On June 4, 2025, President Trump announced new travel restrictions for certain nationals of 19 countries as follows:
- Full restrictions (all immigrants and nonimmigrants) for nationals of: Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
- Partial restrictions (immigrants and nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas) for nationals of: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela
The restrictions will be effective at 12:01am EST on June 9, 2025.
Importantly, the limitations apply only to foreign nationals of the designated countries who:
- are outside the United States on June 9, 2025; and
- do not have a valid visa on June 9, 2025.
The restrictions also do not apply to:
- any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
- any dual national of a designated country when the individual is traveling on a passport issued by a country not so designated;
- any foreign national traveling with a valid nonimmigrant visa in the following classifications: 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;
- any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the Secretary of State;
- immediate family immigrant visas (IR-1/CR-1, IR-2/CR-2, IR-5) with clear and convincing evidence of identity and family relationship;
- 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; or
- an individual who has been granted asylum by the United States, a refugee who has already been admitted to the United States, or an individual granted withholding of removal or protection under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (CAT).
Exceptions can also be made on a case-by-case basis for:
- certain “individuals for whom the Attorney General finds, in her discretion, that the travel by the 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 witnesses”, and
- “individuals for whom the Secretary of State finds, in his discretion, that the travel by the individual would serve a United States national interest.”
Per the Proclamation, these restrictions are to be assessed for whether any limitations should be continued, terminated, modified, or supplemented within 90 days of the Proclamation and then every 180 days thereafter.
