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OFAC Updates Guidelines for Travel to Cuba

The Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control updated its Comprehensive Guidelines for License Applications to Engage in Travel-Related Transactions Involving Cuba. The update reflects changes made to the licensing criteria, and primarily deals with the section on educational exchanges…

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not involving academic study pursuant to a degree program (31 CFR Part 515, Section 515.565(b)(2)). The Application Guidelines are intended to help persons who wish to travel to Cuba to make their own determinations on whether their activities are authorized by a general license (in which case no specific license from OFAC is needed), or their activities could be authorized by a specific license from OFAC (in which case an application is required). The new guidelines are here.