On this page below you will find all the information you need for your visa application

If you do not understand how it works, you can always call us. Tel. 0031 70 215 4995


Jouw keuze: Bestemming: Cuba > Soort visum: Business visa
Visa costs
VisaVisa costs VAT freeMediation fee excl. VATInvitation costs VAT freeTotal costs excl. VATTotal costs incl. VAT
Business visa up to 30 days€ 105.00€ 49.50€ 0.00€ 154.50€ 164.89

The business visa is valid for 1 month from the time of issue by the consulate.

From the moment you enter Cuba, you can stay in Cuba for up to 30 days.

The procedure at the consulate is approximately 5 working days, which may take longer.

Please note that Dutch and Cuban national holidays do not count as working days.

The documents that are required for your visa

  • Our order form, click here to open
  • To avoid errors, please complete this form digitally, print and sign
  • Everything you write on this form will appear on the invoice
  • With this form, we also have your contact details if we need to call or email you
  • We will send you the invoice by email.
  • With this form, you authorise us to apply for your visa.

The application form, Click here to complete, print, and sign this digitally.

Please print it out and place your signature on the form.

A signature may not be scanned.

A signature may only be placed in the colors black or dark blue. Other colors are not allowed.

  • Your passport.
  • We need to have the passport physically, so no copy.
  • Your passport must still be valid for at least 6½ months after the validity of the visa (ie one and a half year valid if it is an annual visa).
  • The passport must have at least two blank facing visa pages.
  • Two (2 x) color passport photos.
  • Note that these photos are according to the Dutch standard of ‘passport photo’, that is to say, looking forward, white background, do not laugh and do not show teeth.
  • Wearing glasses in the photo is not permitted
  • Nine times out of ten, the consulate does not accept a photo from your own printer. If you do so, make sure you use gloss paper and there are no stripes visible from the print.
  • Do not staple the photo to the application form, but rather use a Pritt stick. If you do not have a Pritt stick, please include your loose photo and we will attach it to the form for you.
  • Do not stick the photos with adhesive tape

Other conditions that you must pay extra attention to:

  • The photos may not be older than 3 months
  • The photos may not be the same as on the passport unless the passport is not older than 3 months
  • The photos must have a white background.

The invitation letter is prepared by the Cuban company and must contain the following points;

  • The contact details and address of the inviting party.
  • The details of the traveller as stated in the passport; full name, date of birth, passport number etc.
  • The duration and reason for the business trip.
  • Acceptance of financial responsibility for the applicant.
  • The signature, with a company stamp of the Cuban company.

Pay attention; Your business visa can only be issued if an official confirmation has been received by the consulate in Rotterdam.

The confirmation comes from the Cuban Ministry and your contacts in Cuba should take care of this for you.

The guarantee letter is drawn up by your employer in the Netherlands.

Click here for an example guarantee letter.

Declaration of your health or travel insurance that you are insured in Cuba for the period that you are going to Cuba.

The insurance must state the following points;

  • Your name.
  • Period of insurance, minimum the number of days you stay in Cuba.
  • Insured in Cuba and/or worldwide.
  • A booking confirmation of your flight (return ticket)
  • The consulate wants to see when you enter the country and go out again
  • It may be a booking for a flight, bus, train, boat
  • Your name must be mentioned on it
  • The consulate must recognize the confirmation as being that it comes from a travel agency or an airline.
  • A confirmation of a flight by a customer of your will not be accepted because the consulate will say that anyone can do this. Think of logos, photos or other features that an official confirmation of an airline by mail in general meets
  • Our advice, make sure you take out cancellation insurance when purchasing your flight. In the event that you do not receive your visa, you will not suffer any financial

1.)

If you are Dutch, you do not need additional documents.

2.)

For the EU or Schengen country nationalities:

If nationality comes from an EU or Schengen country (not for a Dutch passport), you must show that you are registered in the Netherlands.
You have two options;

  • Option 1: a copy of the front- and backside of your residence permit.
  • Option 2: a copy of the extract from the population register (GBA).

3.)

Other nationalities from outside the EU or Schengen countries:

  • You need a copy of your Dutch residence permit’s front- and back-side for all nationalities from outside the EU and Schengen countries.
Please send registered mail to:
VisumService.nl/Cuba
Po Box 1267
2280 CG Rijswijk (ZH)
The Netherlands
Or you can also deliver it personally or by courier to our office address:
VisumService.nl/Cuba
Anna Paulownastraat 63
(through the grey door to ring the bell)
2518 BC The Hague
The Netherlands

Office address:
Anna Paulownastraat 63
2518 BC The Hague
The Netherlands

Business hours:
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:00

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Contact us:
Tel +31(0)6-393 39 184
Tel +31(0)70 215 49 95
[email protected]