Originally Posted by
nor4
The Office of Foreign Assests Control in the Dept of Treasury says you cannot "spend money related to travel to, from, or within Cuba" unless you have a specific or general license to travel there.
How can anyone travel to Cuba without spending any money related to travel to, from or within Cuba? And, no, you can't pay a third party who then pays for your travel.
So unless you swim or sail there and live on "the kindness of others", it appears you'll be breaking the law with fines up to $50,000 (not $22,000) possible.
Well, the U.S. government doesn't explicitly
prohibit its citizens to go to Cuba (per the Eldertreks site) but it makes it practically impossible to do so (see above) unless perhaps one is visiting relatives who are picking up the tab.
Would dual citizens get into trouble if they enter Cuba with a different passport and re-enter the US using their US passport?
If the U.S. government finds out, yes.
Okay .. it's obvious that I need to look into this further but can you tell me if this law only applies to US' "citizens" or also extended to residents (green card) as well?
Extends to U.S. permanent residents.
See the overview at this site:
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enfor...uba/cuba.shtml