On June 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation banning foreign nationals from specific countries from traveling to the United States. The Proclamation relates to security and public safety concerns identified in the President’s Executive Order 14161, “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats,” (Jan. 20, 2025). Please note the following restrictions:
Countries with full travel bans:
Countries with partial travel bans:
The 2025 travel ban goes into effect on Monday, June 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM EDT.
- If you are applying for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa that is not issued before this date, your application will be refused.
- If you are outside of the U.S. at the time the travel ban goes into effect, you will be refused entry.
- Impacted immigrant (permanent) and nonimmigrant (temporary) visa holders who do not qualify for one of the noted exceptions must be admitted to the United States before Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM EDT.
Exceptions and exemptions
- Immigrant and nonimmigrant visas issued before the applicable effective date will not be revoked. Individuals from travel ban countries with valid visas may travel and seek admission to the United States.
- Individuals from travel ban countries who are already inside of the U.S. on the date of implementation will be permitted to stay pursuant to their expiration date and continued maintenance of their status.
- The 2025 travel ban does not apply to Permanent Residents (“green card” holders) of the United States. Individuals traveling with a passport from a travel ban country who are permanent residents of the United States will be permitted to enter.
- Dual nationals who possess a passport from a travel ban country will be admitted, provided the individual seeks admission pursuant to his/her/their passport issued by a country not on the travel ban list.
- The 2025 travel ban will not apply to any athlete or member of an athletic team traveling for the World Cup, Olympics or other major sporting event as determined by the Secretary of State. This exception extends to coaches, necessary support personnel and immediate relatives.
- Immediate family members seeking immigrant visas (categories IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, CR-2, and IR-5) will be admitted if the individual can establish “clear and convincing evidence of identity and family relationship (e.g., DNA).”
- Individual exceptions may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General, or her designee, when an individual “would advance a critical United States national interest involving the Department of Justice, including when individuals must be present to participate in criminal proceedings as a witness.” Information on how to claim this type of individual exception was not included in the Proclamation.
- Individual exceptions may be granted by the Secretary of State, or his designee, when an individual “would serve a United States national interest.” Information on how to claim this type of individual exception was not included in the Proclamation.
- Additional exemptions include:
- Individuals traveling with the following diplomatic, government or crew member visas: A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3, G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1, NATO‑2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5 or NATO-6;
- International adoptions (categories IR-3, IR-4, IH-3 and IH-4);
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas;
- Special Immigrant Visas for U.S. Government employees;
- Immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran;
- Individuals who have been granted asylum in the U.S. (does not include individuals with pending applications for asylum);
- Refugees who have already been admitted to the U.S.; and
- Individuals admitted pursuant to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (“CAT”).
Individuals present in the United States who may be impacted by these restrictions should carefully consider whether international travel is necessary. As evidenced by implementation of prior travel bans, federal agents at various embassy/consular offices and ports of entry may not be immediately trained and/or accustomed to identifying exceptions to the policy and thus travelers could face unintentional delays or restrictions that require legal action.
