Serbia, one of the doors to the European Union, suspends the free visa for Cubans

Mexico City, Mexico.- The website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbian notified that a visa passport is required to enter Serbian territory.

The official publication detailed the requirements that Cubans wishing to visit their country must meet.

These requirements include a letter of invitation, duly legalized. They must also show a hotel reservation and a round-trip ticket.

To apply for a visa, it is necessary to have the economic solvency that a tourist trip demands. “Sufficient funds are considered to be 50 euros per day of stay, demonstrated by possession of the specified amount of cash or a bank statement.” It is essential to have health insurance with a minimum coverage of 20,000 euros.

These requirements will be mandatory except for those who have received a temporary or permanent residence permit in the Republic of Serbia, or who have previously obtained a long-term visa.

With this announcement, one of the doors used by Cubans to enter Europe and later to the European Union is closed.

At the end of March, an official from the Serbian Embassy in Havana told DIARIO DE CUBA that the free visa agreement in force between the two countries would come to an end on April 14.

Indeed, Oncuba explains that this measure had already been implemented since yesterday, April 14. The outlet reports that a group of ten Cuban passengers from Russia were returned to Havana from Istanbul “because they lacked a visa to enter Serbia, their desired destination. They were not allowed to board a Turkish Airlines flight bound for Belgrade on April 14.”

This group of nationals, including a one-year-old baby, are in limbo in the Turkish city.

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