FAQs for Deemed Exports:
FAQs for United Kingdom Consignee Undertaking (UKCU):
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An export of technology or source code
(except encryption source code) is "deemed"
to take place when it is released to a
foreign national within the United States.
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Technology is defined as:
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Cisco must apply for an export license for a foreign national under the deemed export
rule when both of the following conditions are met:
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Any foreign national is subject to the deemed export rule except a foreign
national who is either
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Foreign nationals from the following two country groups (D:1 and E:1)
are subject to the deemed export rule.
D:1 County Group
E:1 Country Group
An individual from Cuba requires a license for employment even if restricted access is not required. Return to Top A:
The Cisco Controlled Technology Transfer Assessment form is a series of
questions regarding a new employee’s citizenship status.. The form is included in
all new hire packets. All new hires and employees retained from an acquisition
must fill out the form. Forms filled out by foreign nationals from designated
countries will be forwarded to Global Export Trade by Human Resources to assess
whether a deemed export license will be required.
Click here to access the Cisco Controlled Technology Transfer
Assessment form.
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Please send via fax the following five items to 1-408-877-1714 or send them as PDF file attachments to
foreign-national-license@cisco.com
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The Foreign National Export License Application review process may take up to 45 days to complete after the documents are submitted to the Bureau of Industry and Security. During this time, the U.S. Department of Commerce may contact Global Export Trade for additional information regarding a foreign national.
All license applicants must be prepared to readily provide what is required. Failure to provide complete and accurate information will cause the Foreign National Export License Application to be rejected. Approval is not guaranteed.
Return to Top FAQs for United Kingdom Consignee Undertaking (UKCU):A: The forwarder must be asked to sign the UKCU. Only when the forwarder refuses to sign the UKCU (and also doesn’t propose any changes to the text) than the end-user may be asked to sign the UKCU. A UKCU signed by the end-user is also valid for this combination ship-to (forwarder) / end-user for 1 year. Return to Top A: The UKCU may be accepted if it is evident from the UKCU that the ship-to party is related to the bill-to party (for instance the names of the parties are the same). Both parties must be in the same country.
Return to Top A: A single UKCU is required per ship-to address. However, an entity may list all of their ship-to sites in one country in an attachment to the UKCU.
Return to Top A: The ship-to address doesn’t have to match the address on the company letterhead. The name of the ship-to party must match the company letterhead (or otherwise the relationship between the companies must be clearly evident from the UKCU.
Return to Top A: In the scenario whereby for instance a forwarder is acting as intermediate consignee of a customer (for instance UPS acting as intermediate consignee (c/o) of customer A), the customer (ultimate consignee) should be asked to sign the UKCU. Return to Top A: The text of the UKCU is prescribed by the UK authorities. Any changes to the text proposed by the ship-to party, which is not described in any of this FAQ, should be cleared with GET first before accepting the UKCU.
Return to Top A: No, there is no standard UKCU for forwarders. For now, every change in the UKCU need to be cleared with GET first. Return to Top A: Global Export Trade: export@cisco.com
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