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Financial sanctions general guidance · 6. Exceptions and licensing

6.11 Licensing timeframes

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6.11 Licensing timeframes

We aim to review all new licensing applications as soon as practicable. We will prioritise cases at times of high demand, and in particular where there are issues of personal basic needs or wider humanitarian issues at stake, which are of material impact or urgency, or which are deemed to be of particular strategic, economic or administrative importance.
If there are particular aspects of your application that you believe make your case especially urgent, please set these out clearly in your application for our consideration.
You will receive an acknowledgement with a case reference number, and we will contact you again when we have begun the formal process of review. Given the high volume of applications we receive, we will not be able to provide regular updates or respond to requests for further information during the course of our review, unless we have specifically requested further information from you.
Once you have submitted your application, please do not contact us to seek updates or discuss the status of the application unless you are directly asked to provide further information, or there has been a material change of circumstances that may require more immediate review.
Licence applications should be submitted to OFSI well in advance of the date from which the licence is required, with comprehensive supporting information. Applicants should ensure OFSI has received all the information required to enable us to make a decision about whether there is a legal basis to grant a licence.
We will send back incomplete applications or ask you for additional information where this has not been provided. Complex cases may also require further information from, or dialogue with, other parties including the United Nations and OFSI equivalents where necessary. Please note that failure to submit all the necessary information requested by OFSI will result in delays to your application being processed and may result in your application being rejected. You should not assume that a licence will be granted or engage in any activities prohibited by financial sanctions until you have received an appropriate licence from OFSI or you have been informed by OFSI that no licence is required under your application.
Where applicable general licences are in place, you should ensure any relevant transactions take place before the general licence expires rather than submitting an application for a specific licence after this date. Specific applications submitted after such an expiry date are unlikely to be prioritised.
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We aim to review all new licensing applications as soon as practicable. We will prioritise cases at times of high demand, and in particular where there are issues of personal basic needs or wider humanitarian issues at stake, which are of material impact or urgency, or which are deemed to be of particular strategic, economic or administrative importance.

If there are particular aspects of your application that you believe make your case especially urgent, please set these out clearly in your application for our consideration.

You will receive an acknowledgement with a case reference number, and we will contact you again when we have begun the formal process of review. Given the high volume of applications we receive, we will not be able to provide regular updates or respond to requests for further information during the course of our review, unless we have specifically requested further information from you.

Once you have submitted your application, please do not contact us to seek updates or discuss the status of the application unless you are directly asked to provide further information, or there has been a material change of circumstances that may require more immediate review.

Licence applications should be submitted to OFSI well in advance of the date from which the licence is required, with comprehensive supporting information. Applicants should ensure OFSI has received all the information required to enable us to make a decision about whether there is a legal basis to grant a licence.

We will send back incomplete applications or ask you for additional information where this has not been provided. Complex cases may also require further information from, or dialogue with, other parties including the United Nations and OFSI equivalents where necessary. Please note that failure to submit all the necessary information requested by OFSI will result in delays to your application being processed and may result in your application being rejected. You should not assume that a licence will be granted or engage in any activities prohibited by financial sanctions until you have received an appropriate licence from OFSI or you have been informed by OFSI that no licence is required under your application.

Where applicable general licences are in place, you should ensure any relevant transactions take place before the general licence expires rather than submitting an application for a specific licence after this date. Specific applications submitted after such an expiry date are unlikely to be prioritised.

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Licence applications must be submitted well in advance with complete supporting evidence before engaging in restricted activities.

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synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:govuk/ofsi-financial-sanctions-guidance#uk-financial-sanctions-general-guidance-8-challenging-designations-8-1-un-listings

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synthesis coverage: missing/unverified L2 9-glossary

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Change history as published

Section 6.21 amended. · 2026-05-12T09:26:45Z

Updated to reflect the closure of the OFSI Consolidated List on 28 January 2026. The UK Sanctions List is now the only source for all UK sanctions designations. · 2026-01-28T12:39:26Z

Divest investors definition amended. · 2025-11-18T09:39:36Z

Section 6.21 (HM Treasury debt exception) amended to clarify that the reference in the exception to an obligation owed by HM Treasury to a UN DP should also include an obligation owed by any other person to the UN DP in respect of HM Treasury debt. · 2025-09-22T13:53:24Z

Designated Money Service Businesses added to section 6.6. · 2025-07-24T09:36:55Z

Online form link added for sections 5.1.3, 5.3, 6.12 · 2025-07-18T10:11:47Z

Section 6.21 added · 2025-07-09T17:01:31Z

Addition to General guidance - section 5.12 - Confidential Reporting to OFSI · 2025-06-27T08:25:23Z

Link added for signing up to the new joint UK sanctions email alert service, provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI). · 2025-03-18T15:00:07Z

Section 1.2 table updated to include OTSI. · 2024-12-19T10:56:32Z

Section 6.9 General licences updated · 2024-11-18T13:06:24Z

UK financial sanctions general guidance updated · 2024-11-14T16:53:54Z

Guidance amended to include reference for inclusion of designated persons subject to the reporting requirements in Regulation 38A of the Belarus Regulations and monetary penalties for breaches of reporting obligations. · 2024-05-16T14:30:33Z

A correction has been made in relation to section 4.1 Ownership and control. Specifically, text in the second example has been corrected to reflect the exercise of control between Person A and Person B. · 2024-05-15T09:12:13Z

Definitions for extraordinary situations and extraordinary expenses in OFSI’s approach to licensing grounds section amended. · 2024-05-13T15:07:09Z

First published. · 2024-02-13T00:00:00Z

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6. Exceptions and licensing
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