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00STATE229041
2000-12-01 23:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

CHANGE TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA

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R 012325Z DEC 00
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
SPECIAL EMBASSY PROGRAM
UNCLAS STATE 229041 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA
UNCLASSIFIED

PAGE 02 STATE 229041 012330Z

REF: (A) HAVANA 5259 (B) HAVANA 4721
(C) SMITH-TAVENNER EMAILS

UNCLAS STATE 229041

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA
UNCLASSIFIED

PAGE 02 STATE 229041 012330Z

REF: (A) HAVANA 5259 (B) HAVANA 4721
(C) SMITH-TAVENNER EMAILS


1. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING
CHANGES IN THE VISA RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA:

CLASS FEE NO. APPLICATIONS VALIDITY

B-1 NONE ONE 6 MONTHS [B]
B-2 NONE ONE 6 MONTHS [B]
B-1&2 NONE ONE 6 MONTHS [B]

[B] B VISAS: DUE TO TREASURY DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS UNIQUE TO CUBA, B-1
AND B-2 VISAS ISSUED AT USINT HAVANA WILL BE VALID FOR A
MAXIMUM OF 6 MONTHS.


2. POSTS SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CHANGES IN 9 FAM,
APPENDIX C. KEEP A COPY OF THIS CABLE FOR REFERENCE UNTIL

YOU HAVE VERIFIED THAT APPENDIX C RECIPROCITY TABLES ON
THE INTRANET HAVE BEEN UPDATED. POSTS ARE REMINDED THAT
THE RECIPROCITY SCHEDULES SHOWN IN APPENDIX C ON THE
INTRANET (HTTP://CAWEB/RECIPROCITYWEB/INDEX.HTM) REFLECT
THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DEPARTMENTAL GUIDANCE.


3. POSTS SHOULD ALSO UPDATE THE CST COUNTRY RECIPROCITY
TABLE, AND THE AUTOMATED CASH REGISTER SYSTEM (ACRS)
RECIPROCITY FEE TABLES. THOSE POSTS WHICH HAVE BEEN
REPLICATED FOR CST OUTWARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT WILL SEE
THAT THIS CHANGE TO THE CST TABLE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
HOWEVER, SHOULD REPLICATED POSTS NOTICE THAT CHANGES HAVE
NOT BEEN MADE, OR THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS ERRORS, PLESE
NOTIFY CA/VO/L/R.

TALBOTT