Visa to enter Cuba

Has anyone here had to purchase a Visa to enter Cuba? We’re going on a cruise in October and NCL is charging $75.pp. I’m wondering if they can be purchased elsewhere? I know for Australia you could get it right from Immigration for a lot less. Thanks for your advice and tips!

Has anyone here had to purchase a Visa to enter Cuba? We’re going on a cruise in October and NCL is charging $75.pp. I’m wondering if they can be purchased elsewhere? I know for Australia you could get it right from Immigration for a lot less. Thanks for your advice and tips!

I could be mistaken but I don’t believe you can use any sort of US issued credit cards in Cuba.

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I don't believe the OP is referring to a credit card

I think $75 is fair. I looked at a few other websites and it can be more than double.

http://www.ustraveldocs.com/cu/cu-niv-visafeeinfo.asp#VisaTypesandApplicationFeeAmounts

This one is significantly less but still more than the $75. https://cubavisaservices.com/product/touristvisa-card/

Master Card works... :)

Has anyone here had to purchase a Visa to enter Cuba? We’re going on a cruise in October and NCL is charging $75.pp. I’m wondering if they can be purchased elsewhere? I know for Australia you could get it right from Immigration for a lot less. Thanks for your advice and tips!

It is easier to let NCL do the leg work. I paid the $75, it was added as a separate line item to my invoice. When I checked in and got my room key, etc. is when I got the Visa.

I believe you have to use NCL for cuba visa

You do not have to have NCL get your Cuban visa BUT it is much easier for them to take care of this. $75 is a very fair price. Some charge a lot more.

Just returned. It must be issued by your cruiseline and is based on their acceptance of your travel affidavit. That was our experience.

Just returned. It must be issued by your cruiseline and is based on their acceptance of your travel affidavit. That was our experience.

It has nothing to do with the affidavit. The affidavit is for the US government and the visa is from the Cuban government.

Just returned. It must be issued by your cruiseline and is based on their acceptance of your travel affidavit. That was our experience.

Not accurate.

Thank you all for your input. I guess we’ll just let NCL handle it for us and pay the $75. each.

Not accurate.

Just saying "not accurate" is not helpful to anyone. What is inaccurate? What is the accurate information?

jdvmb, I said that was our experience. So, yeah, it was accurate as far as our experience.

jdvmb, I said that was our experience. So, yeah, it was accurate as far as our experience.

You never stated what cruise line you were on. Royal Caribbean will facilitate the visa on your behalf. Is that what cruise line you sailed on?

With NCL, you can go through them to have the visa issued OR you can get it yourself. See the link for names of different companies that will process your visa.

https://www.ncl.com/freestyle-cruise/cruise-travel-documents#Cuba

You also stated:

Originally posted by NBBaker "Just returned. It must be issued by your cruiseline and is based on their acceptance of your travel affidavit. That was our experience."

As pbenjamin replied: It (issuing of the visa) has nothing to do with the affidavit. The affidavit is for the US government and the visa is from the Cuban government.

No. Carnival. Won't cruise NCL. And with Carnival they will not give you the visa until they accept your travel affidavit. Just ask the 100s of people who had to redo their affidavit because Carnival wouldn't accept it, and would t give them their visa.

It has nothing to do with the affidavit. The affidavit is for the US government and the visa is from the Cuban government.

During checkin with Carnival you submit your travel affidavit, then they give your visa to complete. If they do not approve of how the affidavit was completed, they made guest complete a new one to their satisfaction. THEN they gave them a visa. Not saying Carnival is correct in their assessment of what is and is not the proper box to check on the affidavit, just saying this is what they do. For most people that were made to redo affidavits it was because they checked the box for "Support for the Cuban People"; Carnival seems to only want guests to complete "People to People". Its completely irrelevant though because no one checks a thing once you are onboard, in Cuba or upon return.

Won't cruise NCL.

Sooooo, why are you giving advice on the NCL forum?:confused:

Sooooo, why are you giving advice on the NCL forum?:confused:

Wasn't giving any advice; just answered a question posted by Hilda Lee regarding cruise travel to Cuba.

Wasn't giving any advice; just answered a question posted by Hilda Lee regarding cruise travel to Cuba.

Sorry.......why are you answering questions on the NCL forums?:confused:

Sorry.......why are you answering questions on the NCL forums?:confused:

Because I'm happy to answer questions regarding cruise travel to Cuba.

Just back from CUBA on SKY, check in went very smoothly and we received the VISAS at that time....kinda' not worth the hassle to get it done by yourself,