To further safeguard University of Michigan community members who are traveling, faculty, staff and students are now required to receive pre-approval before visiting higher-risk locations abroad.

This change impacts travelers from all three campuses and Michigan Medicine, who are bound for locations designated as higher risk by U-M’s evacuation assistance provided Crisis24, whether the travel is for U-M Related Travel or for leisure.

Receiving pre-approval will ensure travelers are eligible for political or natural disaster evacuation coverage through Crisis24, which is contracted through the GeoBlue Travel Abroad Health Insurance.

Pre-approval instructions vary by traveler type and are available on:

• Global Michigan’s Crisis24 page.
• Each affected country’s risk rating page.
• Requirements pages for each traveler group:
  • Faculty and staff on UMRT.
  • Graduate students on U-M Related Travel. (Note: Undergraduate students are prohibited from traveling to higher-risk locations for the purposes of university work or study.)
  • Faculty, staff and students on leisure travel.

Countries deemed higher risk that require pre-approval include Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia (Tigray region only), Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria (Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, and northern Adamawa states only), North Korea, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen.

For more information or questions about this new process, email [email protected].