Overview
- The Jan. 1 policy imposes full entry suspensions on immigrants and all nonimmigrants from 20 countries and entities.
- An additional 20 countries face partial suspensions covering immigrants and B-1/B-2, F, M and J visa applicants, with other visa validity curtailed where permitted.
- The update adds Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria to the full-ban list, moves Laos and Sierra Leone from partial to full, and includes Palestinian Authority travel documents.
- Nations newly placed under partial limits include Angola, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, among others.
- Turkmenistan is a special case with restrictions limited to immigrants, while limited exceptions remain in place and officials cite deficient information-sharing as the rationale.