{"id":5107,"date":"2019-07-31T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccicubacanada.org\/?p=5107"},"modified":"2019-07-31T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:49:14","slug":"canada-reinstates-visa-services-at-embassy-in-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccicubacanada.org\/en\/canada-reinstates-visa-services-at-embassy-in-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada reinstates visa services at Embassy in Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 8th, 2019, the Canadian Embassy in Havana announced that due to reduction in staff at the embassy, IRCC was not able to continue providing certain services related to visitor visas (temporary resident visas), study and work permits and also to  permanent residence interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-link\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/havana-service-changes-2019.html\">Changes to IRCC services offered in Havana, Cuba<\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Official announcement of staff and services reduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This suspension in services created several difficulties for families and also for businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally on July 29th 2019, the IRCC made some changes and announced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On August 1, 2019, a number of visa and biometrics services that were originally offered at the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) visa office in Havana, Cuba will once again be available at the Canadian Embassy. These services will facilitate the travel of Cubans to Canada and will make the process quicker, easier and less costly for applicants.<\/p><p><strong> New services<\/strong><br> The Canadian Embassy in Havana, Cuba will offer the following services for Cuban residents starting August 1, 2019:<br>&#8211; biometrics collection (fingerprints and a photo)<br>&#8211; passport drop-off and visa pickup <\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/services-offered-in-havana-cuba.html\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/immigration-refugees-citizenship\/news\/notices\/services-offered-in-havana-cuba.html<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This announcement was really well received by the business community, and we can applaud the prompt resolution of this situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-the-globe-and-mail\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\"><div class=\"iframely-responsive\" style=\"padding-bottom: 63.0833%; padding-top: 120px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-canadian-embassy-in-cuba-reinstates-some-services-suspended-over\/\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FuiNVFQJoI9%3Famp%3D1&amp;key=0fdcdf552674c309aa6101889ed0effb&amp;maxheight=1000\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-cbc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"iframely-embed\"><div class=\"iframely-responsive\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.2903%; padding-top: 120px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/visas-embassy-cuba-havana-1.5226806\" data-iframely-url=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/api\/iframe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fvisas-embassy-cuba-havana-1.5226806&amp;key=0fdcdf552674c309aa6101889ed0effb&amp;maxheight=1000\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.iframe.ly\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 8th, 2019, the Canadian Embassy in Havana announced that due to reduction in staff at the embassy, IRCC was not able to continue providing certain services related to visitor visas (temporary resident visas), study and work permits and also to permanent residence interviews. This suspension in services created several difficulties for families and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5490,"url":"https:\/\/ccicubacanada.org\/en\/combustion-boiler-conference-in-havana\/","url_meta":{"origin":5107,"position":0},"title":"Combustion Boiler Conference in Havana","author":"Yilien Paneque","date":"April 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As a direct consequence of the recently concluded Mission of the Industry sector carried out in November 2019, the Cuban counterparts have continued the exchanges with several participating companies, among them, the company CALDERAS COMBUSTION. 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