The United States embassy in Havana clarified this Friday that it does not process requests to enter the United States within the framework of the new plan announced this Thursday by President Biden.
Entry permits will exclusively be processed electronically through the page set up for this purpose. And very important: the requested information must be filled out by the sponsors in the United States.
The new policy grants a two-year stay in the United States to Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans and Haitians as long as they have a sponsor who is responsible for their expenses in that period of time.
The clarification of the diplomatic headquarters, a State Department source explained to OnCuba, is due to the fact that a rumor has circulated on the island that the procedures begin at the embassy. “No way. The statement is clear,” he said.
Biden: southern border closed to Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians
“Yesterday, the Biden administration announced processes through which nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, and their immediate family members, can request to come to the United States in a safe and orderly manner through a parole program. Cubans who fail to apply for the parole program and who attempt to cross the U.S. southern border will be denied entry, returned to Mexico, and be ineligible to apply for the parole program in the future,” according to the embassy information.
On the other hand, Acting Undersecretary for Border Policy and Immigration in the Department of Homeland Security Blas Nuñez-Neto said in a telephone press conference that Cubans remain exceptional. As the Cuban Adjustment Act exists, after a year and one day they can apply for residency.
“Yes. Cubans who enter the United States through this new legal process will be able to apply after a year to adjust their status under that act that you mention,” the official responded to a question from Univisión.
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Rui Ferreira
