International Travel

International Travel to High-Risk Areas

Per the University of Texas System (UTS) Policy 190, any faculty or staff member, student, postdoctoral fellow, medical resident, clinical fellow, and person in any other role officially associated with the university who is traveling pursuant to university business (regardless of if funding is provided) or on a university sponsored program to a country with a U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory Level 3 or higher, and where the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Travel Health Notices is level 4 must submit a waiver to the Office of International Services for the International Oversight Committee (IOC) to review and approve prior to travel.

In some cases, certain areas within countries classified as Level 2 have regions of elevated risk (at a Level 3 or 4). Thus, UT Health San Antonio may also require international travel waivers based on the specific locality of travel.

International Travel Process

Visit the Office of International Services Sharepoint, and under the accordion select the International Travel Waiver for Faculty, Staff, and Students Travel to Restricted Regions tab.

Executive Order GA-48

In compliance with Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order EO-GA-48, employees are required to provide information on personal travel to one of the six (6) identified countries designated by the by the U.S. Department of Commerce as foreign adversaries under 15. C.F.R. Section 791.4.  Currently, those countries are as follows:

1. Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region (China)
2. Republic of Cuba (Cuba)
3. Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran)
4. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
5. Russian Federation (Russia); and
6. Venezuelan politician Nicolás Maduro (Maduro Regime).

Employees must notify their supervisor of their personal travel.