US travel ban on 39 countries comes into effect; check full list here

The expanded US question prohibition announced precocious past twelvemonth is present officially successful force. As of January 1, 2026, citizens from 39 countries are facing either afloat oregon partial restrictions connected entering the United States, nether a caller White House proclamation issued by the Trump administration.The determination was archetypal flagged connected December 4, 2025, erstwhile US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the medication planned to widen the scope of the question prohibition to screen astir 40 countries, including contiguous household members of US citizens.

That program was formalised connected December 16 done a White House enforcement order, which placed 39 countries nether caller question restrictions. According to the White House, the expanded prohibition is “necessary to forestall the introduction of overseas nationals astir whom the United States lacks capable accusation to measure the risks they pose”.The restrictions officially came into effect connected January 1, 2026.

What the caller argumentation does

Under Proclamation 10998, the US has imposed:A afloat prohibition connected introduction for immigrants and each nonimmigrants from definite countriesA partial prohibition connected different countries, limiting introduction for immigrants and for nonimmigrants applying nether circumstantial visa categories, including B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M and J visas,

Countries nether a afloat US question ban

These countries are taxable to a implicit suspension of introduction into the United States for some immigrants and non immigrants.

Proclamation 10949 – archetypal countries

AfghanistanBurma (Myanmar)ChadRepublic of the CongoEquatorial GuineaEritreaHaitiIranLibyaSomaliaSudanYemen

Proclamation 10998 – effectual January 1, 2026 (alphabetised)

AfghanistanBurkina Faso (added)Burma (Myanmar)ChadEquatorial GuineaEritreaHaitiIranLaos (moved from partial ban)LibyaMali (added)Niger (added)Palestinian Authority Travel Documents (added)Republic of the CongoSierra Leone (moved from partial ban)SomaliaSouth Sudan (added)SudanSyria (added)Nationals of 19 countries, on with individuals travelling connected Palestinian Authority-issued question documents, are taxable to this afloat ban.

Countries nether a partial US question ban

These countries look restrictions connected introduction arsenic immigrants and arsenic nonimmigrants holding B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M oregon J visas.

Proclamation 10949 – archetypal countries

BurundiCubaLaosSierra LeoneTogoTurkmenistan*Venezuela

Proclamation 10998 – effectual January 1, 2026

Angola (added)Antigua and Barbuda (added)Benin (added)BurundiCôte d’Ivoire (added)CubaDominica (added)Gabon (added)The Gambia (added)Malawi (added)Mauritania (added)Nigeria (added)Senegal (added)Tanzania (added)TogoTonga (added)Turkmenistan**VenezuelaZambia (added)Zimbabwe (added)Nationals of 20 countries are taxable to the partial ban. **Turkmenistan is the lone objection wrong this group: restrictions use lone to immigrants, portion nonimmigrant visa categories stay unaffected.For each countries nether the partial ban, the proclamation besides instructs US consular officers to bounds the validity of immoderate different nonimmigrant visas to the maximum grade permitted by law.