Cuba Visa Cost Calculator

Most leisure travellers need only Cuba's single-entry tourist visa — the $30 baseline everything else is measured against. The multi-entry tier buys repetition rather than duration: $45 covers repeated entries into Cuba within the visa's validity window. Business visas cost 2.5× base ($75) because they clear a different review path: expect to attach an invitation letter from your Cuba host company.

A $9 transit endorsement legalises a short Cuba layover — typically 24–72 hours — without a full application behind it. Check the eVisa queue first: where your passport qualifies, Cuba's online route usually beats the consulate visit on total cost once photos, postage and courier fees are counted.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Cuba accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Even the simplest route wants the core kit in digital form: Cuba's online portal takes the same documents a consulate would, as scans instead of paper. The $30 base fee is payable by card on Cuba's portal, or in CUP equivalent where the application is made in person.

No interview is needed for most tourist applications to Cuba — the file speaks for itself unless something in it is missing. Late bookers pay the express premium — half as much again on the fee to compress Cuba's decision from weeks to days.

The passport rules are absolute — 6 months' validity beyond your Cuba exit date and two clean pages for the visa itself. Photos fail applications quietly: print two spares, keep the digital originals, and use a likeness from the last six months for Cuba's file. Show roughly $50–100 USD per day of stay in bank statements — for a 10-day Cuba trip that means $500–1,000 visible and recent.

A booked (not necessarily paid) return ticket and accommodation covering every night in Cuba complete the core file. Business applicants add the Cuba host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

Standard processing for Cuba runs 5–15 business days for tourist files, stretching toward three weeks for multi-entry and business categories in busy seasons. The express lane at Cuba costs half the base fee extra and returns decisions in 1–3 business days. Cuba officers refuse on documentation gaps first and eligibility second, so audit the checklist twice before paying.

Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Cuba denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. Pre-approved travellers sidestep the biggest queue at Cuba immigration — e-gates and fast lanes reward the online authorisation, and midweek morning landings clear fastest either way.