When packet gets sent to Cuba

[eeo 0]

Hi all,

I have been reading the forums and am trying to plan ahead for my process. I am trying to figure out some logistics:

They send Packet 3 to the US Interest Section in Havana, but I have read that all the papers that are being sent can be found on a government website. Can I just download them and bring them with me when I go? Are there other things in the Packet 3 that we will need, aside from those forms?

Do they also send Package 1 (the original package I sent in first) to the Interest Section?

When Packet 3 arrives there, it has been said that my fiance needs an appointment to pick it up. If I am going to be there for the interview, can I just pick it up when I get to Havana? Or does my fiance need to pick it up? (I know there are other things to take care of, and we can get a head start on some of them. I'm just wondering if I can pick up the packet when I get there?) It may be hard for him to travel to Havana just to pick up a packet.

Any info would be helpful. Thanks!!

[K-9 Visa 11]

Yes, all the forms are on the website for the US Interest Section. Be sure to download both the English and Spanish forms.

The US Interest Section doesn't mail the package of forms to Cubans. They have to pick it up at the US Interest Section in Havana. You don't need an appointment, but the guards will ask to see proof of your reason to go in. And "just pick it up" isn't the phrase -- expect to spend several hours! There are three layers of security, both Cuban police and Cubans working for the Americans.

[eeo 0]

Thanks for the reply. Another question: Is it necessary for us to pick up the package from the Interest Section, if we can just download the forms anyway? Are there other things besides those forms that come with the packet that need to be picked up? Even if it is only the forms that come, is it necessary to pick up the packet in the process of things? Do they care if we never pick it up?