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US travel ban on 39 countries comes into effect on January 1, 2026: A full list

US Travel Ban List 2026: On December 16, 2025, under Proclamation 10998, individuals from 39 countries will be subject to the new US travel ban. Check the full list below.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jan 4, 2026 09:53 AM IST

US Travel Ban List 2026: Check the full list of 39 countries affected by the new US travel restrictions. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

US Travel Ban List 2026: US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on December 4, 2025, that the Trump administration intended to expand the number of countries covered by its travel ban—i.e., those barred from entering the United States—to include immediate family members of US citizens from nearly 40 countries.

The new policy, published in an executive order from the White House on December 16, 2025, will place a total of 39 countries under full or partial US travel restrictions, which took effect on January 1, 2026.

The White House claimed that the extended travel restriction is “necessary to prevent the entry of foreign nationals about whom the United States lacks sufficient information to assess the risks they pose”.

On December 16, under Proclamation 10998, a full ban on entry applies to immigrants and all nonimmigrants from a total of 20 countries and entities as of January 1, 2026.

Additionally, it also imposes a partial suspension of entry on 20 additional countries, restricting entry for immigrants and for nonimmigrants seeking admission in the B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visa categories.

Below is a table listing all countries whose citizens are subject to the US travel ban, effective January 1, 2026.

Countries that are subject to a full ban on entry for immigrants and all non-immigrants:

Proclamation 10949 – Original countries	Proclamation 10998 – Alphabetised countries – effective January 1, 2026
Afghanistan	Afghanistan
Burma (Myanmar)	Burkina Faso (added)
Chad	Burma (Myanmar)
Republic of the Congo	Chad
Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	Eritrea
Haiti	Haiti
Iran	Iran
Libya	Laos (moved from partial ban)
Somalia	Libya
Sudan	Mali (added)
Yemen	Niger (added)
—	Palestinian Authority Travel Documents (added)
—	Republic of the Congo
—	Sierra Leone (moved from partial ban)
—	Somalia
—	South Sudan (added)
—	Sudan
—	Syria (added)
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Source: nafsa.org

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Note: Nationals of 19 countries, as well as individuals travelling on travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority, are subject to a full ban. This ban suspends entry into the United States for both immigrants and nonimmigrants.

Countries that are subject to a partial ban on entry for immigrants and all non-immigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas:

Proclamation 10949 – Original countries	Proclamation 10998 – Alphabetised countries – effective January 1, 2026
Burundi	Angola (added)
Cuba	Antigua and Barbuda (added)
Laos	Benin (added)
Sierra Leone	Burundi
Togo	Côte d’Ivoire (added)
Turkmenistan*	Cuba
Venezuela	Dominica (added)
—	Gabon (added)
—	The Gambia (added)
—	Malawi (added)
—	Mauritania (added)
—	Nigeria (added)
—	Senegal (added)
—	Tanzania (added)
—	Togo
—	Tonga (added)
—	Turkmenistan**
—	Venezuela
—	Zambia (added)
—	Zimbabwe (added)

Source: nafsa.org

Note:

Nationals of 20 countries are subject to a partial ban that suspends entry into the United States as immigrants and as nonimmigrants holding B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, or J visas.
Turkmenistan is the sole exception: entry restrictions apply only to immigrants, while all nonimmigrant visa categories remain unaffected.

For all countries under the partial ban, the proclamation further instructs consular officers to limit the validity of any other non-immigrant visas to the maximum extent permitted by law.

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