---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 515.561"
title: "31"
number: "515.561"
heading: "Family visits."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/515.561"
---

# §515.561. Family visits.

- (a) **General license.** Persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and persons traveling with them who share a common dwelling as a family with them are authorized to engage in the travel-related transactions set forth in [§ 515.560(c)](/cfr/31/515.560.md?p=c) and such additional transactions as are directly incident to: visiting a close relative, as defined in [§ 515.339](/cfr/31/515.339.md), who is a national of Cuba or a person ordinarily resident in Cuba; or visiting a close relative located in Cuba or accompanying a close relative traveling to Cuba pursuant to the authorizations in [§ 515.562](/cfr/31/515.562.md) (official government business), [§ 515.563](/cfr/31/515.563.md) (journalistic activity), [§ 515.564(a)(1)](/cfr/31/515.564.md?p=a-1) (professional research), § [515.565(a)(1)(1) through (4)](/cfr/31/515.565.md?p=a-1-1..a-1-4) and [(6)](/cfr/31/515.565.md?p=a-1-6) (educational activities), [§ 515.566](/cfr/31/515.566.md) (religious activities), [§ 515.575](/cfr/31/515.575.md) (humanitarian projects), or [§ 515.576](/cfr/31/515.576.md) (activities of private foundations or research or educational institutes). Nothing in this paragraph authorizes a direct financial transaction prohibited by [§ 515.209](/cfr/31/515.209.md), or the lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for or on behalf of a third party to lodge, at any property on the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List to the extent prohibited by [§ 515.210](/cfr/31/515.210.md).
- (b) **Specific licenses.** Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing the travel-related transactions set forth in [§ 515.560(c)](/cfr/31/515.560.md?p=c) and such other transactions as are related to family visits that do not qualify for the general license under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) An entire group does not qualify for the general license in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section merely because some members of the group qualify individually.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 2295, Jan. 16, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 56922, Sept. 21, 2015; 82 FR 52000, Nov. 9, 2017; 85 FR 60071, Sept. 24, 2020; 87 FR 35089, June 9, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2370(a), 6001-6010, 7201-7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 4301-4341; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 22 U.S.C. 6021-6091; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 111-8, 123 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034; E.O. 9989, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 748; Proc. 3447, 27 FR 1085, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 157; E.O. 12854, 58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 614.

### Source

Source: 28 FR 6974, July 9, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 2295, Jan. 16, 2015, as amended at 80 FR 56922, Sept. 21, 2015; 82 FR 52000, Nov. 9, 2017; 85 FR 60071, Sept. 24, 2020; 87 FR 35089, June 9, 2022]