MIAMI, United States. – After the meeting of Cuban and American officials in Havana on Wednesday, the United States Department of State announced that on January 4 the processing of immigrant visas at its consulate in Havana, suspended since 2017, will resume completely. .
“We are pleased to announce that the United States Embassy in Cuba will resume full processing of immigrant visas on January 4, 2023,” he reported in a tweet the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State.
this wednesday, unot of the Cuban deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernandez de Cossioheld conversations with two high-ranking officials of the United States Government who visited Havana to discuss consular issues.
In accordance with the note published by the Foreign Ministry of CubaFernández de Cossío reiterated to the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Rena Bitter, and the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ur Mendoza Jaddou, “the importance of fully resuming immigration services and consular officers at the US embassy in Havana.
Likewise, the Cuban deputy minister confirmed “the willingness to contribute with the necessary steps for the full functioning of the migratory and consular services of the diplomatic headquarters.”
Just this week, the US State Department reported that the country’s Undersecretary for Consular Affairs would travel to Havana between November 6 and 10. In addition, she added that during that period she would also visit Miami and Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, to discuss migration issues related to Cubans.
In Havana, the official joined Mendoza Jaddou to discuss the full resumption of immigrant visa processing in early 2023 and the recent resumption of family reunification program processing at the US Embassy on the island.
The visit took place in the midst of an unprecedented migration crisis and just days after Cuban border troops sank a speedboat with more than 20 rafters, killing at least seven people, including a two-year-old girl.
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