Visa

[jay888]

shock, I've just found out that I will need 3 visitors visa for Cuba as we entering Cuba three times. I have check with MSC and Cuba visa office and both say I need three.

[hawkeyetlse]

Yes, they are single-entry visas :( You might contact the Cuban consulate to see if you can arrange a multiple-entry visa, but I suspect it will be simplest and cheapest just to purchase the 3 tourist cards.

[GOLDENBONNY]

shock, I've just found out that I will need 3 visitors visa for Cuba as we entering Cuba three times. I have check with MSC and Cuba visa office and both say I need three.

You pay when you leave Cuba if I remember correct. 25$ cash

[hawkeyetlse]

You have to pay before you arrive in Cuba each time, in fact.

[jay888]

This is going to Cost me a fortune,

[tbmrt]

You pay when you leave Cuba if I remember correct. 25$ cash

 

When we were on the Fathom and stopped in Santiago in May, the visa cost $75 pp.

[hawkeyetlse]

It's $75 if your flight/cruise arrives in Cuba from the US. Since this is the MSC board, and the OP is from the UK, this is not likely to be the case. I believe the cost of the tourist card (aka visa) still costs much less if you arrive from any another country.

[G.M.T.]

If you have booked a fly & cruise package with MSC there will supply the first Visa /Tourist Card so you can enter Cuba, their price is €25 p.p.. Although the Tourist Card is valid for 30 days, it is only valid for one arrival and departure.

 

If you have booked your own flight, then it is your resposibility to obtain the visa from the Cuban embassy or consulate or via a visa agent.

 

For the two additional required Tourist Cards, these will be supplied by MSC onboard at a price of €15 for each card and p.p.

 

Passengers with only an US passport are not allowed to embark in Cuba.

 

Also don't forget that each passenger on the booking must have International Health Isurance (documentation should idealy be in Spanish, b ut Englsih will do) should covering flight back home in case of illness, injury or death. This can be state run scheme or private insurance.

[GOLDENBONNY]

When we were on the Fathom and stopped in Santiago in May, the visa cost $75 pp.

For Americans .

[GOLDENBONNY]

This is going to Cost me a fortune, ��

 

just consider it as a cost of cruise. There are many reasons I will not go to Cuba again any time soon.