Visa policy of Cuba

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

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.^[1]

Visa exemption

Ordinary passports

Citizens of the following countries may enter Cuba without a visa for the following period:^[1]

90 days

60 days

Grenada

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

30 days

28 days

Barbados

Dominica

_{1 - 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Date of visa changes
10 December 1981: Benin^[3] 29 July 1994: Russia^[4] 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^[5] Cancelled: Unknown: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kenya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Serbia n/a: Liechtenstein and Switzerland^[6] n/a: Netherlands^[7] n/a: Belgium^[8] n/a: United Kingdom^[9] n/a: Bulgaria^[10] n/a: Finland^[11] n/a: Czech Republic and Slovakia (was applied from 22 Nov 1978 as Czechoslovakia)^[12] 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:^[2]^[1]

Nicaragua^[13]

Venezuela

Non-ordinary passports

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:^[2]^[14]

Indefinite period

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

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

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

Switzerland^{D O S}

Tanzania^{D O S}

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

180 days

Brazil^D

90 days

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

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

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

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

3 months

Algeria^{D S}
Benin^{D S}
Guatemala^{C D O S}

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

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

60 days

Grenada^All

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines^All

30 days

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

Saint Lucia^All
Singapore^{D O S}

28 days

Barbados^All

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:

Country	Passports	Agreement signed on
Rwanda^[15]	Diplomatic, official and service	16 September 2023
Burundi^[16]	Diplomatic, official and service	14 September 2023
Fiji^[17]	Diplomatic and official	27 October 2020
Pakistan^[18]	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.^[19]

Tourist card

Until the introduction of e-Visas in 2024, citizens of countries that are 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.^[1] Cards issued before the introduction of e-Visas could still be used until 30 June 2025.^[20]

Visa required

Citizens of the following 21 countries are ineligible to obtain an e-Visa and must obtain a visa in advance:^[1]

Kosovo

Entry and transit is refused for citizens of Kosovo, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Visa exemption agreements" (PDF).
^ A 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.
^ 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.
^ "古巴对中国公民短期来古免签政策正式生效". 中国驻古巴大使馆. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ "Error". www.eda.admin.ch.
^ Zaken, Ministerie van Buitenlandse. "Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Government of Cuba concerning the abolition of visas". treatydatabase.overheid.nl.
^ "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 1 January 1954" (PDF).
^ Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 17 March 1951. Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Cuba for the Abolition of Visas Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 30 August 1978" (PDF).
^ "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 5 December 1990" (PDF).
^ "Vyhláška 16/1979 Zb. O Dohode medzi vládou Československej socialistickej republiky a vládou Kubánskej republiky o bezvízovom styku úplné a aktuálne znenie".
^ Applies to students, fellows or persons in artistic, cultural, scientific, journalistic missions, or on an official mission.
^ Updated visa exemption agreements (in Spanish).
^ "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Rwanda".
^ "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Burundi".
^ "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Fiji".
^ "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Pakistan".
^ "Cuba eVisa".
^ VisasNews (16 August 2024). "Cuba activates its electronic visa". VisasNews. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[tim-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Visa and passport". Timatic. International Air Transport Association through Emirates. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[Visa_exemption_agreements-2] "Visa exemption agreements" (PDF).

[Benin-3] A 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.

[4] 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.

[5] "古巴对中国公民短期来古免签政策正式生效". 中国驻古巴大使馆. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[6] "Error". www.eda.admin.ch.

[7] Zaken, Ministerie van Buitenlandse. "Exchange of Notes between the Government of the Kingdom of Netherlands and the Government of Cuba concerning the abolition of visas". treatydatabase.overheid.nl.

[8] "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 1 January 1954" (PDF).

[9] Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 17 March 1951. Exchange of Notes between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of Cuba for the Abolition of Visas Archived 5 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[10] "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 30 August 1978" (PDF).

[11] "Was applied under visa exemption agreement from 5 December 1990" (PDF).

[12] "Vyhláška 16/1979 Zb. O Dohode medzi vládou Československej socialistickej republiky a vládou Kubánskej republiky o bezvízovom styku úplné a aktuálne znenie".

[13] Applies to students, fellows or persons in artistic, cultural, scientific, journalistic missions, or on an official mission.

[14] Updated visa exemption agreements (in Spanish).

[15] "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Rwanda".

[16] "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Burundi".

[17] "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Fiji".

[18] "Cuba signed a visa exemption with Pakistan".

[19] "Cuba eVisa".

[20] VisasNews (16 August 2024). "Cuba activates its electronic visa". VisasNews. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Djibouti Egypt⁶ Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria R Congo Rwanda Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Somaliland³ South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda¹ Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands¹ Canada Cayman Islands¹ Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten) Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands¹ Greenland⁵ Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat¹ Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ United States Puerto Rico⁴ Virgin Islands⁴ Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Abkhazia² ³ Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Armenia² Azerbaijan² Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus² East Timor Egypt⁶ Georgia² India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan² Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Northern Cyprus² ³ Oman Pakistan Palestine³ Philippines Qatar Russia² Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea South Ossetia² Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan (Republic of China)³ Tajikistan Thailand Turkey² Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Abkhazia² ³ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ² Albania Andorra Armenia² Austria Azerbaijan² Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus² Denmark Faroe Islands Greenland Estonia Finland France Overseas Georgia² Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan² Kosovo³ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Overseas North Macedonia Northern Cyprus² ³ Norway Svalbard Poland Portugal Romania Russia² San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Ossetia² ³ Spain Sweden Switzerland Transnistria³ Turkey² Ukraine United Kingdom Overseas Vatican City
Oceania	American Samoa⁴ Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam⁴ Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands⁴ Palau Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Historical	Artsakh² Russia²
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Africa	Algerian Angolan Beninese Botswana Burkinabe Burundian Cameroonian Cape Verdean Central African Chadian Comorian Congolese (Democratic Republic) Congolese (Republic) Djiboutian Egyptian⁴ Equatorial Guinean Eritrean Ethiopian Gabonese Gambian Ghanaian Guinea-Bissauan Guinean Ivorian Kenyan Lesothan Liberian Libyan Malagasy Malawian Malian Mauritanian Mauritian Moroccan Mozambican Namibian Nigerian Nigerien Rwandan Saint Helena¹ Santomean Senegalese Seychellois Sierra Leonean Somali (Somaliland) South African South Sudanese Sudanese Swazi Tanzanian Togolese Tunisian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean
Americas	American Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Argentine Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Bermudian¹ Bolivian Brazilian British Virgin Islands¹ Canadian Caymanian¹ Chilean Colombian Costa Rican Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuadorian Greenlandic Grenadian Guatemalan Guyanese Haitian Honduran Jamaican Mexican Montserratian¹ Nicaraguan Panamanian Paraguayan Peruvian Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Salvadoran Surinamese Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹ Uruguayan Venezuelan
Asia	Abkhaz² ⁵ Afghan Armenian³ Azerbaijani² Bahraini Bangladeshi Bhutanese Bruneian Cambodian Chinese Hong Kongese Macanese Cypriot³ East Timorese Egyptian⁴ Emirati Georgian² Indian Indonesian Iranian Iraqi Israeli Japanese Jordanian Kazakhstani² Kuwaiti Kyrgyzstani Laotian Lebanese Malaysian Maldivian Mongolian Myanmar Nepalese North Korean Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Omani Pakistani Palestinian Philippine Qatari Russian² Saudi Singaporean South Korean South Ossetian² ⁵ Sri Lankan Syrian Taiwanese⁵ Tajikistani Thai Turkish² Turkmen Uzbekistani Vietnamese Yemeni
Europe	Abkhaz² ⁵ Albanian Andorran Armenian³ Austrian Azerbaijani² Belarusian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot³ Czech Danish Faroese Greenlandic Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) EU Finnish French Georgian² German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Kazakhstani² Kosovar⁵ Latvian (Non-citizens) Liechtenstein Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Moldovan Montenegrin Monégasque North Macedonian Northern Cypriot³ ⁵ Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian² San Marino Serbian Slovak Slovenian South Ossetian² ⁵ Spanish Swedish Swiss Transnistrian⁵ Turkish² Ukrainian Vatican City
Oceania	Australian Fijian Kiribati Marshallese Micronesian Nauruan New Zealand Palauan Papua New Guinean Pitcairn Islands¹ Samoan Solomon Islands Tongan Tuvaluan Vanuatuan
Other	Crew members Sovereign Military Order of Malta Green Card
¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. ³ Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republic of Northern Cyprus are entirely in Western Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. ⁴ Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia. ⁵ Partially recognized. Immigration law