Passport, certificates and personal documents
The paperwork you need before any procedure in Cuba, especially from abroad: the passport, Civil Registry certificates, legalisations and the migration status that decides which rights you keep. Every guide cites the rule and the fee in force, and separates what already applies from what has only been approved.
6 guides
Cuban passport: how to get or renew it in Cuba and abroad
How long it lasts, what it costs at consulates and what you need for a Cuban passport, under the 2026 Consular Fee Schedule and the new Migration Law.
October 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Read guideCuban Civil Registry certificates: how to get them from abroad
Birth, marriage, death, single status or declaration of heirs: the ways to obtain them, what they cost and what changed with Law 180 on the Civil Registry.
October 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Read guideLegalising documents: Cuban ones for use abroad and foreign ones for use in Cuba
Cuba is not party to the apostille convention: documents are legalised in a chain. Who legalises what, what it costs in 2026 and which certificates no longer need it.
October 30, 2026 · 4 min read
Read guideEffective migratory residence: what it is and how it is determined under Law 171
The 180 days that determine it automatically, the 120 days plus ties needed to request it, what you submit and what changes for residents abroad and emigrants.
October 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Read guideRegistering in Cuba a birth, marriage, divorce or death that happened abroad
How to bring events that happened abroad into the Cuban Civil Registry under Law 180: where to apply, what documents to submit and what it costs.
October 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Read guideCuban criminal record certificate: what it shows, how to request it and when records are cancelled
Which sentences are entered in the Central Register of Sanctioned Persons, how to request the certificate from abroad, what it costs and when records are cancelled under the Penal Code.
October 30, 2026 · 5 min read
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