Document #1355451
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to a staff member of the Cuban
embassy in Ottawa, Cuba does not accept dual citizenship with any
country, and therefore Cuba does not recognize dual citizenship
with Spain (4 Oct. 1994). A Cuban citizen who acquires another
citizenship loses her or his Cuban citizenship (ibid.). To the
knowledge of the staff member, the Cuban citizenship law has not
been changed since the promulgation of the 1976 constitution. The
DIRB is unable to corroborate this information at the present time.
For details on Cuban citizenship, please refer to the
attachment.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB 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.
Embassy of Cuba, Ottawa. 4 October
1994. Telephone interview with staff member.
[Havana in Spanish]. 22 September 1992.
"Cuba: Text of New Cuban Constitution." (FBIS-LAT-92-226-S 23 Nov.
1992, pp. 4-5)