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What investment option or options qualify?

Owning or renting a dwelling in a real-estate complex ('complejo inmobiliario') in Cuba, as a foreign natural person.

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  • Recorded source · www.granma.cu
    Se clasifican como residentes de inmobiliarias las personas naturales extranjeras propietarias o arrendatarias de viviendas en complejos inmobiliarios en el territorio nacional y sus familiares extranjeros residentes en esos inmuebles.

What official minimum amount, tier or threshold applies to each relevant option?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the official minimum investment for each option.

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  • Read Ley Art. 3 e), Reglamento Arts. 92, 93, 94.2 f), 119 and Res. 343 (Finance) in full: no minimum purchase price, rent level, tier or threshold appears. Res. 343 sets document-tax amounts only for Cuban passports and emigrado residence, not for this category.

How long must the investment be maintained and what continuing ownership, investment or physical-presence conditions are important?

The status depends on the ownership or tenancy continuing: the Ministry of Tourism must notify the Immigration Directorate when the causes that justified the real-estate-resident visa cease. The official source does not state a minimum holding period, resale restriction or physical-presence requirement.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum holding period, resale restriction or physical-presence requirement is stated.
  • Recorded source · www.granma.cu
    El Ministerio de Turismo comunicará a la Dirección de Inmigración y Extranjería, a los efectos procedentes, el cese de las causas que motivaron el otorgamiento a un extranjero o persona sin ciudadanía, de la visa de Residente de Inmobiliaria y que determinó su admisión en Cuba bajo esa clasificación.

Which family members can be included where officially stated, and what broad residence/work rights result?

Foreign family members who need it for their stay in Cuba are included: the admission request filed by officials designated by the Minister of Tourism covers the owner or tenant and those family members. The official source does not state which relatives count or any work right.

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Limits of the record
  • Which relatives count is not enumerated; the definition (Reglamento Art. 92, cited under R1) covers 'familiares extranjeros residentes en esos inmuebles'.
  • No work right and no other residence right is stated for the holder or the family.
  • Recorded source · www.granma.cu
    Los funcionarios designados por el Ministro de Turismo formularán la solicitud de admisión de extranjeros o personas sin ciudadanía que sean propietarios o arrendatarios de vivienda en complejos inmobiliarios, así como a sus familiares extranjeros que lo requieran para su estancia en Cuba.

What status is obtained, how is it renewed, what longer-term residence/citizenship direction is officially stated, and what happens to the investment when relevant?

The status is 'residente de inmobiliaria' (real-estate resident): admitted for one year, renewable successively for further one-year terms. The official source does not state a path to permanent residence or citizenship or what happens to the property on exit.

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Limits of the record
  • No path to permanent residence or citizenship is stated for this category.
  • No rule on the property at exit is stated; the Ministry of Tourism reports cessation of the qualifying cause (Reglamento Art. 119, cited under R3).
  • Recorded source · www.granma.cu
    Los extranjeros clasificados como residentes de inmobiliarias, podrán ser admitidos en Cuba por un año, prorrogable sucesivamente por igual término.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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