Missions Travel Allowance

MISSIONARY SECTION
1. A field marked with a red asterisk is required.
2. Enter the e-mail address of your Administrative Committee/District Mission Board (AC/DMB) financial secretary in the field provided.
3. When all required information has been entered, proceed to the Submit button at the bottom of this form. A confirmation will be e-mailed to your AC/DMB financial secretary and WELS Missions financial specialist for approval.

3.10.6 Travel Allowance
The synod shall pay for travel by dependent children of missionaries according to the following policy: (Enter the level of education to see the policy below.)

Student name*

First Last

Mission home*

Level of education or home*

School attending*

Grade

If other, explain*

Student's address while at school*

Address line 1 Address line 2 City State/Province Zip/Postal code Country

3.10.6a. High School Travel Expenses
Missions will reimburse 90% of the airfare for two round trips per fiscal year to the parents' overseas home for high school students attending school in the United States. (Exception: Only one round trip is reimbursed at 90% when the major part of a parent's furlough falls in that fiscal year.)

Travel expenses for high school student*

Select (+) to add a new row for each trip.
• Specify if holiday or general travel home.
• Enter round trip travel dates (MM/DD/YY) to/from school.
• Enter dollar amount of transporation expense.
• Portion amounts and totals are calculated automatically.

General or Holiday	Departure date	Return date	Total cost	BWM portion (90%)	Parents' portion (10%)

3.10.6.b College and Seminary Travel Expenses
Missions will reimburse 80% of the airfare for one round trip per fiscal year (shall not be banked) to the parent's overseas home for college students during the first four years of college.

Travel expenses for college student

• Enter round trip travel dates (MM/DD/YY) to/from school.
• Enter dollar amount of transportation expense.
• Portion amounts and totals are calculated automatically.

Departure date	Return date	Total cost	BWM portion (80%)	Parents' portion (20%)

3.10.6.b College and Seminary Travel Expenses
Missions will reimburse 80% of the airfare for no more than two trips with the first four years to the parents' overseas home for college-aged students who do not attend college.

Travel expenses for college-aged student who does NOT attend college

Select (+) to add a new row for each trip.

• Specify if first or second annual trip.
• Enter round trip travel dates (MM/DD/YY) to/from home.
• Enter dollar amount of transportation expense.
• Portion amounts and totals are calculated automatically.

Annual trip 1st or 2nd	Departure date	Return date	Total cost	BWM portion (80%)	Parents' portion (20%)

3.10.6.b Seminary Travel Expenses
Missions will reimburse 80% of the airfare for no more than one trip to the parents' overseas home for seminary students during their seminary years.

Travel expenses for Seminary student

• Enter round trip travel dates (MM/DD/YY) to/from school.
• Enter dollar amount of transportation expense.
• Portion amounts and totals are calculated automatically. • The amount listed must match the total of all receipts uploaded.

Departure date	Return date	Total cost	BWM portion (80%)	Parents' portion (20%)

Upload receipts*

Receipt(s) must match the total cost listed above. Accepted file formats: doc, docx, pdf, jpg.

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, jpg, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Request prepared by*

Relationship to student*

E-mail*

Confirmation e-mail will be sent to e-mail provided.

Enter e-mail Confirm e-mail

Data Privacy & Permission*

I AGREE with the terms of the WELS Privacy Policy.

NOTE TO EU RESIDENTS:

By submitting this form you consent to any and all information you provide and submit via the site being sent to the United States of America. The United States has not sought nor received a finding of “adequacy” from the European Union under Article 45 of the GDPR. WELS relies on derogations for specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. You are also informed that the United States presently does not have an adequate level of personal data protection as determined by the European Commission’s adequacy decision on October 6, 2015 (case c-362/14) and articulated in the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and has not received a similar designation of adequacy by any other foreign data protection authority. You agree to the transfer of your data and personal data to the United States, however, to be used in accordance with WELS Privacy Policy.

Enter the e-mail of your financial secretary*

List of AC/DMB financial secretaries.