Citizens of Cuban nationality transiting or transshipping the country must have residency or citizenship of the country of destination. Cuban passport. Photo: file.
The Dominican Republic has issued new regulations for Cuban transit or transhipment travelers en route through the country to other destinations, was published today in the capital of this country.
According to Resolution 06-2022 of the General Directorate of Migration, signed by its director, Enrique García, to which Prensa Latina had access, Citizens of Cuban nationality transiting or transshipping the country must have residency or citizenship of the country of destination.
or instead Multiple-entry visas from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, European Union countries, Shengen Area member states and the Dominican Republic.
Also, on the other hand, Decree 07-2022 was published, which allows Cubans residing in the United States with expired passports (less than 18 months old) to enter this country as tourists.
The first legal norm is similar to that of other nations in the region, which Cuba has condemned.
The day before, the foreign minister of the largest of the Antilles, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced the United States’ pressure on several governments to require visas from Cubans, “in a cynical attempt to shut the doors to the emigration that has stimulated them for decades . “
The United States government is violating its legal obligation to issue no fewer than 20,000 visas a year to Cubans under bilateral agreements, imposing the burden of the brutal economic blockade on them, and pressuring other governments to require transit visas for Cuban migrants and travelers , Rodriguez wrote on Twitter.
It is still unclear when the new resolutions will come into force.
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(With information from Prensa Latina)