w:Visa policy of Cuba#Tourist card required

Visitors to Cuba must obtain an e-Visa unless they are citizens from one of the visa-exempt countries or citizens who must obtain a visa from one of the Cuban diplomatic missions.

All visitors, including those with Cuban nationality residing outside Cuba, must hold valid return tickets and proof of medical insurance. Non-Cuban passport holders must also provide proof of financial solvency of at least USD 50 per day.

To enter Cuba, the "expiry date" of the passport must have for at least 6 months from the date of arrival.

Visa policy map

[[File:Visa policy of Cuba.svg|678px|thumbnail|none|Visa policy of Cuba

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Cuban nationals

Persons who were born in Cuba must use their Cuban passports for travelling to Cuba, unless they have official documentation to prove that they no longer have Cuban nationality.

Visa exemption

=Ordinary passports=

Citizens of the following countries may enter Cuba without a visa for the following period:{{Timatic Visa Policy|country=CU|access-date=29 October 2019}}

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Indefinite period

{{flag|Namibia}}

90 days

{{flag|China}}¹
{{flag|Kenya}}

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{{flag|Malaysia}}
{{flag|Russia}}²

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{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

60 days

*{{flag|Grenada}}

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{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}

30 days

*{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}

{{flag|Belarus}}

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{{flag|Mongolia}}
{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}

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{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
{{flag|Singapore}}

28 days

*{{flag|Barbados}}

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{{flag|Dominica}}

_{1 - For Chinese Nationals, only Chinese citizens are eligible, excludes Hong Kong and Macao SAR.}

_{2 - 90 days within any 180-day period.}

According to the visa agreement between Benin and Cuba, Beninese students who have an ordinary passport may enter Cuba without a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days. However, this condition is not mentioned on Timatic, which states that all holders of ordinary passports may enter Cuba without a visa for 90 days.

According to visa agreements between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kenya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Cuba, these citizens may enter Cuba without a visa, according to Timatic, but the e-Visa website states that these citizens must apply for an e-Visa. It is not known if amendments to the agreement were subsequently made.

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10 December 1981: BeninA visa agreement indicates that visa exemption for holders of ordinary passports only applies to Beninese students; however this condition is not mentioned on Timatic, which states that all holders of ordinary passports may enter Cuba without a visa. It is not known if amendments to the agreement were subsequently made. 29 July 1994: Russia{{refn\|Previous visa-free agreements under different terms were applied between 1981-1985 and 1985-1994 (as the Soviet Union until 1991). Amendments to the visa agreement have been in force since 21 December 2018.}} 19 February 1996: Barbados 8 July 1997: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30 March 1998: Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 May 1998: Malaysia 19 November 1998: Antigua and Barbuda 4 February 1999: Grenada 10 March 1999: Belarus 10 July 2000: Saint Lucia 23 October 2001: Dominica 31 March 2016: Singapore 29 May 2019: United Arab Emirates 17 May 2024: China{{Cite web\|title=古巴对中国公民短期来古免签政策正式生效\|url=http://cu.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/sgxw/202405/t20240518_11306770.htm\|website=中国驻古巴大使馆\|access-date=2024-05-18}} Cancelled*: Unknown: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kenya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Serbia n/a: Liechtenstein and Switzerland{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/meta/error.html\|title=Error\|website=www.eda.admin.ch}} n/a: Netherlands{{Cite web\|url=https://treatydatabase.overheid.nl/en/Verdrag/Details/008444\|title=Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Government of Cuba concerning the abolition of visas\|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse\|last=Zaken\|website=treatydatabase.overheid.nl}} n/a: Belgium{{Cite web\|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1954/02/monstate.pdf\|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 1 January 1954}} n/a: United KingdomWas applied under visa exemption agreement from 17 March 1951. [http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treatyrecord.htm?tid=7139 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Cuba for the Abolition of Visas] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005154159/http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treatyrecord.htm?tid=7139 \|date=5 October 2018 }} n/a: Bulgaria{{Cite web\|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1985/12/monstate.pdf\|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 30 August 1978}} n/a: Finland{{Cite web\|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1991/02/monstate.pdf\|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 5 December 1990}} n/a: Czech Republic and Slovakia (was applied from 22 Nov 1978 as Czechoslovakia){{Cite web\|url=https://www.noveaspi.sk/products/lawText/1/34101/1/2\|title = Vyhláška 16/1979 Zb. O Dohode medzi vládou Československej socialistickej republiky a vládou Kubánskej republiky o bezvízovom styku úplné a aktuálne znenie}} 1 December 2015: Ecuador (was applied from 25 Sep 2009)

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*10 December 1981: BeninA visa agreement indicates that visa exemption for holders of ordinary passports only applies to Beninese students; however this condition is not mentioned on Timatic, which states that all holders of ordinary passports may enter Cuba without a visa. It is not known if amendments to the agreement were subsequently made.

29 July 1994: Russia{{refn|Previous visa-free agreements under different terms were applied between 1981-1985 and 1985-1994 (as the Soviet Union until 1991). Amendments to the visa agreement have been in force since 21 December 2018.}}
19 February 1996: Barbados
8 July 1997: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
30 March 1998: Saint Kitts and Nevis
26 May 1998: Malaysia
19 November 1998: Antigua and Barbuda
4 February 1999: Grenada
10 March 1999: Belarus
10 July 2000: Saint Lucia
23 October 2001: Dominica
31 March 2016: Singapore
29 May 2019: United Arab Emirates
17 May 2024: China{{Cite web|title=古巴对中国公民短期来古免签政策正式生效|url=http://cu.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/sgxw/202405/t20240518_11306770.htm|website=中国驻古巴大使馆|access-date=2024-05-18}}

Cancelled:

Unknown: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kenya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Serbia
n/a: Liechtenstein and Switzerland{{Cite web|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/meta/error.html|title=Error|website=www.eda.admin.ch}}
n/a: Netherlands{{Cite web|url=https://treatydatabase.overheid.nl/en/Verdrag/Details/008444|title=Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Government of Cuba concerning the abolition of visas|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|last=Zaken|website=treatydatabase.overheid.nl}}
n/a: Belgium{{Cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1954/02/monstate.pdf|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 1 January 1954}}
n/a: United KingdomWas applied under visa exemption agreement from 17 March 1951. [http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treatyrecord.htm?tid=7139 Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Cuba for the Abolition of Visas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005154159/http://treaties.fco.gov.uk/treaties/treatyrecord.htm?tid=7139 |date=5 October 2018 }}
n/a: Bulgaria{{Cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1985/12/monstate.pdf|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 30 August 1978}}
n/a: Finland{{Cite web|url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/Monthly%20Statement/1991/02/monstate.pdf|title=Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 5 December 1990}}
n/a: Czech Republic and Slovakia (was applied from 22 Nov 1978 as Czechoslovakia){{Cite web|url=https://www.noveaspi.sk/products/lawText/1/34101/1/2|title = Vyhláška 16/1979 Zb. O Dohode medzi vládou Československej socialistickej republiky a vládou Kubánskej republiky o bezvízovom styku úplné a aktuálne znenie}}
1 December 2015: Ecuador (was applied from 25 Sep 2009)

=Travelling on duty=

Citizens of the following countries who are holders of ordinary passports are exempt when travelling on duty:

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{{flag|Nicaragua}}Applies to students, fellows or persons in artistic, cultural, scientific, journalistic missions, or on an official mission.

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{{flag|Venezuela}}

=Non-ordinary passports=

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Holders of diplomatic or various categories of service passports (official, service, special, public affairs) of the following countries may enter and remain in Cuba without a visa for the following period:{{cite web|url= https://cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/2019-08/Visa%20Waiver%20Agreements%202018.pdf |title=Visa exemption agreements}}[https://cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/2019-09/Convenios%20sobre%20Exención%20de%20Visado%202019.doc Updated visa exemption agreements] (in Spanish).

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Indefinite period

{{flag|Afghanistan}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Belize}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Bolivia}}^{D O}
{{flag|Botswana}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Burkina Faso}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Cambodia}}^{D S}
{{flag|China}}^{D PA S}
{{flag|Colombia}}^{D O¹}
{{flag|Costa Rica}}^{D O S}

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{{flag|Cyprus}}^{D S}
{{flag|Djibouti}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Ecuador}}^{D O¹}
{{flag|Gambia}}^{D S}
{{flag|Georgia}}^{D S}
{{flag|Jamaica}}^{D O}
{{flag|Jordan}}^D
{{flag|Malaysia}}^{D O}
{{flag|Namibia}}^{D O S}

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{{flag|Nicaragua}}^D
{{flag|North Korea}}^{D S}
{{flag|Panama}}^{C D O S Sp}
{{flag|Sao Tome and Principe}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Seychelles}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Sri Lanka}}^D
{{flag|Suriname}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Switzerland}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Tanzania}}^{D O S}

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{{flag|Togo}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Tunisia}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Uganda}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Ukraine}}^{D S}
{{flag|Vietnam}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Yemen}}^{D O S Sp}
{{flag|Zambia}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Zimbabwe}}^{D O S}

180 days

*{{flag|Brazil}}^D

90 days

*{{flag|Albania}}^{D S}

{{flag|Angola}}^{D S}
{{flag|Argentina}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Azerbaijan}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Bahamas}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}^{D O}
{{flag|Chad}}^{D S Sp 3}
{{flag|Croatia}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Dominican Republic}}^{D O}
{{flag|Egypt}}^{D O S}
{{flag|El Salvador}}^{D O}

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{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}^{D O S 3}
{{flag|Gabon}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Ghana}}^{D O S 3}
{{flag|Guyana}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Haiti}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Honduras}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Hungary}}^{D S}
{{flag|India}}^{D 3}
{{flag|Iran}}^{D S 3}
{{flag|Kenya}}^{D O S 3}
{{flag|Kuwait}}^{D Sp 2}

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{{flag|Laos}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Lebanon}}^{D O S Sp 3}
{{flag|Mali}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Mexico}}^{D O}
{{flag|Montenegro}}^{D O}
{{flag|Mozambique}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Nigeria}}^{D O}
{{flag|North Macedonia}}^{D O}
{{flag|Peru}}^D
{{flag|Philippines}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Qatar}}^{D S Sp 3}

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{{flag|Romania}}^{D O S 1}
{{flag|Russia}}^{D S 1}
{{flag|Serbia}}^{D O}
{{flag|Slovakia}}^{D 1}
{{flag|South Africa}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Syria}}^{D S Sp 3}
{{flag|Timor-Leste}}^{D S}
{{flag|Turkey}}^{D S Sp}
{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}^{D Sp}
{{flag|Uruguay}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Venezuela}}^{D O S}

3 months

*{{flag|Algeria}}^{D S}

{{flag|Benin}}^{D S}
{{flag|Guatemala}}^{C D O S}

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{{flag|Guinea}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}^{D O S}
{{flag|Morocco}}^{D O S Sp}

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{{flag|Niger}}^{D S}
{{flag|Paraguay}}^{D O}
{{flag|Slovenia}}^{D S}

60 days

*{{flag|Grenada}}^All

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{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}^All

30 days

*{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}^All

{{flag|Belarus}}^{D S}
{{flag|Kazakhstan}}^{D S}

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{{flag|Mongolia}}^{D O}
{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}^All

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{{flag|Saint Lucia}}^All
{{flag|Singapore}}^{D O S}

28 days

*{{flag|Barbados}}^All

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{{flag|Dominica}}^All

_{All - All passports}

_{D - Diplomatic passports}

_{O - Official passports}

_{O¹ - For holders of official passports: 90 days}

_{PA - Passports for public affairs}

_{S - Service passports}

_{Sp - Special passports}

_{1 - 90 days within any 180-day period.}

_{2 - 90 days within any 6-month period.}

_{3 - 90 days within any 1 calendar year.}

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Armenia and Moldova are not applying bilateral agreements in practice.

=Future changes=

Cuba has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet been ratified:

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{{flag\|Rwanda}}{{cite web\|url= https://taarifa.rw/rwanda-cuba-sign-visa-waiver-agreement/\|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Rwanda}} \| Diplomatic, official and service \| 16 September 2023
{{flag\|Burundi}}{{cite web\|url= https://www.mae.gov.bi/en/the-consolidation-of-the-bilateral-cooperation-relations-between-cuba-and-burundi-materialized-through-the-reciprocal-visa-exemption/\|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Burundi}} \| Diplomatic, official and service \| 14 September 2023
{{flag\|Fiji}}{{cite web\|url= https://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Centre/News/FIJI-AND-CUBA-SIGN-VISA-EXEMPTION-AGREEMENT#:~:text=A%20landmark%20agreement%20on%20Visa,for%20a%20period%20of%2090 \|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Fiji}} \| Diplomatic and official \| 27 October 2020
{{flag\|Pakistan}}{{cite web\|url= https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/pakistan-signs-visa-free-agreement-with-cuba\|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Pakistan}} \| Diplomatic, official and service \| 30 October 2019

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Country

! Passports

! Agreement signed on

{{flag|Rwanda}}{{cite web|url= https://taarifa.rw/rwanda-cuba-sign-visa-waiver-agreement/|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Rwanda}}

| Diplomatic, official and service

| 16 September 2023

{{flag|Burundi}}{{cite web|url= https://www.mae.gov.bi/en/the-consolidation-of-the-bilateral-cooperation-relations-between-cuba-and-burundi-materialized-through-the-reciprocal-visa-exemption/|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Burundi}}

| Diplomatic, official and service

| 14 September 2023

{{flag|Fiji}}{{cite web|url= https://www.fiji.gov.fj/Media-Centre/News/FIJI-AND-CUBA-SIGN-VISA-EXEMPTION-AGREEMENT#:~:text=A%20landmark%20agreement%20on%20Visa,for%20a%20period%20of%2090 |title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Fiji}}

| Diplomatic and official

| 27 October 2020

{{flag|Pakistan}}{{cite web|url= https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/pakistan-signs-visa-free-agreement-with-cuba|title=Cuba signed a visa exemption with Pakistan}}

| Diplomatic, official and service

| 30 October 2019

Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

Since August 2024, visitors from most countries may obtain an e-Visa for 90 days. Extension is possible for another 90 days.{{cite web|url=https://evisacuba.cu/en/inicio|title=Cuba eVisa}}{{cite web|url=https://cuba-visa.com/en|title=Cuba eVisa international }}

Tourist card

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Until the introduction of e-Visas in 2024, citizens of countries that were not visa-exempt had to purchase a Tourist Card (Tarjeta de Turista) before arrival, which could be acquired from Cuban missions, travel agencies, airlines, or licensed online retailers. A tourist card used to grant a maximum stay of 90 days for most nationalities. It could be extended once for the same period in Cuba. Cards issued before the introduction of e-Visas could still be used until 30 June 2025.https://misiones.cubaminrex.cu/es/articulo/la-visa-de-turismo-electronica-sera-obligatoria-para-la-entrada-cuba-desde-finales-de-1

Kosovo

Entry and transit is refused for citizens of Kosovo, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.

References

Category:Foreign relations of Cuba

Cuba

w:Visa policy of Cuba#Tourist card required

Visa policy map

Cuban nationals

Visa exemption

=Ordinary passports=

=Travelling on duty=

=Non-ordinary passports=

=Future changes=

Electronic Visa (e-Visa)

Tourist card

Kosovo

See also

References