OFSI updates its guidance on Permitted travel expenses for sanctions licence applications

OFSI updated its guidance, ‘Permitted travel expenses for sanctions licence applications’, to clarify its expectations of applicants and align the guidance with wider OFSI guidance and current practice. The update: 1. Clarifies that the guidance applies not only to travel undertaken by designated persons, but also to travel undertaken by legal representatives or other individuals where an OFSI licence is required to make the relevant payments; 2. Reflects current practice and expectations that applicants provide sufficient evidence at the outset and that OFSI may return an incomplete application for resubmission or refuse an application where adequate evidence was not provided; 3. Confirms that in exceptional circumstances, OFSI may license a flight in a class above that which is normally permitted; 4. Clarifies that where higher-cost travel or accommodation is not justified, OFSI may license a lower amount equivalent to permitted rates (subject to receiving sufficient evidence); 5. Confirms that each application will be assessed on its own merits; and 6. Removes outdated mileage rates and updates links to other relevant guidance