WASHINGTON, CMC – The US Department of State says it has begun a new multiple-entry visa program for Cubans. “The Obama administration believes these measures, in addition to others, will increase people-to-people contact, support civil society in Cuba and enhance the free flow of information to, from, and among the Cuban people,” said the State Department in a statement. The new program will make non-immigrant visas valid for five years instead of the current six months and valid for multiple entries.