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Forms and Telephone Numbers You Can Use to Contact BIS

(Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm unless otherwise noted)

Contact a Counselor

Eastern Region | Western Region

To speak with an export counselor, you may call one of the following numbers:

(202) 482-4811 - Outreach and Educational Services Division (located in Washington, DC – open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm ET)
(949) 660-0144 - Western Regional Office (located in Irvine, CA – open Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm PT)
(408) 998-8806 - Northern California branch (located in San Jose, CA – open Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm PT)

or e-mail your inquiry to the Export Counseling Division of the Office of Exporter Services at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Export Control Seminars and Workshops

View Upcoming Seminars

Eastern Region | Western Region

Export Seminars - (202) 482-6031

Report a Possible Violation

Use this form to confidentially report possible violations of the export control or antiboycott regulations.

Export Enforcement Hotline - 1-(800) 424-2980

Denied Persons List Inquiry

BIS maintains a list of individuals and firms with whom U.S. parties may not do business. Use this form to ask questions about the list and those who appear on it.

SNAP-R Questions 

BIS maintains multiple help desks to assist you with our electronic application submission system, SNAP-R.

For password reset or software-related technical performance questions (e.g., browser incompatibility, difficulty loading attachments), please contact the SNAP-R Help Desk via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Office hours are Monday-Friday, 6:30am-7:00pm ET.

For company identification number (CIN) and login ID questions, please call BIS’s Outreach and Educational Services Division at (202) 482-4811 or via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for assistance.

For general assistance with SNAP-R, please call BIS’s export counseling desks at:

(202) 482-4811 - Outreach and Educational Services Division (located in Washington, DC)
(949) 660-0144 - Western Regional Office (located in Irvine, CA)
(408) 998-8806 - Northern California branch (located in San Jose, CA)

or e-mail your inquiry to the Export Counseling Division of the Office of Exporter Services at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Download/Order Forms Online

BIS provides the option for users to request forms be mailed to them as well as the ability to download selected BIS Export Licensing forms. Directions are also provided for obtaining paper copies of Antiboycott Compliance forms.

Submit an Advisory Opinion Request or Make a Regulatory Inquiry

Export Management and Compliance Inquiries: Please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ask a Boycott-Related Question

U.S. antiboycott laws were adopted to encourage, and in specified cases, require U.S. firms to refuse to participate in foreign boycotts that the United States does not sanction. This form allows you to ask questions about our "antiboycott" regulations.

Antiboycott Compliance Advice Line - (202) 482-2381

Contact the Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security

Allows you to contact OSIES and submit:

  • Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems inquiries
  • National Defense Stockpile inquiries
  • Offsets in Defense Trade inquiries
  • NATO International Competitive Bidding Eligibility for U.S. companies

Call SIES at (202) 482-4506

Contact the Office of Technology Evaluation

 This office is the focal point within BIS:

  • Surveying and assessing the economic health and competitiveness of the U.S. defense industrial base
  • Conducting Section 232 Investigations on the effect of  imports on the national security
  • Analyzing the impact of export controls on U.S. competitiveness

Industrial Base Assessments & Section 232 Investigations
(202) 482-4933
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Technical Advisory Committees
(202) 482-2813

Contact the BIS Website Team

Website owner: Bureau of Industry and Security

  • to provide feedback and comments on BIS Websites;
  • to request additional information on our Website privacy and information collection practices;
  • to report accessibility (Section 508) problems with one of our Web pages;
  • to notify us about problems with specific Web pages; and
  • to make a suggestion for the improvement of our Websites