Travel Bans Announced for 19 Countries
- June 5th, 2025
- in Capstone International Services
Travel Bans Announced for 19 Countries
Presidential Proclamation of June 4, 2025: Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats establishes a “full” travel ban on 12 countries and a “partial” travel ban on 7 countries, effective 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 9, 2025.
Read: The Proclamation on whitehouse.gov.
Resource: NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Effective date. The proclamation is effective at 12:01 am eastern daylight time on June 9, 2025.
Full ban countries – Twelve (12) countries are subject to a full ban that suspends “entry into the United States” of nationals of those countries as “immigrants and nonimmigrants.” The 12 “full ban” countries are: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Partial ban countries – Seven (7) countries are subject to a partial ban that suspends “entry into the United States” as immigrants and of nonimmigrants “B-1, B‑2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas.” The 7 “partial ban” countries are: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
Exceptions – The ban provisions are applicable only to nationals of the subject country who are outside the U.S. without a valid visa as of June 9, 2025.
Individuals who are inside the United States on June 9, 2025, or who are outside the United States on that date but have a visa that is valid as of June 9, 2025, would not be covered by the ban.
No revocation of visas issued before the proclamation effective date. The proclamation also states that “No immigrant or nonimmigrant visa issued before the applicable effective date of this proclamation shall be revoked pursuant to this proclamation.”
There are also a number of categorical exceptions, such as for lawful permanent residents, dual nationals who travel on passports issued by a non-ban country, asylees, refugees, diplomatic and international organization visas, and some other categories.
Case-by-case exceptions – Proclamation Sections 4(c) and 4(d) also provide for case-by-case exceptions by the Attorney General and Secretary of State.
Advising – International Students, Scholars, Faculty, and Staff from the above 19 impacted countries are strongly advised to consult with International Student & Scholar Services prior to any travel. ISSS advising staff are available during drop-in advising 11 am – 3 pm, Monday through Thursday or by appointment.