STATE 229041

SUBJECT: CHANGE TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA

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
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