{"id":7370,"date":"2025-01-10T15:25:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?page_id=7370"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:56:17","slug":"international-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/export-control\/international-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"International Travel and Export Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) provides export compliance review for all international travel<\/strong> at the University of Maine, whether research related or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When traveling internationally for university business or with university property, export control restrictions may apply depending on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The export compliance team in the Office of Research Compliance (ORC) can help you determine if any export restrictions apply to your destination(s), if any export licenses or documented use of a license exception are needed for physical exports, and provide Restricted Party Screening of foreign colleagues and foreign institutions or other entities you plan to engage with on your trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While travel to most countries doesn\u2019t on its own trigger export control concerns, travel to an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Sanctioned Country (external link)<\/a>, including but not limited to Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Syria, may require the university to secure a license for the travel before your trip. Countries subject to Military End Use Controls, including China (including<\/em> Hong Kong), Burma, Cambodia, Nicaragua, or Venezuela, require extra due diligence, and many activities and\/or exports there may trigger licensing requirements. Please alert the export compliance team at <\/a>um.export@maine.edu<\/a> as early as possible if you plan to travel to a sanctioned country or country subject to Military End Use controls, regardless of your trip\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When leaving the country, everything<\/em> taken with you is considered an export. The physical items, the underlying technology, and any data which may reside on them are all subject to export control regulations, even if the export is temporary<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the university\u2019s purposes, ORC only needs to know about 91르적-owned<\/strong><\/em> equipment, supplies, devices, etc. being taken abroad. (Personal Items?<\/strong> Complete Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Form 4457 [external link]<\/a> to register personal items for re-entry to the United States [U.S.]) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Regardless of whether items taken abroad are 91르적-owned or <\/em>personally owned<\/strong>, it is the traveler\u2019s <\/em>responsibility to ensure that equipment, electronic devices, files, data, and presentations do not contain any export-controlled technical data or technology, and to coordinate with the export compliance team in ORC to determine if any applicable licensing or filing requirements apply to their export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ORC\u2019s export compliance team is notified of university international travel that is submitted in Concur, and will reach out to inquire about planned exports. However, travelers with planned exports are also encouraged to review ORC\u2019s guidance on Physical Exports<\/a> and Export Compliance and Travel with Portable Electronic Devices<\/a> and proactively<\/em> contact the export compliance team<\/strong> at <\/a>um.export@maine.edu<\/a> well ahead of your trip, especially if you plan to take a large number of items with you, so that there is adequate time to assist you. As noted in the two guidance pages, you will want to ensure you keep copies of export documentation, such as documents for customs, with you when you travel!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Any time a university-owned device is taken abroad, it is considered to be an export by the university and thus is subject to the same review process. In this scenario, it is the traveler\u2019s responsibility to notify ORC of this export since the travel is personal and isn\u2019t in Concur. Please follow the instructions above and contact um.export@maine.edu<\/a> if questions arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Where are you going?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are you taking with you? (i.e., Physical Exports)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Personal Travel with University-Owned Devices<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
What is the purpose of your trip?<\/h3>\n\n\n