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National Security Travel Restrictions

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Trump’s Sweeping Travel Ban Against 12 Countries, Restrictions on 7 Others Takes Effect

On June 4, 2025, President Trump signed a travel ban that will completely bar foreign nationals from 12 countries from traveling to the United States and places strict limited-travel restrictions on seven others....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Navigating the New Entry Restrictions: Implications for Global Mobility and Workforce Planning

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On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more

Fisher Phillips

White House Announces New Travel Ban Targeting 19 Countries: What Employers Need to Know

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President Trump just signed a new Proclamation that significantly expands travel restrictions on foreign nationals seeking to enter the United States – and might cause you to take steps at your workplace. Framed as a national...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Travel Bans Implemented for 19 Countries, Effective June 9, 2025

On June 4, 2025, the White House issued a Presidential Proclamation implementing new travel restrictions for nationals of 19 countries. This proclamation comes after an interagency assessment of global visa screening,...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Trump Implements New Travel Bans to Take Effect on June 9, 2025

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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,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

How To Lift International COVID-19 Travel Restrictions? White House Announces Working Groups

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Travel restrictions related to COVID-19 have been in place for more than a year. Certain restrictions have been removed, but the ones on travel from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Zone, South Africa, and...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

Revisions to National Interest Exceptions to Schengen Travel Ban

On March 2, 2021, the Department of State issued updated guidance on the National Interest Exception (NIE) for the COVID-related travel ban to the United States from individuals who are in the Schengen Area, the U.K. or...more

Williams Mullen

Department of State Announces New Restrictive Criteria for National Interest Exceptions for Travelers from the Schengen Area, the...

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In February 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, former President Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation that instituted travel restrictions on foreign nationals traveling to the U.S. from certain countries,...more

Morgan Lewis

US Temporarily Suspends Entry of Certain Chinese Nationals

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President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on May 29, 2020, temporarily suspending entry into the United States of certain Chinese nationals holding F-1 or J-1 status....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Authorizes Lawsuits Against Companies that Deal in Property Confiscated by the Cuban Government and Tightens...

• Yesterday, May 2, the United States government allowed implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, for the first time since the law was enacted in 1996, to permit U.S. nationals to sue persons that “traffic” in...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Travel Ban 3.0 Updated: DOS Waiver Process

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News outlet Reuters has reported that during the first month of Travel Ban 3.0, 8,400 individuals from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and Venezuela applied for visas, while only an estimated 100...more

Littler

U.S. Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban to Go into Full Effect

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On December 4, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the restraining orders against President Trump’s travel ban. The stay means that the September 24, 2017 presidential proclamation restricting travel into the U.S. from eight...more

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DHS Continues Focus on Border Security With Enhanced Aviation Security Measures

On June 28, 2017, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly announced the implementation of enhanced security measures for all commercial flights arriving in the United States. These enhanced procedures are set to affect 280...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

How Security Enhancements to Electronic Devices for Certain Airports With Commercial Flights to the United States Affect Travelers

On March 21, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new restrictions on electronic devices carried on U.S.-bound direct flights from 10 airports in primarily Muslim countries. The ban prevents passengers...more

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US and UK Limit the Size of Electronic Devices in Carry-On Luggage in Airplanes Originating from Eight Muslim-Majority Countries

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A new travel restriction went into effect at 3:00 am EST on Tuesday barring passengers on foreign airlines coming to the United States from carrying electronic devices larger than a cellphone. According to Department of...more

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