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ARTICLE · 24 JULY 2025

Travel Bans Are Back – Are Exemptions Possible?

Travel bans are back, with an initial list of 19 countries, and that list may be expanded to include an additional 36 nations.

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Travel bans are back, with an initial list of 19 countries, and that list may be expanded to include an additional 36 nations. This latest round of travel restrictions find their basis in Presidential Proclamation 10949 "Restricting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats" which has put in place visa and entry restrictions on citizens of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The proclamation also adds additional suspension of citizens from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela as visitors or students. Officials will consider additional restrictions for Egypt. Currently the administration is considering additional restrictions to a larger list of countries including: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cote

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