The United States Embassy in Havana announced this Tuesday that as of March it will only accept payments in USD for consular, citizenship and immigration services.
According to the statement, as of March 1, 2023, it will charge only in USD for all consular services, as well as citizenship and immigration services (USCIS), thus rejecting payment in Cuban pesos.
Anuncio: A partir del 1 de marzo de 2023, la Embajada solo aceptará pagos en dólares estadounidenses para todos los servicios consulares y de USCIS en la embajada. Consulte nuestro sitio web para obtener más información sobre nuestras operaciones consulares pic.twitter.com/1fIbVW5wrl
— Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Cuba (@USEmbCuba) January 31, 2023
The provision includes payment for services to U.S. 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 U.S. embassy in Cuba resumed interviews in its consular section as part of the reactivation of the immigrant visa granting process, something that had not happened since 2017.
Three months earlier, the processing of pending applications for the Cuban Family Reunification Parole (CFRP) program had begun, also suspended since that year.
After two rounds of talks between Cuban and U.S. authorities and in the midst of a massive migratory wave, both by land and by sea, the U.S. government announced in September the total resumption of immigrant visa procedures in Cuba as of January of 2023.
