The Castro authorities indicated that the Cuban Consular Office in Washington DC, United States, will resume its procedures in person starting this Monday, March 4, this after they were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), attention to the public will be provided from Monday to Friday, between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm. This represents a reduced window of time for citizens who need carry out your procedures.
The regime indicated that, in addition to in-person attention, the headquarters will maintain the usual means to request consular services, this by postal mail or through agencies authorized by Cuba to carry out said procedures without the interested parties having to travel to Washington DC.
The press release ensures that the office’s commitment is to guarantee a fluid and efficient experience, for which it is advisable to verify that they meet all the necessary requirements before going to request your procedures. The recommendation seeks to optimize service times and avoid inconveniences for users and consulate workers.
The headquarters offers various consular services for the Cuban community in the United States, including the issuance and renewal of passports, the issuance of HE-11 visas, extensions of stay, the issuance of tourist visas, applications for Cuban citizenship, and the issuance of temporary travel documents.
Likewise, services related to the legalization of documents issued in Cuba and the United States are offered, this to ensure their legal validity in the other nation.
The office is located in the Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC, which is at 2630 16th Street Northwest, in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. This was built in 1917, and served as an embassy until the US broke relations with the Island in 1961.
Between 1977 and 2015, the headquarters operated as the Cuban Interests Section, this as part of an agreement established between the dictator Fidel Castro and then-president Jimmy Carter. During this period, it functioned as a “de facto embassy” with no formal diplomatic relations between the nations.
Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States resumed in 2015 after a period of thaw promoted by Barack Obama, which led to the reopening of the embassy on July 20 of that year, after an announcement between that president and Raúl Castro.
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