31 C.F.R. § 500.565   Family remittances to nationals of Vietnam and Cambodia.


Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury


Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 500—FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS
Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations and Statements of Licensing Policy

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§ 500.565   Family remittances to nationals of Vietnam and Cambodia.

(a) The remittances specified in this section are authorized to be made to any close relative of the remitter or of the remitter's spouse, provided that the relative is a national of Vietnam or Cambodia, is a resident of Vietnam, Cambodia, or a country to which private remittances to nationals are not generally prohibited pursuant to this chapter, and is not a specially designated national.

(b) Remittances made pursuant to this section may be made only as follows:

(1) For the support of the payee, or for the support of the payee and members of his household, in amounts not exceeding $300 in any consecutive 3-month period to any one payee or to any household; and

(2) For the purpose of enabling the payee to emigrate from Vietnam or Cambodia, in an amount not exceeding $750, to be made only once to any one payee, provided that the payee is a resident of and within Vietnam or Cambodia.

(c) The term close relative used with respect to any person means spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, nephew, niece or spouse, widow, or widower of any of the foregoing.

(d) The term member of a household used with respect to any person means a close relative sharing a common dwelling with such person.

(e) This section does not authorize remittances from blocked accounts.

(f) Specific licenses may be issued authorizing a U.S. financial institution to establish direct correspondent banking relations with a Vietnamese or Cambodian bank or banks for the sole purpose of facilitating the remittance of funds authorized by this section.

[56 FR 20349, May 3, 1991]

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