UK Financial Sanctions FAQs
OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.
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OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions. These include FAQs relating to:
- Specific regimes and countries
- Licensing
- Russian oil services ban
- Definitions
Updates to this page
Published 1 May 2024Last updated
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13 new added FAQs about relevant firms.
Update history
2025-12-17 16:20
FAQ 175 added.
2025-11-27 17:13
FAQ 174 added.
2025-11-20 15:23
FAQ 173 amended to extend the subsidiaries.
2025-11-14 12:06
FAQ 173 added regarding Lukoil Bulgaria EOOD and Lukoil Neftochim Burgas AD.
2025-10-31 15:29
New FAQ 172 added, FAQs 7 and 49 withdrawn and FAQ 53 amended.
2025-10-24 13:19
New FAQs 170 and 171 added and FAQs 54 and 76 withdrawn.
2025-10-22 09:00
FAQ 169 added regarding OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7598960.
2025-09-29 16:03
FAQ 168 added
2025-09-26 14:59
FAQs 165-167 added for General Licences covering water, utility and banking bills and fees.
2025-08-19 16:34
FAQ’s Q162-164 added regarding General Licence INT/2025/6641960
2025-07-18 17:04
FAQs 154-161 added.
2025-07-17 15:01
Online form link for required payment exception added.
2025-07-10 12:10
FAQ 153 added.
2025-07-03 12:29
FAQ 149. What constitutes an economic resource? added.FAQ 150-151 for Crown Dependency or Overseas Territory added.FAQ 152 When should securities held at designated local Russian registrars be reported to OFSI? added.FAQ 123-124 moved to withdrawn FAQs.
2025-04-23 13:08
Q148 amended to remove reference to Bank Otkritie
2025-04-22 15:38
FAQs 146-148 added.
2025-03-27 15:03
1 FAQ added Q.145
2025-03-24 10:04
FAQ 1: 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).
2025-03-12 16:40
13 new added FAQs about relevant firms.
2024-12-05 17:13
FAQ 130 amended to reflect revoked General licences.
2024-11-14 16:55
FAQs 125-131 added.
2024-11-11 17:13
FAQ 124 added
2024-11-07 10:57
FAQ 123 added.
2024-11-05 13:06
FAQs 49-51, 55, 61-66, 72-73, 76 and 84 amended to reflect new Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756.
2024-10-01 11:02
FAQ added for General Licence INT/2024/4919848 and Trust services
2024-08-15 16:10
20 questions added to the Russia section
2024-07-19 14:40
FAQs added: FAQ 92, FAQ 93, FAQ 94, FAQ 95, FAQ 96, FAQ 97, FAQ 98Subheading added: Trust Services SanctionsSubheading added: General Licence INT/2024/4919848
2024-07-16 12:12
FAQs 35 and 36 added
2024-05-08 13:50
FAQ 1 was amended on 8 May 2024 to include a link to the FCDO’s E-Alert Service.
2024-05-01 10:05
First published.