Cuba business visa

Journalists follow the same model with the press office: the journalist visa (D-6) is requested from the embassy's press office, and after the consulate is notified of the approval it is completed there with a valid passport, a photo, the completed form and the consular fee. Journalism is not covered by the tourist e-visa.

Other visas exist for students, events and further purposes; for these, the applicant must contact the Cuban consulate in their country for information.

Present a valid passport, one photo and the completed visa application form, and pay the consular fee. If you apply by post, also send a stamped addressed envelope for the return of the passport. An additional fee is charged when the procedure is done by post or through a third person.

Each Cuban consular office sets how the fee is paid: in cash, by certified bank payment or by bank transfer of the exact amount to the office's account, whose details are published on its consular page.

The fee for each visa category is set by the Cuban consular tariff and is not published; ask the office for the current amount. Cash sent by post is returned at the sender's risk.

First, the applicant requests the visa from the commercial office of the Cuban embassy. Once the consulate has been notified of the approval, the applicant goes to the consulate during public opening hours to complete the procedure. Visas that are processed directly by Cuban organisations and institutions through the Directorate of Immigration and Foreigners follow a similar logic: the applicant contacts the consulate to check whether the authorisation has arrived.

Complete the visa at the Cuban consulate that serves your place of residence. Where Cuba has more than one consular office in a country, each covers its own provinces or regions, so confirm which one handles your file before the commercial office's approval is sent there.