I agree. Some regulars seem to be..... missing.

Boots, you should be aware that over the past month there have been a lot of reports of Cuban officials stamping all passports. This seems to be pretty widespread and consistent. Otherwise everything else in your post is spot on as far as I'm aware. I've travelled to Cuba with US citizens/residents on a couple occasions through Toronto and they had no issues, of course that was prior to the recent reports of the stamping of passports. I suppose you could ask that they not stamp yours but I haven't heard from anyone who has tried that. But I also have never heard of an American getting into trouble with OFAC either.

I had my passport stamped for the first time without asking last week. It seems that Aduana is stamping all passports now as a rule. I'm Canadian, of course, so no hay problema. How this affects Americans returning home...that I'm not sure. My guess is that no one will care when they see the stamp...but it would be good to hear from a few Americans who have recently returned from Cuba via a secondary gateway to hear of there recent experiences when coming through U.S. customs.

Terry

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Is it really worth the potential problems as a US citizen to try and circumvent the law to visit Cuba? There are plenty of (legal) islands in the Caribbean.

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I received my first and only passport stamp in Cuba last year afters years of travel to the island. Agree with posts 4 & 5. Independent travel info with-in Cuba may be best gathered by investing in one of a series of guidebooks on Cuba. Also, forum-wise, your best bet would be to post here... https:/…americas-cuba Safe travels to Cuba!

Boots did you end up going yet? I want to go, but am also a little nervous about the passport issue.

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