Americans can now legally Travel to Cuba under 12 general licenses. Americans need to certify that their trip fits one of the 12 permitted criteria's which include...

1. FAMILY VISITS (515.561a)                                                         Visiting a close relative in Cuba or who is a Cuban national related to me by blood, marriage, or adoption.
2. U.S.  AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL (515.562)      Employee,contractor or grantee of the United States government or any foreign government  or representative of an organization of which the United States is a member, and I am traveling on official business of my government or intergovernmental organization.
3. JOURNALIST ACTIVITIES (515.563)                                         I am traveling to Cuba directly to engage in journalistic activities,employed as a journalist by news reporting organization, or regularly employed as supporting broadcast or technical person.
4. PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH / MEETING (515.564)                       I am a full-time professional whose travel transactions are directly related to any profession.
5. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES (515.565a)                                      I am a faculty member, staff person or student.
6. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE TRAVEL (515.565b)                                   The travel is for the purpose of engaging while in Cuba in a full time schedule of activities intended to enhance contact with the Cuban people.
7. RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (515.566)                                            I am a person subject to the U.S jurisdiction, including religious organizations located in the U.S and members and staff of such organizations, traveling to Cuba directly incident to engaging in a schedule of full time religious activities in Cuba.                                      
8. PUBLIC PERFORMANCES / ATHLETIC /OTHERS                  I am a person whose travel to Cuba is directly incident to athletic competitions by amateur  or semi-professional athletic or athletics teams traveling to participate in athletic competition in Cuba provided that (1) the competition is held under the auspices of the international sports federation for the relevant sport (2) the U.S participants are selected by the U.S federation for the relevant sport (3) competition must be open to the public.                           
9.  SUPPORT OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE (515.574)                          I am a person whose travel to Cuba is directly incident to promoting independent  activities intended to strengthen civil society in Cuba and the schedule of activities does not include  free time or recreation in excess of that consistent with a full time schedule.
10.  HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS (515.575)                                     Humanitarian projects in or relation to Cuba are designed to benefit the Cuban people.
11.  ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE              FOUNDATIONS/RESEARCH/EDUCATIONAL        INSTITUTIONS (515.576)                                                               A person whose travel to Cuba directly incident to activities by private foundations or research, or educational institutions with an established interest in international relations to collect information related to Cuba for non-commercial purposes.
12. TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO INFORMATION & INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS (515.545)                                  A person whose travel to Cuba is directly incident to exportation, importation or informational materials the schedule of such activities does not included free time or recreational in excess of the consistent with a full time schedule.                                               (FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT... www.cubasupporttours.com)