Moldova: Information on travel documents requirements for a citizen of Russia or Moldova to travel from Russia to Cuba during the period of 26 to 31 December 1992
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | MDA16321.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Moldova: Information on travel documents requirements for a citizen of Russia or Moldova to travel from Russia to Cuba during the period of 26 to 31 December 1992, 1 February 1994, MDA16321.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9a64.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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Information on this specific subject is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.
According to a representative at the Cuban Consulate in Montréal, a Russian or a Moldovan citizen leaving Russia to travel to Cuba in 1992 needed a passport valid for foreign travel and a Cuban visa (2 Jan. 1994). Russian or Moldovan nationals travelling to Cuba as tourists could obtain a Tourist Card at any travel agency with which they arranged their itinerary or made their hotel reservations (ibid.) This card exempted them from having to apply for a visa from the Cuban consular official in their country (ibid.). Russian or Moldovan nationals travelling for business or professional purposes, however, required a Cuban visa (ibid.). To obtain the Cuban visa for their business or professional trip, they had to provide the Cuban consular official in their country with the name of the persons or institutions they planned to meet with in Cuba (ibid.).
The same source added that since the dissolution of the USSR, the bilateral agreement between the USSR and Cuba exempting USSR nationals travelling to Cuba from having to apply for a Cuban visa is nul (ibid.).
Attached please find sections from the Travel Information Manual, a monthly publication issued by a number of IATA member airlines, which provide information on the type of travel documents currently required by the governments of Russia, Moldova and Cuba. Please note that, according to this source, in 1992, nationals from Russia and the Republic of Moldova didn't require a Cuban visa if they came to Cuba as tourists or were in transit through Cuba (Travel Information Manual, December 1992 97).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Consulate of Cuba, Montréal. 2 February 1994. Telephone interview with representative
Travel Information Manual. Ultrecht. December 1992. Sections on C.I.S-Former USSR and Cuba.
Attachment
Travel Information Manual. Ultrecht. December 1992. Sections on Russia, Moldova and Cuba.
