Travelers from the Dominican Republic and Cuba can buy a travel visa for up to $1,000 for use as a visa in the U.S., but the government has stopped short of issuing the document, as many tourists had hoped.
The government’s announcement was made during a meeting of the Commission of the Economy, the body that approves and administers visas, according to a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs.
The agency will issue a revised visa in 2018, the statement said.
The announcement is the latest sign of the strained relationship between the two countries, which have fought three wars in the past 25 years, the first of which came in the early 1980s when Fidel Castro seized power.