Fundamental Research Letter

This letter will be of assistance for international travel by Stanford foreign national researchers from countries for which stringent visa export control reviews are required.  The letter should be shown to US consular officers at the time of visa submission.   The letter documents that research performed at Stanford is categorized as unrestricted "fundamental research" and thus outside the scope of U.S export controls.

To obtain a signed letter from Stanford's Export Control Office, the international traveler's faculty advisor must email the Export Control Office and introduce the request in the body of the email.  The email must also include as an attachment a completed fundamental research letter template.