US embassy cable - 00STATE229041

UNCLAS STATE 229041 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CVIS 
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO RECIPROCITY SCHEDULE FOR CUBA 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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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