence then you've no probs. Just go to any travel agency in Toronto* and they can set you up, it's just like travelling anywhere else. As for visas, you simply get a Cuban tourist visa upon check - in, check with the airline or travel agency for details...it's simple. IIRC the Cuban Tourist Board has an office in Toronto, you can contact them. For a general sense of what's available go here (this company's brochure should be available at most any travel agency, there are plenty of others): http://www.holasun.com/ Air Canada, Cubana Airlines, and various charter companies run scheduled and charter services to various destinations, and you can get all - inclusive packages pretty cheaply. [*IIRC neither American Express or Simpsons - Sears travel agencies in Canada can deal in travel to Cuba - they are both US - owned entities and thus barred from doing business with Cuba] -- Best Greg |
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"Gregory Morrow" gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net wrote in message ink.net... wrote: Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. If you're a US citizen and you have a US Treasury Dept. licence then you've no probs. Just go to any travel agency in Toronto* and they can set you up, it's just like travelling anywhere else. As for visas, you simply get a Cuban tourist visa upon check - in, check with the airline or travel agency for details...it's simple. How hard is it for American to travel to Cuba? Say I want to visit Havana to drink me a Mojito! Will the U.S. government let me go? |
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How hard is it for American to travel to Cuba? Say I want to visit Havana to drink me a Mojito! Will the U.S. government let me go? Here we go again..... Under U.S. law, it is legal to GO to Cuba. But you are not allowed to spend any money there, and there's the rub. And that said, the US doesn't make it easy for you to get there. It's not impossible, because you can go through a foreign country (Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, etc), but if it strikes you to do that, take plenty of cash (no US backed credits cards, etc.), cover your tracks (don't walk off a plane from Havana and immediately go to a U.S. flight), and be willing to deal with the circumstances if the US government does find out. Quite a few Americans do it every year, but it has become more difficult under the current administration. Unrequested opinion: It's stupid. This ****ing contest has gone on 35 years too long. |
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On 10/27/2005 7:25 PM Envo plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said:
"Brian K" wrote in message k.net... On 10/27/2005 5:20 PM Kurt Ullman after palpating a Ginkgo, electronically interjected: In article .com, wrote: Hello. I plan to travel soon to Cuba. Does anyone know what the situation is with visas? That is, do I have to get one before I go or can I get one when I land? I've been in touch with the Cuban Interests Section in DC but have made little headway. Does anyone have recent experience traveling to Cuba? Before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm traveling from Toronto with a license granted by the Department of Treasury. I am assuming that the Treasury people can't help you? There is a group of people called "People to people" who invited me along on a trip they were sponsoring with the Okay of the feds a couple of years ago. You might google on them and call to see if maybe they have some pointers. A place to start anyway. -- It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to know that hurricanes are dangerous. --Yankee Viejo on misc.writing Doesn't Cuba have a consulate or embassy in Toronto that you can contact? -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 It may be different for US citizens, or ex-Toronto travel, but UK travel companies (specifically Thos Cook) supply blank tourist visas with the tickets, cost included in package. Fill in details and hand in to immigration on arrival, with passports. Get half back and hand to immigration (emigration??) on departure, with passports. Valid for 30 days, extendable for 30 days. Envo Envo, It is extremely different for US citizens. We're not permitted to travel to Cuba unless we get special permission from our government and it's for cultural exchange, research, or humanitarian reasons.There are no direct flights from the US to Cuba. While it's true that US citizens can go to Cuba via Canada or Mexico it is "under the radar" and if caught we can face stiff fines or jail. Ironic. When I was in grade school they taught us that one of the differences between the US and communist governments is that communist governments restrict the movement of their citizens. Makes ya' go hmmmm. :-\ -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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Travel to Cuba? Visa?
On 10/29/2005 2:15 PM Sarah Banick plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger
and said: How hard is it for American to travel to Cuba? Say I want to visit Havana to drink me a Mojito! Will the U.S. government let me go? Here we go again..... Under U.S. law, it is legal to GO to Cuba. But you are not allowed to spend any money there, and there's the rub. And that said, the US doesn't make it easy for you to get there. It's not impossible, because you can go through a foreign country (Canada, Jamaica, Mexico, etc), but if it strikes you to do that, take plenty of cash (no US backed credits cards, etc.), cover your tracks (don't walk off a plane from Havana and immediately go to a U.S. flight), and be willing to deal with the circumstances if the US government does find out. Quite a few Americans do it every year, but it has become more difficult under the current administration. Unrequested opinion: It's stupid. This ****ing contest has gone on 35 years too long. Sarah, I agree. The ironic thing is that in grade school we were told the difference between us and Cuba, Russia, China is that the US doesn't restrict travel of it's citizens. This not spending money in Cuba law is a de facto travel restriction. Unless you're a Buddhist Monk or an India Holy man, who travels without spending some money? -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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