07/06/2025
New Travel Ban introduced – 19 countries affected
The Trump administration has today announced a travel ban that will come into effect from Monday June 9th and will affect nationals of 19 countries.
There are two lists of countries, the first list of 12 countries is as follows:
Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen
Those countries will be banned for all immigrant and non-immigrant visa classifications
The second list is countries that are banned for immigrant and some non-immigrant categories. However, this means that DV lottery is affected for those countries as well. That list is:
Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela
People from these 19 countries are now banned. The ban does say that people already holding a visa prior to the June 9th effective date are exempt from the ban, but if I were in that situation I would travel before June 9th.
There are some exemptions for some people from the ban. The most important exemptions are:
Existing LPRs (Greencard holders or recently activated)
Dual nationals (where a person can travel on a second passport from a non-banned country).
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the
