A year after announcing a review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, a top State Department official hinted the Biden administration was readying to move to increase visa processing in Havana.
Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere Brian Nichols told lawmakers during a hearing this week that the State Department was planning to beef up its personnel at the U.S. Embassy in the Cuban capital.
“The president announced our intent to resume visa services, we’re working toward that, and we’ll be deploying temporary duty consular officers to Havana in the not too distant future and increasing processing there,” Nichols said Thursday.
