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I will be travelling to the USA from Australia (flights booked) in February 2017 and am planning to visit Cuba (flights not yet booked). I would like to know what the easiest and cheapest method of getting into Cuba with a tourist visa is.

I have so far received conflicting information suggesting the following:

Suggested method 1. Once in the USA, travel to Mexico or Canada where I can purchase a Cuban tourist visa, then fly to Cuba (as the USA will apparently not issue a tourist visa)

Suggested method 2. Contact the local Cuban consulate (in Canberra here in Australia) who will issue a tourist visa (we have contacted the consulate and were told they do not do this, but I know others who have obtained Cuban visas this way)

Has anyone had any recent experience travelling to Cuba and obtaining a tourist visa? If so, what method was successful for you?

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I went to Cuba last year (Kiwi living in Sydney).

It was easy. Flew to Mexico City from the US. In the airport, found the Cuban counter (There's literally a counter for visas).

At this point, pay the 25 CUCs or whatever the amount was for a visa. You need this to be allowed to board the plane to Havana/wherever your entry point into Cuba is.

Upon landing in Havana, they questioned my travel insurance (I didn't have it printed out) and made me buy 'Cuban travel insurance' for another 25 or so CUCs, but even that took about 5 minutes to process.

This would be far simpler a process than any procedure I could imagine in Canberra.

Mark Mayo
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