Travel to Cuba: General Information

Here we present a summary of the relevant information that you should know about traveling to Cuba.  It includes the requirements and procedure to apply for a license to travel to Cuba for activities not sheltered under our Institutional License. 

New Regulations on Academic Travel to Cuba As Issued by The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

You can find more detail and up to date information about this and other aspects related to travel to Cuba in the following links:

 http://havana.usinterestsection.gov/  ;  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1097.html.

Requirements to Entry/Exit Cuba

Bellow you will find Institutional communications regarding travel to Cuba: 

• Documentation related to Travel to Cuba (Institutional Letter from Mr. Iván García Zapata, Director, Office of Legal Affairs, Central Administration, University of Puerto Rico).

• Resolution about the Institutional Policy for Traveling to Countries with Travel Restrictions Established by the Government of the United States of America (Certification No. 59, University of Puerto Rico Board of Trusties, Year 2001-2002).

• Institutional Policy Regarding Travel to Cuba with Institutional Funds (Letter of December 17, 1997, from Dr. Norman Maldonado, President of the University of Puerto Rico, to Dr. Efraín González Tejera, Chancellor of the Río Piedras Campus).

Other links with information regarding travel to Cuba:

• CUBA, What You Need to Know About The U.S. Embargo

• United States Interests Section

• United States Department of the Treasury

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