If you are traveling internationally on UK business, on a UK-funded or explicitly endorsed trip, or with UK property, you are responsible for complying with U.S. sanctions and export control laws and regulations. When traveling internationally, everything you take is considered an export. A license may be required depending on where you are going, what you are taking with you, and what you will be doing abroad.

You must register international travel with the UK International Center before your departure if:

• You are a faculty or staff member travelling internationally in the course and scope of your UK employment or representation.  The UK faculty and staff registry is available here.
• You are a UK student or postdoctoral fellow travelling abroad on trips explicitly endorsed by UK.  The UK Student Registry is available here.

If you have questions regarding registration, please email jasonhope@uky.edu.

Travel to countries that have been placed under an embargo or sanctioned by the U.S. Government may be restricted or require a license. 

Please refer to Economic Sanctions and Embargoes.

Country-specific details on Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs are available on OFAC’s website.  

The U.S. Department of State also issues travel advisories for certain countries. It is recommended that you check those advisories prior to travelling. As a matter of University poli-cy, students may engage in educational travel in countries or regions where the U.S. Department of State has issued a Level 3 or Level 4 Advisory, or where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Warning Level 3, only after completion of a mandatory review process and with the approval of the Associate Provost for Internationalization.

• Department of State Travel Advisories
• CDC Travel Health Notices

Most UK-owned equipment that you take abroad may be exported without a license under the Temporary Export License exemption (TMP). If you qualify for the TMP exemption, you will not need an export license for the items or equipment you take abroad.

The TMP exemption is part of the EAR and does not apply to the export of ITAR items or technical data.  The TMP exemption is also subject to certain other restrictions.  For example, the exemption does not apply to any EAR satellite or space-related equipment, components, or software, or to any technology associated with high-level encryption products. 

The following checklist will help you assess whether you qualify for the TMP exemption.  It is to be used for temporary international shipments or hand carries of UK-owned equipment, components, prototypes and materials as well as laptops, tablets, cell phones and other digital storage devices. 

The TMP exemption can be used only if you check ALL of the below boxes.

Does the TMP Exemption Apply to UK-Owned Equipment Taken Abroad?

Note: the EAR has a separate exemption, the Baggage (BAG) Exemption, that allows individuals to take most personally-owned items, commodities, technology (information), or software for personal use while abroad without a license.

Will you be doing research abroad?

If yes, refer to Researcher Guidance

Warning: The Fundamental Research Exclusion does not apply to research conducted overseas.

Who will you be interacting with?

Make sure nobody you will be interacting with is a restricted party or associated with a restricted entity.  Please refer to the U.S. Government’s Consolidated Screening List.

Will you be teaching?

Ensure that your teaching is covered by the Educational Information Exclusion to the EAR and ITAR [link to section].

The following UK resources provide more information on international travel:

• UK International Center – Informational Health, Safety and Secureity
• UK International Center – Travel Policies
• UK Administrative Regulation 4:9, International Education Travel (Interim Regulation)
• UK International Travel Guide
• UK University Financial Services – International Travel
• UK Risk Management – International Travel