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Financial sanctions licensing: supplementary guidance

Guidance from OFSI for licence applications: licensing principles, delegation frameworks, and permitted 'reasonable' payments for staff and travel expenses.

Updates to this page

From:
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published:
27 February 2024
Last updated:
10 September 2026
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  1. Permitted travel expenses for sanctions licence applications guidance amended.

  2. Licensing Delegation Framework for Counter Terrorism updated

  3. Update of title and summary for page, and for the travel expenses guide.

  4. Link added for signing up to the new joint UK sanctions email alert service, provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI).

  5. Licensing Delegation Frameworks updated

  6. OFSI has published OFSI Personal Staff Payments Licensing Guidance, and upgraded OFSI Travel Licensing Guidance to the new digital guidance format.

  7. OFSI Travel Guidance added to the licensing guidance page

  8. First published.

Documents

OFSI Designated Individuals Licensing Principles

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Licensing Delegation Framework

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Licensing Delegation Framework for Counter Terrorism

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Permitted personal staff payments for sanctions licence applications

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Permitted travel expenses for sanctions licence applications

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Details

This guidance is supplemental to OFSI’s general guidance and other regime, thematic or sectoral specific guidance. Please visit our guidance pages to access these.

This page contains additional guidance in relation to UK financial sanctions licensing, covering:

  • Licensing principles
  • Delegation frameworks
  • Personal staff payments licensing guidance
  • Permitted travel expenses for sanctions licence applications

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