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I am a British citizen and my wife is a PR of Canada who holds Iranian Nationality and Passport. We are flying from Toronto to Cuba, do we need to obtain the TC from Cuban embassy? I have bought our tickets and hotel separately and online, no agency.
Thanks,
Have fun.
Cheers,
Terry
Cheers,
Terry
As mentioned repeatedly throughout this thread unlike departing from the UK or Europe the Cuban Tourist Card is a simple issue when departing from North/Central/South America and the Caribbean.
You will always either be given the Tourist Card as part of your ticket or be afforded the opportunity to purchase the Tourist Card right at the airport when you're departing from in Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, etc.
Everyone on your flight in Nassau will be purchasing the TC right at check-in. No one can board the aircraft with it.
Have fun.
Cheers,
Terry
Michael
It's still accurate.
Cheers,
Terry
You can get a visa for cuba at their info desk without any problems at all.
All you need is your passport give them the money and they give you the visa
was so simple and quick.
Have fun
Storm
Cheers,
Terry
My husband and I are from Estonia, living permanently in UK. We are going to Colombia and then Cuba. We know that with Estonian passports we don't need a visa to Colombia, however we do need a tourist card going to Cuba. We will be flying to Havana from Bogota. Do you know if we can get a TC in Botoga airport or already in Havana airport? A bit confused what we can do. One of the tour operators are charging around £80 to process TC, which is a rip-off.
Heeeelp!
Thank you
As mentioned repeatedly throughout this thread unlike departing from the UK or Europe the Cuban Tourist Card is a simple issue when departing from North/Central/South America and the Caribbean.
You will always either be given the Tourist Card as part of your ticket or be afforded the opportunity to purchase the Tourist Card right at the airport when you're departing from Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Grand Cayman, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, etc.
Everyone on your flight will be purchasing the TC right at check-in. No one can board the aircraft with it.
Have fun.
Cheers,
Terry
Managed to get the travel card sorted today at the Cuban Embassy in London. £15 for everything and no documents were needed apart from the passport and copy of the passport. Hopefully this would help the others who reside in London and try getting the TC sorted. Tourist companies charge ridiculous money for it.
Have fun. Colombia is my favourite country in South America, I'm sure you'll have a gas there.
Cheers,
Terry
If you are simply transiting through Cuba on your way to Jamaica as your final destination then that's a different situation and a Cuban Tourist Card is not required.
Cheers,
Terry
As mentioned repeatedly throughout this thread unlike departing from the UK or Europe the Cuban Tourist Card is a simple issue when departing from North/Central/South America and the Caribbean.
You will receive the Tourist Card with your airline ticket when departing from Canada.
Have fun.
Cheers,
Terry
I am having Indian passport want to visit Cuba on tourist . Can you advice me do i need visa for Cuba.
I want to plan for 5 days trip . Please guide what i have to do to get visa..
You can get one from the Embassy in India
http://www.cubadiplomatica.cu/india/EN/ConsularServices.aspx#TouristCard
or sometimes from your airline that's flying to Cuba or sometimes it's
available for purchase at the airport. No way to answer for sure when
you give no clue as to how how you're flying to Cuba.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Terry
Australians obtaining a tourist card for Cuba but none seem to precisely cover
my situation. My wife and I are going on a Caribbean cruise with Noble
Caledonia (“Island Hopping in The Caribbean’) from 19 March to 2 April 2014.
The cruise begins in Georgetown, Cayman Islands and the first 3 ports are
Cienfuegos, Trinidad and Santiago de Cuba in Cuba.
from Miami. Noble Caledonia states that we need tourist cards for Cuba and
Dominican Republic and that they will send information on how to obtain
approximately 12 weeks before departure and to not try to obtain in the
meantime. However as we will probably be the only Australians on the cruise and
all the rest will be Brits, they will probably have a special arrangement for
them but not for us.
advise?
One possible option would be to obtain them
at the airport at Georgetown, Grand Cayman but will that be possible if we are
not taking a flight to Cuba? Also is the relevant desk likely to be open
between 7.35 pm on March 18 (when we fly in) and about 3 pm on March 19 (when
the boat disembarks).
I have read somewhere that tourist cards
are valid for 180 days from obtaining and 30 days from first use. Do you know
if this is definitely the case?
know whether we can obtain tourist cards on arrival at the port of Puerto
Plata?
going to supply the Tourist Card, or not? Why can't they simply be
forthcoming?!
can't sign up for their cruise and not know anything about the Tourist
Card until 3 months before departure. There shouldn't be a mystery here,
they're either going to be a factor in obtaining one for their clients,
or not, they have to be honest right now.
Cheers,
Terry
suggested and here is their reply:
cannot obtain information on visas until closer to departure. We do mention
this to all passengers at confirmation stage in a factsheet, and furthermore we
do make all passengers aware that holders of other nationality passports should
check with their nearest embassies for individual requirements.
Information’, leaving three months to apply and send off for relevant
documentation.”
tourist card or visas. As we live in the country it is not easy to access the
Cuban Embassy but we could be going to Canberra in October to visit our son and
maybe we could sort something out then. Do you know if we can do on the spot if we take our passports?
at the Embassy.
in Sydney? Am I correct in assuming the visa or tourist card are valid for 180
days from obtaining and if we get in October they will then still be valid when
we arrive in March?
Caymans before we embark (as mentioned in previous posting) but not knowing
what we can achieve there this may be a little risky. We don’t want to go on
the cruise and find we can’t land at the first 3 ports.
suggest?
on day 8?
Caicos, Puerto Rico, British Virgin Isles, St Barthelemey, Nevis, Montserrat,
Les Saintes (Guadeloupe), Antigua will not be a problem.
You're right of course, in a roundabout way they're simply saying that
you're on your own. That sucks because they should be supplying Tourist
Cards, period.
Unfortunately the only way to guarantee having a Tourist Card is to get one from the Cuban Embassy in Canberra.
http://www.cubadiplomatica.cu/australia/EN/Mission/Embassy.aspx
The problem with that that route is the Tourist Card is an expensive
rip-off in Australia. The Embassy there are basically robbers, charging
you a pile of money and a bunch of hassle for a simple $20 piece of
paper that is SO easy to get from any departure point in the Western
Hemisphere.
Before you go to the Embassy though try to get in touch with Cayman
Airways, https://www.caymanairways.com/ If you can get it in writing
that you can purchase a Tourist Card from their desk at the airport then
that gives you another option.
Good luck.
Cheers,
Terry
Regarding the Dominican Republic, all you have to do is purchase a $10 Tourist Card upon arrival:
www.godominicanrepublic.com
Cheers,
Terry
Cheers
Peter
Cheers,
Terry
Just to let you know that we got our Tourist cards from the Cuban Embassy in Canberra OK. $60 each. Haven't heard anything from Noble Caledonia on what they plan yet.
Cheers
peter
Lastly, not to get you worried... but sometimes the Tourist Cards have a date stamped on them and you have to use the TC within 90 days. I trust the ones that you paid (way too much) for at the Embassy will still be valid next March...
Good luck.
Cheers,
Terry
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Terry
After reading all the posts, just wanting to confirm that a travel card to Cuba can be purchased day of flight from Madrid airport? Thanks,
Jann
Cheers,
Terry
Jann
Good luck.
Cheers,
Terry