OFAC Regulations for People to People Travel

(b) Specific licenses. Specific licenses

may be issued on a case-by-case basis

authorizing the travel-related

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and

other transactions directly incident to:

(1) An individual’s educational

activities of the types described in

paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(4) of this

section but not authorized by the

general license contained in paragraph

(a) of this section;

(2) Educational exchanges not 

involving academic study pursuant to a

degree program when those exchanges

take place under the auspices of an

organization that sponsors and

organizes such programs to promote

people-to-people contact; 

§ 515.570 Remittances

[General license]

(b) Periodic $500 remittances 

authorized. Persons subject to the

jurisdiction of the United States are

authorized to make remittances to

Cuban nationals, including, but not

limited to, remittances to support the

development of private businesses,

provided that:

(1) The remitter’s total remittances

pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section

to any one Cuban national do not

exceed $500 in any consecutive three-

month period;

[The above provision will allow  indirect follow-up support to institutions visited via publicly reported donations to responsible staff. Direct institutional support requires a  specific license, see below, and is limited to non-governmental entities.]

(g) Specific licenses. Specific licenses

may be issued on a case-by-case basis

authorizing the following:

(1) Remittances by persons subject to

U.S. jurisdiction to independent non-

governmental entities in Cuba,

including but not limited to pro-

democracy groups and civil society

groups, and to members of such groups

or organizations, or to individuals or

independent non-governmental entities

to support the development of private

businesses, including small farms