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31 C.F.R. § 515.561   Persons visiting members of their immediate family in Cuba.

Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury

Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
PART 515—CUBAN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS
Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, and Statements of Licensing Policy

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§ 515.561   Persons visiting members of their immediate family in Cuba.

(a) Visiting a family member who is a national of Cuba. Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis to persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to engage in the travel-related transactions set forth in §515.560(c) for the purpose of visiting a member of the person's immediate family who is a national of Cuba, as that term is defined in §515.302 of this part, in Cuba for a period not to exceed 14 days in duration, provided it has been at least three years since the most recent of the following three dates:

(1) If the applicant emigrated from Cuba, the date of emigration;

(2) The date the applicant left Cuba after the applicant's most recent trip to visit family there pursuant to a general license from OFAC;

(3) The date of issuance of the applicant's most recent specific license to visit family in Cuba.

(b) Visiting a family member who is not a national of Cuba. Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to engage in the travel-related transactions set forth in §515.560(c) and additional travel-related transactions that are directly incident to the purpose of visiting a member of the person's immediate family who is not a national of Cuba, as that term is defined in §515.302 of this part, in Cuba in exigent circumstances, provided the person to be visited is in Cuba pursuant to an OFAC authorization, the particular exigency has been reported to the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, and issuance of the license would support the mission of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana.

(c) For the purpose of this section, the term “member of a person's immediate family” means any spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, or sibling of that person or that person's spouse, as well as any spouse, widow, or widower of any of the foregoing.

[69 FR 33771, June 16, 2004]

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