Venom25

I want to travel to Italy in March, but am having trouble obtaining a visa.
I am in the United States as a permanent resident and have an expired Cuban
passport. The machines to renew the Cuban passport are broken so I can't
get a new one and I applied for a re-entry permit through INS but it does
not appear that it will get back to me in time. Does anyone know of another
way to obtain an Italian visa or equivalent document for an 11-day trip.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Philip George

In article ,
Venom25 wrote:
    >I want to travel to Italy in March, but am having trouble obtaining a visa.
    >I am in the United States as a permanent resident and have an expired Cuban
    >passport. The machines to renew the Cuban passport are broken so I can't
    >get a new one and I applied for a re-entry permit through INS but it does
    >not appear that it will get back to me in time. Does anyone know of another
    >way to obtain an Italian visa or equivalent document for an 11-day trip.
    >Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If you don't have a passport then you can't visit Europe, period. Your
US permanent residence status is irrelevant. Your country of naturalisation
is what determines your right to travel, hence you'll need a passport.

phil

Alec

"Philip George" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article ,
    > Venom25 wrote:
    > >I want to travel to Italy in March, but am having trouble obtaining a
visa.
    > >I am in the United States as a permanent resident and have an expired
Cuban
    > >passport. The machines to renew the Cuban passport are broken so I can't
    > >get a new one and I applied for a re-entry permit through INS but it does
    > >not appear that it will get back to me in time. Does anyone know of
another
    > >way to obtain an Italian visa or equivalent document for an 11-day trip.
    > >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    > If you don't have a passport then you can't visit Europe, period. Your
    > US permanent residence status is irrelevant. Your country of
naturalisation
    > is what determines your right to travel, hence you'll need a passport.
You mean 'Your nationality is what determines your right to travel ....'?
Naturalisation = taking on the citizenship of another country.

Alec

Aloisia Roemers

"Alec" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Philip George" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > In article ,
    > > Venom25 wrote:
    > > >I want to travel to Italy in March, but am having trouble obtaining a
    > visa.
    > > >I am in the United States as a permanent resident and have an expired
    > Cuban
    > > >passport. The machines to renew the Cuban passport are broken so I
can't
    > > >get a new one and I applied for a re-entry permit through INS but it
does
    > > >not appear that it will get back to me in time. Does anyone know of
    > another
    > > >way to obtain an Italian visa or equivalent document for an 11-day
trip.
    > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    > >
    > > If you don't have a passport then you can't visit Europe, period. Your
    > > US permanent residence status is irrelevant. Your country of
    > naturalisation
    > > is what determines your right to travel, hence you'll need a passport.
    > >
    > >
    > You mean 'Your nationality is what determines your right to travel ....'?
    > Naturalisation = taking on the citizenship of another country.
    > Alec

The OP never said he was naturalised, but rather a permanent resident.

In any event, you only need a reentry permit if you plan to be gone from the
US for more than one year but less than two years.

Aloisia

Vera Izrailit

Philip George wrote:

    >>I want to travel to Italy in March, but am having trouble obtaining a visa.
    >>I am in the United States as a permanent resident and have an expired Cuban
    >>passport. The machines to renew the Cuban passport are broken so I can't
    >>get a new one and I applied for a re-entry permit through INS but it does
    >>not appear that it will get back to me in time.

    > If you don't have a passport then you can't visit Europe, period.

Of course you can. European countries accept American re-enrty permit
as a travel document without any problems. The OP's problem is that he
does nat have a re-entry permit, either.

--
Vera Izrailit