Thread: Cubans in U.S. less fearful on immigration

Shapka: My understanding is that it is illegal for people here in the United States to send money to Cuba.

Originally Posted by Shapka

It depends.

Castro welcomes the money Cuban exiles bring back, believe it or not.

Although I'm sure there are lot of people who can't return there while his regime remains in power.

My point is that Cubans are admitted in this country and granted all kind of benefits because Cuba is a Comunist country, and whoever comes here is supposely running away from a dictator. If they can keep going back to Cuba on vacation, and other purposes, why should they have more benefits than people from other countries? And if they come here because they don't like the system, why go back?

http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcemen ... _guide.pdf



I. VISTING FAMILY MEMBERS - 31 CFR § 515.561

You may request a specific license to engage in travelrelated

transactions (1) to visit a member of your

immediate family who is a national of Cuba once in a threeyear

period or (2) to visit a member of your immediate

family who is not a national of Cuba in certain exigent

circumstances.
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http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcemen ... ffidav.pdf

CUBA REMITTANCE AFFIDAVIT

for those interested....

Originally Posted by swatchick

Shapka: My understanding is that it is illegal for people here in the United States to send money to Cuba.

There are certain exemptions.

It's like the travel embargo.

It's so loosely enforced that it makes a mockery of Helms-Burton-which has never been fully implemented in any case-and other aspects of the trade ban.