Dokument #1225103
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
An immigration counsellor at the Canadian
Embassy in Havana provided the following information in a 24 June
1999 letter sent to the Research Directorate.
Persons travelling on an Official Passport
are allowed to be outside of Cuba according to the specific time
they will need for the duty to be performed. If the officer needs
an extension of the time for some reason, this would have to be
authorized by the proper authorities of his work place and
immigration.
Official Passports are given to every
person travelling outside of Cuba for an official visit; this is
anyone travelling to represent the Cuban government. This will
include officers going on business trips, for sport competitions,
international conferences, etc. In 1993, Cuban authorities prepared
the Ordinary Passport with a stamp which had the effect of an
Official Passport. In 1996, this procedure was cancelled and the
new Official Passports were re-issued.
Officers travelling with Official Passports
do not have to be accompanied with a Canadian Working Permit or any
other document.
The Cuban Government does not issue any
separate document to persons travelling for short-term visits
abroad or to persons going to work for short or long terms. The
passport is stamped each time the person travels outside of Cuba
giving the specific time of the visit. This is considered as the
exit permit.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Canadian Embassy, Havana, Cuba. 24 June
1999. Letter sent to the Research Directorate by an immigration
counsellor.