The following locations require Crisis24 pre-approval before departure:

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Belarus
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ethiopia (Tigray region only)
• Haiti
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jordan
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mali
• Myanmar
• Niger
• Nigeria (Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, and northern Adamawa states only)
• North Korea
• Oman
• Palestinian Territories
• Pakistan
• Qatar
• Republic of South Sudan
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Syria
• Somalia
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates
• Venezuela
• Yemen

• Undergraduate students are prohibited from traveling to a U-M Travel Restriction destination, including all Crisis24 pre-approval locations, for University of Michigan Related Travel (UMRT).
• For Graduate students on U-M Related Travel, your completed Individual Safety Plan will serve as your Crisis24 Pre-departure Disclosure Request Form. See your destination’s Country Risk Rating page for details.
  • Graduate students must have Crisis24 approval before arriving at designated higher risk locations in order to be eligible for their political and natural disaster evacuation insurance.
  • Graduate students who do not complete this process are taking the risk of not having Crisis24 political and natural disaster evacuation coverage in locations that are considered higher risk by Crisis24. U-M relies on Crisis24 to facilitate all U-M evacuations, and U-M has limited to no ability to facilitate evacuations for travelers without Crisis24 insurance coverage.
  • Submit your Individual Safety Plan at least six weeks before departure since the Crisis24 review can take up to three weeks. Travelers are encouraged to verify Crisis24 evacuation capability for Crisis24 higher risk destinations before finalizing travel plans.

For questions, contact [email protected].

Faculty & Staff on University of Michigan Related Travel (UMRT) going to any of these locations must follow these steps:

1. Register travel in the U-M Travel Registry
2. Complete the Crisis24 Prior Approval Request Form.
3. Send the completed form to [email protected]. Crisis24 will notify the traveler whether the request is “approved” or “denied.”
   • Faculty & Staff must have Crisis24 approval before arriving at designated higher-risk locations in order to be eligible for their political and natural disaster evacuation insurance.
   • Faculty & Staff who do not complete this process are taking the risk of not having Crisis24 political and natural disaster evacuation coverage in locations that are considered higher risk by Crisis24. U-M relies on Crisis24 to facilitate all U-M evacuations, and U-M has limited to no ability to facilitate evacuations for travelers without Crisis24 insurance coverage.
   • Submit your Crisis24 Prior Approval Request Form early since the Crisis24 review can take up to three weeks. Travelers are encouraged to verify Crisis24 evacuation capability for Crisis24 higher-risk destinations before finalizing travel plans.

For questions, contact [email protected].

U-M Travelers who purchase U-M Travel Abroad Health Insurance GeoBlue (BCBS Global)’s Personal/Leisure Plan going to any of these locations must follow these steps:

1. Complete the Crisis24 Pre-departure Disclosure Request Form
2. Send the completed form to [email protected]. Crisis24 will notify the traveler whether the request is “approved” or “denied.”
   • Travelers must have Crisis24 approval before arriving at designated higher-risk locations in order to be eligible for their political and natural disaster evacuation insurance.
   • Travelers who do not complete this process are taking the risk of not having Crisis24 political and natural disaster evacuation coverage in locations that are considered higher risk by Crisis24. U-M relies on Crisis24 to facilitate all U-M evacuations, and U-M has limited to no ability to facilitate evacuations for travelers without Crisis24 insurance coverage.
   • Submit your Crisis24 Pre-departure Disclosure Request Form early since the Crisis24 review can take up to three weeks. Travelers are encouraged to verify Crisis24 evacuation capability for Crisis24 higher-risk destinations before finalizing travel plans.

For questions, contact [email protected].

U-M discourages travel abroad without evacuation coverage. Travelers who travel abroad without Crisis24-approved evacuation coverage will not be able to be evacuated by U-M. Eligible faculty, staff, and graduate students who choose to travel abroad without evacuation coverage for compelling and urgent UMRT must follow U-M requirements, including:

1. Register travel in the U-M Travel Registry
2. Complete and sign the U-M Liability Waiver for Locations with No Evacuation Coverage in M-Compass.
3. The International Travel Dean’s Designee of the traveler’s home school/college supports the travel as urgent and compelling. The Global Engagement Team will verify support via email.
4. Safety Plan
   • Graduate students need to submit a Safety Plan at least 6 weeks prior to departure and have International Travel Oversight Committee approval.
   • Faculty and staff are not required to submit a safety plan (unless leading a group of students abroad).

See Global Michigan’s Country Risk Rating page for full risk rating details, eligibility, and travel requirements.

Flowchart for Traveling to Locations with No Evacuation Coverage

U-M users can access Crisis24 Horizon via web browser or by downloading the Crisis24 mobile app. To access the platform, U-M users must first register online by following these registration instructions below.

Instructions:  Simple PDF version | Web Browser – Video  | Mobile App – Video  |  Mobile App – Detailed Guide PDF version

• Desktop:
  Go to crisis24horizon.com/UMich
• Mobile App:
  Download from your app store or search for Crisis24 Horizon Mobile.
• Logging In:
  1. Open the mobile or web app, enter your organization email address, and tap Create Account.
  2. Enter the additional personal details requested and tap Next.
  3. Open the Welcome email and click to activate your account.
  4. Create your password and then Sign-In to access Horizon.
• Notification Preferences:
  • Desktop: Go to Preferences, located under your name on the top-right, and set up your preferred notifications.
  • Mobile: Follow the prompts to enable Push Notifications and Location Services to receive alert notifications based on your current location.

Crisis24 Horizon houses location briefs for over 200+ countries, 800+ provinces, and 400+ cities. U-M students, faculty, and staff planning to travel to these destinations are strongly encouraged to review these briefs as part of their travel preparation process. These location briefs cover topics such as:

• Destination Overview
• Risk Assessment Ratings
• Security
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Health and Medical
• Political
• Legal
• Entry / Exit
• Culture
• Financial

Review the How to Access Location Briefs guide for more instructions.

Crisis24 Horizon provides real-time alerts of significant threats and disruptions worldwide. Each alert provides:

• Severity of the incident
• Affected areas
• Time frame
• Summary
• Background
• Advice to traveler

U-M users can set alert notification preferences by defining severity levels, categories, and locations to be included in email alerts or push notifications. Review the adding alert notification preferences guide for setting up your alerts.

Crisis24 Horizon provides Daily Intelligence Briefings which are daily reports that consolidate all of the active alerts within the last 24 hours and deliver them directly to the user’s email. U-M users can decide specifics related to the report, such as:

• When to receive the report
• Define severity levels to include
• Select which categories to include
• Choose locations of the alerts

To set up your daily notification, review the Daily Intelligence Briefing Notification guide or watch the How to Set Up the Daily Intelligence Briefing video.

Crisis24 Horizon provides advice sheets for various health and safety-related situations. U-M user can search the catalog of topics, which include but are not limited to:

• Advice on Jet Lag
• Air Travel Health Precautions
• Insect Bite Precautions
• Personal Safety during Earthquakes
• Sun and Heat Concerns
• Traveling with Allergies
• Using Taxi Cabs while traveling
• Water Treatment Methods
• and more

Review How to Access Advice Sheets for guidance.