US reopens visa, consular services at Cuban embassy

The United States Embassy in Cuba fully resumed visa and consular services Wednesday. The Embassy confirmed this week it would begin processing immigrant visas, with a priority placed on permits to reunite Cubans with family in the US, and others like the diversity visa lottery.

The renewal of visa work at the embassy comes after a series of migration talks and visits by US officials to Havana in recent months, and may also be the sign of a slow thawing between the two governments. Visa and consular services were closed on the island in 2017 after embassy staff were afflicted in a series of health incidents, alleged sonic attacks that remain largely unexplained.