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China → Cuba: Short-stay tourist

Whether you need a visa at all, according to official sources.

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You likely don't need a visa

You don't need a visa to visit Cuba as a tourist. Cuba's Foreign Ministry e-visa portal treats your nationality as visa-free: its application form says no tourist visa is required for it. A May 2024 Foreign Ministry communiqué exempts Chinese citizens with ordinary passports from the visa requirement to enter, transit, leave or remain in Cuba, for up to 90 days from entry. That communiqué is more than two years old, so confirm your permitted stay before you travel. If you want to stay longer than 90 days, or you enter to work, study, live in Cuba, report the news or do anything else the exemption doesn't cover, you must apply for the corresponding visa before entering. Being visa-exempt doesn't remove Cuba's other entry rules: the D'Viajeros site says every traveller entering by air, foreign or Cuban, must complete its online form before travelling, and Cuba requires all travellers to hold travel insurance that covers medical expenses in Cuba.

Source: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba (eVisa-Cuba portal)

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