Overview
On June 4, 2025, the President issued a proclamation titled Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats. It goes into effect at 12:01 AM EDT on June 9, 2025.

Impacted Countries
Entry is fully or partially suspended for nationals of the following 19 countries:
Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Chad, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.

Scope

  • Applies only to travelers without valid visas issued on or before June 8, 2025.

  • Those with valid visas issued before June 9, 2025 may still board and be inspected per standard CBP procedures.

Exemptions
Travelers not subject to the ban include:

  • U.S. lawful permanent residents (LPRs)

  • Dual nationals (if traveling on passport of a non-designated country)

  • Holders of specific nonimmigrant visa categories (A, C, G, NATO, etc.)

  • Athletes and support staff for international sporting events

  • Immediate relatives (IR-1, IR-2, etc.) with clear evidence of relationship

  • Adoptees (IR-3, IH-3, etc.)

  • Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders

  • SIVs for U.S. government employees

  • Immigrant visas for ethnic/religious minorities from Iran

Special Note on Humanitarian Parole (HP), Follow to Join
While not explicitly exempted, travelers with valid HP foils issued before June 9, 2025, are being permitted to board under guidance associated with the final clause on the CBP bulletin (re: I-512, PARCIS documents). These travelers are considered “out of scope.”

However, Follow to Join Refugees and Follow to Join Asylees (FTJ-R / FTJ-A) and HP applicants who are not yet issued travel documents are likely to face interview delays and be placed into administrative processing until further legal guidance is issued. This was communicated via internal (non-public) guidance and is not yet publicly available.

Document Validation

  • Airlines participating in the Document Validation program may receive “Do Not Board” guidance.

  • Those outside the program are directed to coordinate with Regional Carrier Liaison Groups.

Practical Implication
This effectively freezes forward movement for the majority of family reunification and humanitarian pathways from designated countries unless a visa/foil was already issued. The few exceptions are tightly defined.

Travel ban guidance