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B-223186 1 (1987-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmpm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- William T. Kemp File: B-223186 Date: February 27, 1987 DIGEST Employee who traveled between Norfolk and Arlington, Virginia, to obtain a visa in time to perform scheduled travel to Spain is entitled to reimbursement of the travel costs thereby incurred. Reimbursement is authorized under para. 1-9.1d of the Federal Travel Regulations based on the agency's determination that the employee's travel to Washing- ton was necessary to the transaction of official business. B-153103, January 21, 1964. DECISION This decision is rendered in response to a request from the Commander, Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFACENGCOM), for an advance decision concerning the legality of reimbursing an employee for travel expenses incurred in obtaining a Spanish visa as a condition to per- forming official travel abroad. We hold that the employee is entitled to reimbursement for these travel expenses in view of the agency's determination that under the circumstances, they were necessarily incurred in obtaining a visa that was required for the performance of official travel. BACKGROUND The question in this case arose in connection with Mr. William T. Kemp's temporary duty assignment involving urgent travel to Madrid, Spain, on October 23, 1986. Since Mr. Kemp did not frequently perform official travel, he did not have the necessary visa for entering that country and time constraints prevented him from procuring a visa through normal procedures. On October 21 he was issued an authoriza- tion for travel to Arlington, Virginia, for the purpose of obtaining a Spanish visa. He performed travel between Norfolk, Virginia, his permanent duty station, and Arlington on October 22 and departed for Spain the following day.

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