OFSI amends permitted travel expenses guidance within its sanctions licensing suite

OFSI's supplementary financial sanctions licensing guidance collects five HTML documents covering licensing principles, two delegation frameworks and permitted payments for staff and travel. The page was last updated on 10 September 2026 when the travel expenses guidance was amended. This is a reference point for anyone preparing licence applications for designated persons, and the update history shows where OFSI's thinking has shifted.

• OFSI last updated the page on 10 September 2026, amending the permitted travel expenses guidance for sanctions licence applications.
• The page gathers five HTML documents, including licensing principles, two delegation frameworks and permitted payments for staff and travel.
• The Licensing Delegation Framework for Counter Terrorism was updated on 2 February 2026, and the delegation frameworks were updated on 21 October 2024.
• OFSI published its Personal Staff Payments Licensing Guidance and moved the Travel Licensing Guidance to the digital format on 12 June 2024.
• This guidance is supplemental to OFSI's general, regime, thematic and sectoral guidance.

Executive summary

OFSI's "Financial sanctions licensing: supplementary guidance" page was first published on 27 February 2024 and was last updated on 10 September 2026. The 10 September 2026 change amended the permitted travel expenses guidance for sanctions licence applications. The page is…

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