The Embassy of the United States in Havana announced this Tuesday that starting in March it will only accept payments in US dollars for consular, citizenship and immigration services.
According to him releaseas of March 1, 2023, will charge only in US dollars for all consular services, as well as citizenship and immigration (USCIS), thus rejecting payment in Cuban pesos.
Announcement: Beginning March 1, 2023, the Embassy will only accept US dollar payments for all USCIS and consular services at the embassy. Check our website for more information on our consular operations pic.twitter.com/1fIbVW5wrl
— Embassy of the United States in Cuba (@USEmbCuba) January 31, 2023
The provision includes payment for services to American citizens, visas, notary services or parole that are carried out in this diplomatic representation.
The Embassy of the United States also does not accept the use of a credit card to pay for its services, according to the note also published on its social networks.
At the end of December 2022, the US embassy in Cuba resumed interviews in its consular section as part of the reactivation of the process for granting immigrant visassomething that had not happened since 2017.
Three months earlier, the processing of pending applications for the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program (CFRP) had begun, also suspended since that year.
After two rounds of dialogue between Cuban and US authorities and in the midst of a massive migratory wave, both by land and by sea, the US government announced in September the total resumption of immigrant visa procedures in Cuba as of January of 2023.
