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US to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana from early 2023

US to resume full immigrant visa processing in Havana from early 2023

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The United States plans toresumefullimmigrantvisaprocessinginHavanafor the first time since 2017, a move that follows high-level talks earlier this year between the two countries,USofficials said on Wednesday.

The change, set to be implemented inearly2023, will allow Cubans applying for family-basedimmigrantvisas to undergo an interview inHavanainstead of travelling to the South American country of Guyana, theUSDepartment of State said.

American and Cuban officials held migration talks in Washington in April, the highest-level such discussions sinceUSPresident Joe Biden took office in 2021. Tensions between Washington andHavanaover the Cuban government's crackdown on protests and continuing American sanctions on the Communist-ruled island have made cooperation on migration and other issueschallenging.

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The United States wants Cuba to take back more deportees from among the record numbers of Cubans arriving at theUS-Mexican border, Reuters reported.

As part of the migration restart, the United States in August restarted the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Programme, which provides a legal way for Cuban families to be reunited in the United States, and increased embassy personnel to handle those cases.

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