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OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
Cuban Assets Control Regulations
31 CFR Part 515
Questions and Answers for use in connection with the implementation of the General License issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control on March 11, 2009, covering visits to family in Cuba.
Is the general license issued on March 11, 2009 (the “Family Visit General License”) available to someone who traveled to Cuba in the last 12 months under an OFAC family visit specific license?
Yes. A prior visit to Cuba in the last 12 months under an OFAC family visit specific license will not disqualify a…
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By TED JACKOVICS | The Tampa Tribune
Tampa International Airport could become the fourth U.S. airport to serve U.S.-Cuba charter flights under a request by U.S. Rep Kathy Castor, D-Tampa.
In a Feb. 3 letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Castor said the move would improve travel prospects for thousands of Bay area Cuban-Americans.
Those who qualify under U.S. restrictions to visit Cuba from the United States must fly from Miami, New York or Los Angeles.
Castor said she has called on President Obama to fulfill his campaign promise to lift travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans wishing to visit family…
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BY LAURA FIGUEROA | Miami Herald
For dozens of Florida-based travel agencies that book flights to Cuba, the future of their livelihood is, well, up in the air.
On Monday, a coalition of 16 Miami-based travel agencies specializing in trips to Cuba plan to file a lawsuit against the state, hoping that a judge will halt a recently approved law aimed at increasing state regulation of their trade.
They say the measure, which goes into effect Tuesday, will drive up operating costs and force many to shut down if they can’t muster the $250,000 bonds mandated by the bill.
The…
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Reuters
Cuban Americans living in the United States could travel to Cuba more often and visit a broader list of family members under legislation approved by a congressional panel on Tuesday.
A House of Representatives appropriations panel embraced the liberalized travel initiative, which faces several more legislative steps over the next few months and likely would be opposed by the Bush administration.
Under a proposal that funds several federal agencies next year including the Treasury Department, which oversees Cuba travel and trade restrictions, travelers would be able to visit close relatives in Cuba once a year, instead of the current…
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By Terri Hallenbeck | BurlingtonFreePress.com
Jared Carter stepped to the lectern and made his courtroom debut Wednesday in federal court in Burlington. The second-year law school student has taken on a case that’s personal: Should he and his wife be able to travel to Cuba to see her family and celebrate their marriage?
The Constitution provides a fundamental right to associate with family, Carter told U.S. District Judge William Sessions III. Federal rules that restrict travel to Cuba undermine that right, Carter argued.
John O’Quinn, deputy assistant U.S. attorney general, defended the restrictions. He argued that government has the constitutional…
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