Can you travel to the USA if you've been to Cuba before? (British citizen)

[balin]

Finding all the info online a bit confusing. Has anyone been or know if you can travel to the States having been to Cuba previously?

Also, what are the rules around passport expiry. I will have about 3 months left on my passport at the time of travel. Would I be ok to travel with this? Or if I look to renew my passport (says it takes approx 10 weeks!) can you travel in the meantime while waiting for a new passport? My current passport will have <6 months left. Thanks!

I didn't know this!

Yes, the rules changed at the beginning of 2021. If you've traveled to Cuba since 2011, you are not eligible to apply for an ESTA so need a full visa. There is now a question on the front page of the ESTA application about Cuba so it makes it fairly clear.

However, if you don't have Cuban stamps (or have a new passport) I don't know if the border force will know... I didn't dare risk it but I know some people would and do.

It depends when you went to Cuba. If after January 2021 then you need a full visa, otherwise you can apply for an ESTA.
For passport validity you just need the passport to be valid for the duration of your trip.

I went to Florida in October. I had travelled to Cuba on the same passport in 2016. The passport also had less than 3 months left on it.

The rules have changed since.

Please could posters stop posting really out of date information. It's not helpful.

@balin technically you need a visa rather than an esta but the only way the USA will know you've been to Cuba is if you have a stamp in your passport. Either ask the Cuban authorities not to stamp it or replace it before travel to USA. This worked for a friend of mine.

To be fair, I didn't say this information is 100% accurate and you definitely don't need further info. I saw that someone had traveled to the US in 2014 so I thought I'd add my slightly later travel... I didn't deliberately set out to mislead OP just shared what I had experienced

I went to Cuba 2020 and USA summer 2022, there was nothing on the ESTA form about Cuba, it must be very recently added if it's now a question on there.