CARIBBEAN DIVISION

Instructions on How to Obtain
 a Tourist Visa to travel to Cuba;
 also the U.S. Department of the Treasury License
that allows U.S. citizens to Attend the 
Annual Meeting of the APS -Caribbean Division

To obtain a tourist visa, you need to write a letter to the Consular Section of the Cuban Interest Section stating your wish to travel to Cuba to attend the meetings of the American Phytopathological Society - Caribbean Division to be held in Varadero, Matanzas, from June 11-15, 2001 indicating in your letter the days you are planning to travel. You also need to send a copy of the passport page that has your information and picture, a Money Order for $26.00 and an addressed stamped envelope for them to send your visa. The whole process should take 2 weeks.

Send to the following address:

Consular Section
Cuban Interest Section
2630 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009

Include:

a) a letter requesting the Visa
b) Your passport or a copy of the page with
your picture
c) Money Order for $26.00 payable to the Cuban Interest Section
d) Self-addressed, stamped envelope

In case of any questions, call the Cuban Interest Section at 202/797-8518

In addition to a tourist visa, in order to travel to Cuba and spend money there, U.S. citizens must travel under a license issued by the the U.S. Department of the Treasury. If you are planning to attend the APS-CD meeting in Cuba you must download the Department of Treasury License document available at the links below, type the name of the person traveling in the space where it says “Type Your Name Here,” print it, and take it with you. If at any time you are questioned by U.S. authorities, show the document with the number of the license and explain that you were in Cuba attending the scientific meetings of the American Phytopathological Society - Caribbean Division.  An important requirement is that you also send a message to the Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco indicating that you traveled to Cuba under this license. The U.S. Department of the Treasury requires that records of those who traveled to Cuba under this license be kept for five years.

U.S. Department of the Treasury License:

• For viewing on-line only (web page)
• For typing into and printing out (9k rich text file)

If you need additional information about this license contact Jose Amador at j-amador@tamu.edu