Identity card for foreigners (Carné de Identidad para Extranjeros), Republic of Cuba

Name/Title

Identity card for foreigners ("Carné de Identidad para Extranjeros"), Republic of Cuba

Entry/Object ID

2025.11.5

Description

A small stapled identity booklet, printed in black: "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA" across the top, the Cuban national coat of arms (shield with key, rising sun, and royal palm, flanked by oak and laurel branches beneath a Phrygian cap on a fasces) at center, and "CARNE DE IDENTIDAD / PARA EXTRANJEROS" below. Only the front cover is shown.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.11

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

2/17/1983

Time Period

1980s

Notes

Maker / Issuing authority: Republic of Cuba — issued by the Cuban state's identification/immigration authority (Ministry of the Interior; today the Dirección de Identificación, Inmigración y Extranjería).

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

"REPÚBLICA DE CUBA"; Cuban coat of arms; "CARNE DE IDENTIDAD PARA EXTRANJEROS." Interior not recorded.

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Printed card-stock/light-board booklet cover (stapled binding). Technique: Offset/letterpress-printed paperboard booklet cover.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Alexey Klimenko

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use

Research Notes

Notes

Document type: the Carné de Identidad para Extranjeros is the foreigner's counterpart to the Cuban citizen's Carné de Identidad, issued to non-citizens residing in Cuba by the Interior Ministry's identification/immigration authority.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

August 20, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026