GPP International Travel Decision Matrix
Faculty/staff overseeing students and other non-employees who are traveling on Purdue-sponsored programs going to destinations on any list below or parallel Travel Advisory statuses (below) need need to first request an exception, i.e. a “waiver,” from the Purdue Security and Risk Assessment Committee (SRAC) at least two months in advance. Protocol documents are designed for short-term individual students and groups as well as establishing permanent programs. Sponsoring faculty/staff are required to attend to related tasks before participant departure.
Faculty/staff going to destinations on any list below or parallel Travel Advisory statuses (below) need Department Head approval as described in the grid below.
- OFAC-Sanction countries: The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control is the definitive source of OFAC-sanction countries; see Sanctions Programs and Country Information.
- Federal Foreign Adversary: The Code of Federal Regulations is the definitive source; see Code of Federal Regulations.
- Countries of Particular Concern: The U.S. Department of State is the definitive source; see "Countries of Concern" of this specific website.
- DOS Travel Advisories: The U.S. Department of State map is the definitive source to determine Travel Advisory levels including those “Level 2- Exercise Increased Caution- Contains Areas With Higher Security Risk” (2+).
Please direct questions about student travel to the Purdue Office of Programs for Study Abroad (765-494-2383; sa@purdue.edu) and questions about faculty/staff travel to the Purdue Travel Office.
[ * ] Note: Staff includes graduate students only if under the auspices of holding a graduate staff appointment and conducting activities to fulfill those obligations while abroad all while being in paid status.
UPDATE: 10/17/23: Due to State Department travel guidance, university-related travel to Israel and the West Bank and Gaza is paused until the State Department revises guidance. Personal travel is up to the individual.
QUESTION #1: What is the Department of State Travel Advisory (per map indicators) for each country of activity? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories.html/