Foreign travel by USAO personnel must be authorized in advance by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) . See JM 3-8.730. Foreign travel involving Departmental attorneys must be approved by their component.

All AUSAs and Department attorneys traveling overseas in connection with a criminal matter must also obtain approval from the Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs (OIA).

All AUSAs and Department attorneys traveling overseas in connection with international criminal justice sector capacity building and assistance efforts funded through the Departments of State and Defense, including prosecutorial, law enforcement, and judicial workshops and symposia and assistance efforts, shall notify the Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) for travel concurrence. For activities requiring notification to OPDAT that are solely related to assistance to foreign law enforcement offices, OPDAT will coordinate with the Criminal Division’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) regarding travel concurrence.

Travelers should contact EOUSA, OIA, and/or OPDAT, as appropriate, well in advance of their intended departure date because foreign clearances take time.

[updated April 2018]