Travel Ban Reference

This table prepared by NAFSA shows recent country-specific policies that continue to impact visa or immigration benefits for nationals of the listed countries. It is meant for quick-reference only

^{NAFSA: Association of International Educators. (2026, February 4).}^{Quick-Reference Country Restriction Table}^{. Retrieved from}^{https://www.nafsa.org/regulatory-information/quick-reference-country-restriction-table?login=success&check_logged_in=1}

Country	Travel Ban 1	Travel Ban 2	USCIS Pause**	75 Country Immigrant Pause	F,J,H Visa Limits	B Visa Bond
Afghanistan	Full	Full	X	X	X
Albania				X
Algeria				X		X
Angola		Partial	X		X	X
Antigua and Barbuda		Partial	X	X		X
Armenia				X
Azerbaijan				X
Bahamas				X
Bangladesh				X		X
Barbados				X
Belarus				X
Belize				X
Benin		Partial	X		X	X
Bhutan				X	X	X
Bosnia and Herzegovina				X
Botswana						X
Brazil				X
Burkina Faso		Full	X		X
Burma	Full	Full	X	X	X
Burundi	Partial	Partial	X		X	X
Cambodia				X	X	X
Cameroon				X	X
Central African Republic						X
Chad	Full	Full	X		X
Cape Verde				X	X	X
Colombia				X
Cote d’Ivoire		Partial	X	X	X	X
Cuba	Partial	Partial	X	X	X	X
Democratic Republic of the Congo				X	X
Republic of the Congo	Full	Full	X		X
Djibouti						X
Dominica		Partial	X	X		X
Egypt				X
Eritrea	Full	Full	X	X	X
Ethiopia				X	X	X
Fiji				X		X
Gabon		Partial	X		X	X
The Gambia		Partial	X	X	X	X
Georgia				X		X
Ghana				X
Grenada				X		X
Guatemala				X
Guinea				X		X
Guinea-Bissau					X	X
Equatorial Guinea	Full	Full	X		X	X
Haiti	Full	Full	X	X	X
Iran	Full	Full	X	X	X
Iraq				X
Jamaica				X
Jordan				X
Kazakhstan				X
Kosovo				X
Kuwait				X
Kyrgyz Republic				X	X	X
Laos	Partial	Full	X	X	X
Lebanon				X
Lesotho						X
Liberia				X
Libya	Full	Full	X	X	X
Madagascar					X
Malawi		Partial	X		X	X
Mali		Full	X
Mauritania		Partial	X			X
Mauritius						X
Micronesia					X
Moldova				X
Mongolia				X		X
Montenegro				X
Morocco				X
Mozambique						X
Namibia						X
Nepal				X		X
Niger		Full	X		X
Nicaragua				X		X
Nigeria		Partial	X	X	X	X
North Macedonia				X
Pakistan				X
Palau					X
Palestinian Authority Documents		Full	X
Papua New Guinea						X
Russia				X
Rwanda				X
Saint Kitts and Nevis				X
Saint Lucia				X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines				X
Sao Tome and Principe					X	X
Senegal		Partial	X	X		X
Seychelles						X
Sierra Leone	Partial	Full	X	X	X
Somalia	Full	Full	X	X	X
South Sudan		Full	X	X	X
Sudan	Full	Full	X	X	X
Syria		Full	X	X	X
Tajikistan						X
Tanzania		Partial	X	X	X	X
Thailand				X
Timor-Leste					X
Togo	Partial	Partial	X	X	X	X
Tonga		Partial	X		X
Tunisia				X		X
Turkmenistan	Partial	Partial*	X		X	X
Tuvalu					X	X
Uganda				X	X	X
Uruguay				X
Uzbekistan				X
Vanuatu					X	X
Venezuela	Partial	Partial	X		X	X
Yemen	Full	Full	X	X	X
Zambia		Partial	X		X	X
Zimbabwe		Partial	X		X	X

^**Update: On June 5, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated four USCIS adjudication policies, ruling them unlawful. The decision strikes down the "Benefits Hold Policy"—which halted immigration benefit requests for individuals born in or citizens of 39 countries subject to travel restrictions—along with the Global Asylum Hold, Comprehensive Re-Review, and Country-Specific Factors policies. The government is expected to appeal.