The White House Has Updated Travel Ban Countries, effective January 1, 2026 at 12:01 am EST. Bold below for new additions.

Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States – The White House

The full ban update and expansion is:

  • Afghanistan

  • Burma

  • Burkina Faso

  • Chad

  • Republic of the Congo

  • Equatorial Guinea

  • Eritrea

  • Haiti

  • Iran

  • Laos

  • Libya

  • Mali

  • Niger

  • Sierra Leone

  • Somalia

  • South Sudan

  • Sudan

  • Syria

  • Yemen

  • & those travelling on Palestinian Authority Documents

Immigrants and B-1, B‑2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas:

  • Angola

  • Antigua and Barbuda

  • Benin

  • Burundi

  • Cote d’Ivoire

  • Cuba

  • Dominica

  • Gabon

  • The Gambia

  • Malawi

  • Mauritania

  • Nigeria

  • Senegal

  • Tanzania

  • Togo

  • Tonga

  • Venezuela

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

Immigrant Only

  • Turkmenistan