Will I be questioned when I arrive back to the U.S.?

We ask our travellers to tell of their experience passing through border security on their return to the U.S. after visiting Cuba. The comments below are from real travellers who have visited Cuba. Were they asked questions by the immigration official, and if so, which questions? Were they asked to show paperwork? What was the reaction by the immigration official?

When returning to the U.S. you need to have your trip itinerary, travel affidavit, trip diary, and know the name of the license category of your legal trip to Cuba. See more about how to make a legal trip to Cuba

Real comments from returning travelers

Date of return: June 18, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

No-it went smooth & easy

Date of return: June 11, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

We went through customs in Miami. They stamped our boarding passes instead of our passports. They didn't ask us a single question. It was a quick process.

Date of return: June 11, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

All went smoothly.

Date of return: June 05, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? Yes

Comments:

Going to Cuba we just had to show our visa and state our license category to the airline for confirmation when printing our boarding passes. Returning to the US, we did not have any problems. We verified our passports with the C&BP officer and that was it. We weren’t asked about our license or reason for travel. It went very quickly.

Date of return: June 05, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

Immigration for us was super easy to get through. They didn't ask us any questions. The airline asked us why were were flying when we left for Cuba but that was it.

Date of return: May 23, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

I have Global Entry and it was super easy and quick. I was not asked any questions about my trip.

Date of return: May 21, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? Yes

Comments:

Yes, I put something on the FB page about what kind of questions we were asked by US immigration when we returned. Sarah Wilson was AWESOME in her responses--always quick, thorough and professional. I hope that it helps someone else out. I wish I would've been a little more prepared for that part of the trip.

Date of return: May 21, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? Yes

Comments:

Although our mission to Cuba was in support of the Cuban people the US immigration officer questioned our travel to Cuba and noted that we, " may lose our Global Entry access if we were not careful".

Date of return: May 20, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? No

Comments:

No problem reentering US

Date of return: May 16, 2025
Were you asked to show your license? Yes

Comments:

Piece of cake. No trouble at all. Was actually even pleasant this time, compared to other customs.

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