On June 4, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a presidential proclamation, restricting the entry of foreign nationals from certain countries. Its justification for issuing the travel bans is, according to the Administration, based on foreign policy, national security, and counterterrorism goals. In addition, the proclamation states that the Administration “considered various factors, including each country’s screening and vetting capabilities, information sharing policies, and country-specific risk factors — including whether each country has a significant terrorist presence within its territory, its visa-overstay rate, and its cooperation with accepting back its removable nationals.”
The ban, which took effect on June 9, 2025, at 12:01 AM EST, has a “full travel ban” and a “partial travel ban”. The “full travel ban” suspends both nonimmigrant (temporary) and immigrant (permanent) entry of nationals from the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Burma
- Chad
- Republic of the Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Haiti
- Iran
- Libya
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Yemen
The “partial travel ban” suspends immigrant entry as well as nonimmigrant entry for B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visa holders, and reduces the validity for other nonimmigrant visas for nationals of the following countries:
- Burundi
- Cuba
- Laos
- Sierra Leone
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Venezuela
While Egypt is not included in the ban, it is named in the proclamation, and Secretary of State, in consultation with U.S. government agencies, is to provide an update on the practices and procedures of visa issuance in that country for the President to determine if Egypt will be added to the travel ban list of countries.
The travel ban applies to foreign nationals of the designated countries who are outside the United States on June 9, 2025, and do not have a valid immigrant or nonimmigrant visa as of that date.
It is worth noting that there are exceptions to the travel ban. Specifically, this travel ban does not apply to the following individuals:
- Lawful permanent residents (green card holders);
- Dual nationals of a non-listed country, as long as the individual is traveling on a passport issued by a non-designated country;
- Foreign nationals with the following valid nonimmigrant 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;
- Athletes and members of an athletic team, including coaches, individuals performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for a major sporting event, such as the World Cup and the Olympics;
- Immediate family immigrant visas (IR-1/CR-1, IR-2/CR-2, IR-5) with “clear and convincing evidence of identity and family relationship (e.g., DNA)”;
- Adoptions (IR-3, IR-4, IH-3, IH-4);
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas;
- Special Immigrant Visas for United States Government employees;
- Immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran;
- Individuals granted asylum, withholding of removal, or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CAT); and
- Refugees already admitted to the United States.
The Attorney General and Secretary of State have the discretion to make case-by-case exceptions for certain individuals that would advance a critical United States national interest, such as individuals participating in criminal proceedings as witnesses.
Within 90 days of the date of this proclamation, and every 180 days thereafter, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, will submit a report, assessing and recommending whether the travel ban should be continued, terminated, modified, or supplemented.
