Permanent residence for canadian and child in Cuba

Ya, that was somewhat ambiguous. Yorgos, please elaborate.

In my case, need to know, because i will be doing a PR application. At the end of next year, in Cuba.

I'll let you know how mine goes gres, it may be busier for Habana than for Holguin but it's anyone's guess. Even a year ago, a girlfriend of mine did her PR, in Holguin, and it was only 2 months for approval and the other 3 recent ones I mentioned on the other forum, were all outside Habana. However, that's considering when they submit their paperwork in their respective provinces, everything has to be sent to Habana for processing anyways.

True.

Yorgos.... My wife always has her stuff put on a scale. My wife also has a PRE. She had yet to pay anything but that's because i am strict with the amount of baggage she brings. I'm not paying 10cuc per kilo.

We almost always fly into varadero.

They did try to scam her, once, on having insurance. We are covered by my companies insurance, including Cuba. They tried to scam her into buying Assistur. The agent said, i can do that for you...$300cuc.... For one week.... Lol
I got worried when the lights in the arrival area were turned off and she was not out of the airport. She basically told them, i am not paying it. You want to spend the night arguing, I'm game...lol

My mother in law and niece were here last summer. All returned way over the weight limit, including a bicycle. They were checked but we're not assessed any duty. Reason given... My MIL is retired, my niece is a minor. Not going to argue....lol

My MIL was back here this winter. Same thing, no duty on her return. 50 kilos.

Me, 2 minor experiences.... Didn't pay anything after all was said and done. Didn't even need to bribe anyone...lol

All cases I have mentioned are in Havana.
As for customs, I'm flying in tomorrow and there will be several Cubans flying with me, will keep an eye for other Cubans as well and will report on what % will be stopped.

even if canadians bring (import) stuff and the aduana checks them and sees it very rarely a canadian will have to pay anything...(the reason why i always give the important gifts to my wife to bring in her luggage lol)

on another hand...for those living in cuba for more than 4 months...how much are you spending here? (provided you live in your own house not a casa particular) and how do you deal with the lack of services and amenities we have in canada?

How much one spends can vary considerably. It depends on YOU. No way i could give you a meaningful ballpark.

If you don't mind me asking.... You don't know ? You said you are Cuban and spend most of your time in Cuba. A pretty stupid question, based on what you have already said.

Conclusion.... You are not Cuban and have spent precious little time, if any, outside of a resort. If true, nothing to be ashamed of. Just don't bs.

Flew in today from south America into Havana after four days abroad. None of my Cuban co- travelers were stopped by customs, nor any passenger who didn't have huge boxes to import. I will kindly repeat that some blanket comments here are just generalisations of individual experience and should not be taken literally.

There is no right and wrong answer, everyone posts their personal experience and the experiences of those they know or talked to...that's the thing about Cuba, nothing ever goes the same way from one traveller to the next. EVERYTHING that gets posted is subjective to that person's relative experience. The whole point of posting is for others to be AWARE of these different experiences, not that they WILL happen but they CAN happen, it's simply a matter of being prepared. One person always gets stopped and checked and another never does, doesn't make one person's experience any less valid than the other.

Every Cuban forum I've ever been on over the last 17 years seems to project some sort of "competition" as to who's information is right vs wrong or who knows more about Cuba. Cuba is a place with many hypocrasies and rules that change day to day, week to week, month to month depending on where in Cuba you go, who you deal with, what mood they're in that day. The best ANY of us can do is to put our experiences out there so that people are aware of what CAN happen.

Just the other day it was about timelines to get a PR...one poster put that there are long processing times. I posted that I know of 3 people recently who got their PR in under 3 months...well another person recently got notice that their PR was approved and it was just under 4 months. Again, there is no definitive timeframe, immigration in Cuba will tell you 3-12 months, so it can be 2-3 months or it can be 12 and anywhere in between, those are the facts.

All posts are subjective, and we would all do well to remember that.