Spain expands appointments for passports in Cuba

The Spanish consulate in Cuba announced this Friday the extension of appointments to apply for passports on the island.

"As of March 18, passport appointments will be expanded, for first applications and renewals," said the Spanish consulate in Havana in a publication in X.

Another post clarifies that from March 18 "the nationality appointments will be expanded byLaw 36 and Law 20" and remember that "a reserved appointment cannot be canceled or brought forward."

"Access to the appointment will be preceded by verification of the identity card number," the information underlines.

A Cuban woman stated that "the news is great. We appreciate the progress, but a vital issue remains pending, which is theregistrations. Yes, with the few appointments there are, it takes 6 months to have volume and folio; If you don't move forward with that, you won't see progress."

Another said that while it is good "to know that progress is being made in this regard," it is also urgent to modify "the appointment system for registering marriages." He points out that it is "impossible to access the appointment" and recommends "when we send a PDF with data and other documents, they send us the appointment instead of a credential."

In February, the Spanish Consulate in Havana expanded the attention capacity for Cubans who opt for Spanish nationality through the Democratic Memory Law (LMD), better known asGrandchildren Law.

The strategy is to allocate more human and material resources to speed up the processing of nationality applications submitted, the Spanish government said.

Last year it emerged that Cubans had to pay "managers" until250 dollars for an appointment at the Spanish Consulate in Havana. They complained about the service due to delays in procedures, long lines and the sale of consular appointments at very high prices.