permiso de salir, cuba

[Ryan1 0]

anybody out there have experience with gaining the "exit permission" for fiancee/spouse from cuba.. we have been waiting about 3 weeks for the exit permission on cuban side.. they say it should take 2 weeks, getting worried.. (they have her visa and passport in posession)

my fiancee is not in medical field or involved in any political activity. thus we thought it was going to be routine for the exit pass... anway, probably and hopefully just a baglog, but still worriesome. .

[iceyspots 0]

just curious, why would they want to know if fiance was in the medical field

[Ryan1 0]

It is my understanding that cuban doctors and dentists, etc, are usually not allow to travel abroad (a sector much more tightly restricted). . than common cubans

[De & Al 0]

It is my understanding that cuban doctors and dentists, etc, are usually not allow to travel abroad (a sector much more tightly restricted). . than common cubans

Why did it take 5 moths for interview that is a long time, as to the Carta Blanca, it takes about a month to get, or that how long it took us.

[MichaelII 0]

Ryan,if you fiance submitted her application on 5-17 ....I won't not worry to much until after a month.I have heard of people paying you know to make this faster .I don't know if this would work too good

if she has no strong tides you know with el comunismo ....she should be fine

good luck ,Michael

why did it take 5 moths for interview that is a long time, as to the Carta Blanca, it takes about a month to get, or that how long it took us.

de&al

The us interest section is very slow so be prepare to wait 4 to 5 months

I am sorry to said this .look at the time line for us here

[ngant17 1]

In Cuba, there is a law that specificially affects anyone who works in medical, biotechnology, microbiology, even biology and slightly-related fields. I think it's called "La Ley de dos Polos" or something like that.

The theory is that the Republic of Cuba has invested a lot of its money, research and time in training its citizens in advanced fields of scientific disciplines, of which Cuba is on par with the industrially/technologically-advanced countries like US (it has, after all, patented a number of useful vaccines for the 3rd world, which it distributes free of charge unlike the US), so by stalling the emigration process, it helps to retain its intellectual property within Cuba for a limited amount of time, so that other countries will find it more difficult to exploit the knowledge of the Cuban emigres from their own profit. I think that is the theory behind the Cuban law.

In any case, you have to legally/offically wait 5 years from the time you last worked in such professions to be able to emigrate from Cuba. There are quasi-legal work-arounds to this, but that is a general rule which will prevent some Cubans from immediately emigrating from the Cuban side of things.

My Cuban fiancee hasn't got to the 'carta blanca', I'm stuck in limbo with "administrative review" on the US side at the NVC, which could take 6 months or who knows.

If the US can find new and creative ways to stall the K1 process for you, like NVC is doing with me and its "admin. review", it would not surprise me that the Cuban gov. might want to try the same kind of game on its side, for whatever petty reason they might have with another Cuban prospective emigre. My guess is that there are always political implications anytime you deal with gov. agencies in any country. And there is little that can be done except to wait.

Sorry I couldn't find any good news for you.

ngant17

anybody out there have experience with gaining the "exit permission" for fiancee/spouse from cuba.. we have been waiting about 3 weeks for the exit permission on cuban side.. they say it should take 2 weeks, getting worried.. (they have her visa and passport in posession)

my fiancee is not in medical field or involved in any political activity. thus we thought it was going to be routine for the exit pass... anway, probably and hopefully just a baglog, but still worriesome. .

[crew1980 1]

Hey All,

Yes, you are right about the medical/biomedical field. The nurses, docs and everything else that pertain to these fields are very hot commodities for Castro right now. He is using the medical/biomedical work force in other countries to trade for goods like oil in Venezuela. When I visited last year, I toured Havana with other medical workers from the US. There is a very successful program there, it is a nurse/doctor practice that is set up in the neighborhoods. There is a nurse/doc office for every 400-500 patients. As we spoke with the medical professionals there, we learned that the export of the nurse/docs is really making an impact on Cuban healthcare. Now, instead of seeing 400-500 patients, they are seeing 700-800 patients, a 50-100% increase in patient load. The nurse/doc practice does allot of teaching and health promotion. They also deal with emergencies and are available 24/7 to the residents. They will forward more serious cases to the polyclincs who are like mini-emergency departments who also have different specialties rotate through. From there, the most serious cases and those who need surgical intervention are sent to hospitals.

Hey, all you Cubanos/Cubanas out there please correct me if I'm wrong. These were my impressions of the healthcare system.

Toria and Salvador

[MichaelII 0]

I agree with all you above about the medical field in cuba. Ryan, stated very clear that her fiance is not in any medical field so he should be fine . The good thing about my fiance is that she has no background of any type and this is a good thing in Cuba

so I am sure el comandante en jefe fidelito will be more than happy to let her go ajaja

[crew1980 1]

Mike,

Of course he will let her go because he knows as long as she has ties to Cuba, she will bring back big bucks for him to spend!!

Toria and Salvador