The cuban passports with the new validity of 10 years will be those issued from next July 1, the date on which they will enter into force the announced changes this Tuesday by the island’s Chancellery.
When detailing the new migratory measures in the program Round tablethe general director of Consular Affairs and Attention to Cubans Resident Abroad of MINREX, Ernesto Soberón, explained that already issued passports, whose validity is six years, will remain in circulation until the date previously established for their expiration.
For this reason, as of July both types of passports will coexist, which in the opinion of the diplomat is the most “realistic”, based on eliminating new procedures and costs.
Soberón argued that it is not “practical” or “feasible” to establish alternatives such as the use of stickers to extend the validity of already active passports. This, he said, is due to the large volume of documents that would have to be updated, with the consequent waste of time and resources, in addition to the fact that the stickers are forgeable.
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