🏨Update to Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List
The Department of State is adding 11 properties to its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List (CPA List). The Cuban Assets Control Regulations generally prohibit persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction from lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for, or on behalf of, a third party to lodge at any property in Cuba on the CPA List.
Learn More🚫Updated Cuba Restricted List
The Department of State is adding seven Cuban military- controlled hotels to the List of Restricted Entities and Sub entities Associated With Cuba (Cuba Restricted List or CRL) identifying entities and sub entities under the control of, or acting for or on behalf of, the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or personnel with which direct financial transactions would disproportionately benefit such services or personnel at the expense of the Cuban people or private enterprise in Cuba. The Cuban Assets Control Regulations generally prohibit a person subject to U.S. jurisdiction from having direct financial transactions with the entities and sub entities on the CRL. The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security generally will deny applications to export or reexport items for use by entities or sub entities on the CRL.
Learn More🚫Termination of CHNV Parole Programs
The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") is terminating the categorical parole programs for inadmissible aliens from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela and their immediate family members (hereinafter referred to as "CHNV parole programs") that DHS announced in 2022 and 2023. This Federal Register notice is intended to provide context and guidance to the public regarding the termination of the CHNV parole programs and related employment authorization.
Learn More📜OFAC Extends Recordkeeping to 10 Years for Businesses
The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing this final rule to adopt, without change, an interim final rule to amend the Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations (the "Regulations"), extending certain recordkeeping requirements from five to 10 years, consistent with the statute of limitations for violations of certain sanctions administered by OFAC.
Learn More🚢New USCG Conditions of Entry for Vessels from Cuba
The Coast Guard announces that it will impose conditions of entry on vessels arriving from the Republic of Cuba. Conditions of entry are intended to protect the United States from vessels arriving from foreign ports or places that have been found to have deficient anti-terrorism measures.
Learn More⚓Continuation of Cuba National Emergency
The President's notice renews the national emergency concerning Cuba, originally declared in 1996, due to ongoing threats to U.S. international relations. It emphasizes the need for strict vessel movement regulations to safeguard national security and prevent unauthorized entry into Cuban waters, affecting maritime activities and U.S. foreign trade.
Learn More🚫Cuba Restricted List Impacts Financial Transactions for Businesses
The Department of State is publishing a List of Restricted Entities and Subentities Associated With Cuba (Cuba Restricted List) with which direct financial transactions are generally prohibited under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR). The Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) generally will deny applications to export or reexport items for use by entities or subentities on the Cuba Restricted List.
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