Cuba visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for CubaMost travellers can visit Cuba without going to an embassy: 20 passports enter visa-free, 160 apply online for an eVisa.
Cuba's foreign ministry says tourist visas or tourist cards are issued to foreigners travelling to Cuba for pleasure, tourism or recreation, valid for a single entry and a 90-day stay, extendable once for the same period; its eVisa-Cuba site takes applications online. Cuba's Migration Law requires foreigners to hold an entry visa unless a convention signed by Cuba exempts their country's citizens; no official source we could read lists those conventions. D'Viajeros, Cuba's advance traveller information form, is mandatory for every passenger, and Canada's travel advice says you must be able to show proof of medical insurance on entry.
Do I need a visa for Cuba? Quick answers
United States
eVisa
90 days
United Kingdom
eVisa
90 days
Germany
eVisa
90 days
India
eVisa
90 days
China
Visa-free
90 days
Canada
eVisa
90 days
Australia
eVisa
90 days
Poland
eVisa
90 days
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Visa for Cuba — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Cuba, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
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Cuba visa types, fees and processing timesFee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Entry requirements for CubaThe UK Foreign Office says your passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date you arrive in Cuba and 3 months after your planned departure date.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Cuba travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
WHO lists Cuba as requiring proof of yellow fever vaccination from travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from countries at risk of yellow fever transmission, including travellers who transited more than 12 hours through the airport of such a country.
WHO, International Travel and Health, Annex 1 — countries requiring proof of vaccination against yellow fever✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Canada's travel advice says you must be able to show proof of medical insurance on entry to Cuba, and that if you have none, or the Cuban immigration authorities are not satisfied with the proof you show, you may have to obtain insurance from a Cuban insurance company on arrival, which may have limited coverage. No Cuban government page we could read states the rule.
Government of Canada — Cuba travel advice (entry and exit requirements)✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026
The UK government tells British visitors they must also show proof of onward or return travel.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Cuba travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount for Cuba. The UK government advises bringing enough cash for your entire stay and for emergencies, because international cards such as Visa and Mastercard are no longer accepted, and says US dollars and euros are widely accepted.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Cuba travel advice: safety and security✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026
Cuba's D'Viajeros site says it is mandatory for each passenger to complete the advance traveller information, truthfully, for the Immigration and Foreigners Directorate, the General Customs of the Republic and the Ministry of Public Health. The UK government says to complete it within 72 hours before entering Cuba, that you'll get a QR code by email to show on arrival, electronically or printed, and that airlines check completion of the form at check-in.
Cuba Ministry of Transport — D'Viajeros advance traveller information form, Personal Data step (questions and answers shown with the form)✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
Under the regulation of the Law on Foreigners, staying in Cuba irregularly because an extension of stay was not obtained or has expired is a grave infraction, fined at forty to sixty quotas of three hundred to four hundred and fifty Cuban pesos each. The fine is due within thirty days of notification and is reduced by a quarter if paid within three working days; unpaid after thirty days it doubles, and unpaid thirty days after that the authority deports the foreigner, who must pay the fine before being allowed to enter again. The immigration directorate may also order the deportation of foreigners who remain after their authorised stay.
Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba No. 39 Ordinaria of 05/05/2026 — Ley 171/2024 (Ley de Migración) and Decreto 137/2025 (Reglamento de la Ley 173, Ley de Extranjería)✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
The UK government says to declare foreign currency you take into Cuba if its value is more than 5,000 US dollars, that the Cuban national peso cannot be exchanged outside Cuba, and that it is illegal to exchange money anywhere other than Cadeca exchange houses.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Cuba travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Cuba visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Cuba for 198 passports. The most common situation is eVisa, which applies to 160 passports (81%). 10% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa required (18 passports).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Cuba or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Cuba visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Cuba?
Cuba passport holders can visit 29 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Antigua and Barbuda
30d
Barbados
28d
Belarus
30d
Botswana
90d
Dominica
28d
Fiji
120d
Gambia
90d
Grenada
60d
Guyana
90d
Iran
15d
Kiribati
90d
Kyrgyzstan
∞
Malaysia
90d
Micronesia
30d
Moldova
∞
Mongolia
30d
Namibia
90d
Palestine
∞
Russia
90d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
∞
Saint Lucia
42d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Tajikistan
30d
Thailand
60d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
DR Congo
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of the Congo
Romania
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe