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In response to "mafic: Agreed. Dangerous to do Cuba on an American passport for those reasons, but (sounds like) it's worth a visit if you have a non-US passport -- nm" by Beryllium

she shouldn't go - but Cuba doesn't stamp passports and they have no issues with Americans. It's if the US found out otherwise that she'd have issues -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 4 '10, 10:42

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- When I went to Europe, I went through Italy, Switzerland, France... my passport is stamp-free. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:44 12
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    - yeah, i don't even have those. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:51 6
      - i asked US customs to stamp my passport when it was new. i hated being stamp-less. - Andie Jan 4, 10:52 4
        
        US customs in vancouver stamps about 90% of the time. -- nm - mafic Jan 4, 10:55 2
        
        i don't think i've ever been stamped by US customs (other than the one time i asked.) -- nm - Andie Jan 4, 10:56 1
        
        I could cut out Sandy McTire's head and tape it in my passport... - TFox Jan 4, 10:57
        
        if i had known I could ask, I probably would have. i always thought it would be like the passports in Disney World Showcase. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 10:54
      - so you have sort of an eternal sunshine passport? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:52
  - the UK stamps everybody but for the rest of the EU it seems to be on the whim of the agent. -- nm - Reagen Jan 4, 10:50 1
    - UK hassled me big time on my third visit. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:53
  - in the '90s, half the time they only checked to see that you had a passport (unless you were american, then they'd hassle you a little). - mafic Jan 4, 10:48 1
    - Yeah, in my last passport I only have stamps for airport customs. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 10:49
- It's all because of Helms-Burton. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:44
- it's because of the US. if i had a Cuban stamp, would i get hassled entering the US? who knows. - Andie Jan 4, 10:44 2
  - israel and the arab countries do external visas for the same reason. and for Jack: - mafic Jan 4, 10:46 1
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yes, that's what I was trying to convey. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 10:42

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