{"id":198454,"date":"2019-05-09T11:58:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=198454"},"modified":"2019-05-09T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T15:58:57","slug":"canada-suspends-majority-of-consular-services-in-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/canada\/canada-suspends-majority-of-consular-services-in-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada suspends majority of consular services in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) this Wednesday announced the reduction of its programs and services in Havana, due to a cut in personnel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/global-affairs\/news\/2019\/01\/statement-on-health-and-security-of-canadian-diplomatic-staff-in-havana-cuba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As announced in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/havana-service-changes-2019.html?hootPostID=ed082b16c10810f8474c9dd770b020e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from now on, the visa procedures services for temporary visits, study and work permits will not be offered in Cuba, and permanent residence interviews have also been canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Canadian Department of International Affairs also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/global-affairs\/news\/2019\/05\/diplomatic-appointments.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this Wednesday the replacement of the Canadian ambassador to Cuba, Patrick Parisot, by the official Perry Calderwood.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Foreign Affairs Minister announces two new diplomatic appointments: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGOKSjvz5i\">https:\/\/t.co\/NGOKSjvz5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Global Affairs Canada (@GAC_Corporate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GAC_Corporate\/status\/1125861178570309633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The services that remain active include receiving applications for Canadian passports, proof of citizenship and travel documents for permanent residents in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For canceled services, the IRCC advises to apply through online accounts or apply for visas through third countries, in any of the application centers outside Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of giving fingerprints and photographs (biometric data), you must travel to another country to proceed with the service.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Servicios de IRCC ofrecidos en la Embajada de Habana han cambiado. La Embajada ya no estar\u00e1 recibiendo solicitudes para visas de visitantes ni para permisos de estudios\/trabajo. Tampoco se realizar\u00e1n entrevistas de residencia permanente. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0tig6gijjw\">https:\/\/t.co\/0tig6gijjw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Canad\u00e1 en Cuba (@EmbCanCuba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmbCanCuba\/status\/1126096957070610433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For all those who have existing applications for permanent residence, the processes will be transferred to the Canadian office in Mexico City, where they will communicate directly with applicants in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All questions about existing cases can be directed to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/corporate\/contact-ircc\/offices\/international-visa-offices\/mexico-city.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">office<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Mexico, the official statement recommends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;acoustic attacks&#8221; and the cut in personnel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last January, Canada had reported on the health status of its diplomats in Havana and the possibility of taking future actions in its embassy in Havana due to the possible &#8220;acoustic attacks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, they said that &#8220;Canada has positive and constructive relations with Cuba. We have had close cooperation with the Cuban authorities ever since the health concerns of our employees emerged and which were published in Havana in the spring of 2017.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, in February of this same year, several Canadian diplomats sued their government for the mysterious health problems in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plaintiffs accused the Trudeau government of negligence and explained that, although the first symptoms were detected in the spring of 2017 and the United States evacuated its diplomats in September of that year, Canada did not do so until April 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lSyYWijaqm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada\/diplomaticos-de-canada-demandan-al-gobierno-por-misteriosas-lesiones-en-cuba\/\">Diplom\u00e1ticos de Canad\u00e1 demandan al gobierno por misteriosas lesiones en Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abDiplom\u00e1ticos de Canad\u00e1 demandan al gobierno por misteriosas lesiones en Cuba\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada\/diplomaticos-de-canada-demandan-al-gobierno-por-misteriosas-lesiones-en-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=0lPU3Fz7C7#?secret=lSyYWijaqm\" data-secret=\"lSyYWijaqm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In November 2018, Ottawa had <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada\/canada-dara-informacion-tras-nuevo-caso-de-lesiones-de-su-personal-en-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">made the decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to allow its personnel assigned to Havana to return to Canada &#8220;if they so wished&#8221; and since April they had begun to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada\/canada-retira-familias-de-diplomaticos-de-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">withdraw<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the relatives of the officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also in November, some media outlets <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada\/diplomatico-acusa-a-canada-de-callar-lesiones-cerebrales-que-sufrio-en-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Canadian government had given orientations to maintain discretion over the dozen cases &#8220;so as not to upset the Cuban government on the island,&#8221; one of the affected people told EFE in anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuba-Canada relations declining?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the latest decisions of the Canadian government regarding consular services for Cubans on the island and Ottawa backing interim president Juan Guaid\u00f3 in Venezuela, diplomatic relations between the two countries show no signs of evident deterioration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Canadian government reiterated that it will not &#8220;recognize or apply&#8221; any sentence issued under Title III of the U.S. Helms-Burton Act for economic activities in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A statement from Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland emphasized that Ottawa&#8217;s opposition to that U.S. legislation is based &#8220;on the principles of international law and reflects our objection to the extraterritorial application of laws of another country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xAo453ZUUM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada-no-reconocera-ni-aplicara-sentencias-de-eeuu-bajo-helms-burton-sobre-cuba\/\">Canad\u00e1 no reconocer\u00e1 ni aplicar\u00e1 sentencias de EEUU bajo Helms-Burton sobre Cuba<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abCanad\u00e1 no reconocer\u00e1 ni aplicar\u00e1 sentencias de EEUU bajo Helms-Burton sobre Cuba\u00bb \u2014 OnCubaNews\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/canada-no-reconocera-ni-aplicara-sentencias-de-eeuu-bajo-helms-burton-sobre-cuba\/embed\/#?secret=5jRxlb0Bl1#?secret=xAo453ZUUM\" data-secret=\"xAo453ZUUM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, in reference to travel to Cuba, so far the Canadian government\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/destinations\/cuba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">official travel page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has not issued a security warning for its citizens wishing to travel to Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Take normal safety precautions&#8221; can be read on the official website along with a brief information on the Zika virus situation on the island and in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canada has been Cuba\u2019s first tourist market for several years, a favorite destination especially during the winter seasons, as was announced this week at the International Tourism Fair of Havana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case of Cubans, traveling to Canada meant an opportunity to study or work, emigration, family visits, as well as a gateway to the United States along the northern border, especially before the elimination of the wet foot-dry foot policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most commented article in our <strong>OnCuba<\/strong> magazine over the years was a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/mundo\/cubanos-cualificados-podran-optar-por-entrada-express-a-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">note<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the opening of applications for &#8220;express visas&#8221; for study and work by Cubans in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To this day it has more than 1,000 comments, where people of all professions and ages showed interest in the process, something that will not be possible for Cubans from Havana as of today.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) this Wednesday announced the reduction of its programs and services in Havana, due to a cut in personnel announced last January. 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