This article gives the contact details of the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in New Delhi, its head of mission and national day, and the visa, business, training and community facts in the MEA bilateral brief of July 2026. The contact details and the head of mission come from the MEA Protocol Division register, read on 24 September 2026.

Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in New Delhi

The register lists the head of mission as H.E. Mr. Juan Carlos Marsan Aguilera, Ambassador.

Consulates

The register lists no Cuban consulates or honorary consulates elsewhere in India. The Embassy in New Delhi is the only Cuban office listed in the register.

National day

The national day of Cuba is 1 January (Anniversary of the Revolution).

Visas

The only visa arrangement recorded in the MEA brief of July 2026 is the Agreement on Visa Exemption for Diplomatic Passport holders, signed in March 2015. As its title indicates, it covers holders of diplomatic passports only.

The brief has no information on visas for tourists, students, business visitors or workers, or on travel between the two countries. Anyone planning to travel to Cuba should confirm current requirements with the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in New Delhi. Cuban nationals travelling to India should check Indian visa requirements through official Indian government channels.

According to the MEA brief of July 2026, Indian companies have regularly participated in Cuba's largest trade exhibition, the Havana International Fair (FIHAV). In 2017, Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Suresh Prabhu led the first-ever multi-sectoral Indian delegation to FIHAV, with the participation of 28 Indian companies. Indian participation has continued intermittently in subsequent FIHAV editions.

FIEO and the Cuban Chamber of Commerce have signed an MoU identifying cooperation in priority sectors, including pharmaceuticals, tourism, renewable energy, sugar, biotechnology and infrastructure.

For pharmaceutical exporters, the brief records that Cuba's regulatory authority CECMED recognised the Indian Pharmacopoeia in 2025, and that discussions are under way on recognition of the Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeias. The agreement between HLL Lifecare Ltd. and MEDICUBA S.A. under PMBJP is to facilitate the supply of affordable generic medicines from India.

Businesses should confirm entry requirements for business travel with the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in New Delhi.

Training in India

The brief states that capacity-building cooperation under ITEC has expanded, with Cuba allotted 60 slots. These include training programmes in AI, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, sericulture and India's Digital ID ecosystem. Cuban candidates should check current courses and application procedures through official Indian government channels.

The Indian community in Cuba

According to the brief, the Indian community in Cuba is small. One of its components is people of Indian origin, descendants of Indians who came to Cuba in the early twentieth century from Jamaica and other parts of the West Indies to work on sugarcane plantations. The brief states that they are settled mostly in Guantanamo province in eastern Cuba, although there is no official record, and that they have been totally assimilated into the local community.

Since 2016, there have also been Indian labourers in Cuba, working for an international company on various real estate construction projects. Indian nationals in Cuba who need consular help should contact India's mission through official Indian government channels.

Honorary consuls

The register lists no Cuban honorary consuls in India. Where honorary consuls are appointed, their powers are limited, and visa, passport and other consular requirements should always be confirmed with the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in New Delhi.