OFAC FAQ (Current) # 75 - OFAC Licenses

Date issued: Sep. 09 2026

TURBOFAC Commentary (111 words)

Notes:

[9-9-26 Update – amended to highlight the web-based application process]

Examples of requests for discretionary specific licenses made by law firms are attached to the native PDF files of certain items. See e.g. LICENSE No. UKRAINE-EO13660-2016-326950-1, LICENSE No. UKRAINE-EO13660-2016-326950-2 [Applications Included in Original PDF] for a set of license requests made by the former Director of OFAC. There is no mandated format for specific license requests, but requests made by members of the sanctions bar tend to follow a familiar pattern of reviewing the facts, the applicable law, and making a "policy argument" for why the license should be granted.