Overview
- Entry is now fully barred for nationals of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria, and for people traveling on Palestinian Authority–issued documents.
- Fifteen more countries face partial restrictions: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- The White House says the policy targets countries with unreliable civil documents, high visa overstays or poor cooperation on security data, and some outlets report the expanded regime now touches roughly 39 countries.
- Exemptions remain for lawful permanent residents, many existing visa holders, diplomats and certain athletes, with narrower family-based carve‑outs and case‑by‑case waivers retained.
- USCIS has paused many green-card and naturalization cases tied to previously restricted countries and suspended pending asylum decisions as implementation moves forward.