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Updated on 25.06.2025
Since June 9, 2025, significant restrictions have been in place on US visas and entry for citizens of certain countries. Now there is speculation that the entry restrictions will be extended to other countries.
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According to recent media reports, the US government under Donald Trump is apparently planning to extend the US visa ban and entry restrictions to up to 36 additional countries.
Specifically, it concerns countries whose authorities, in the view of the United States, do not cooperate sufficiently with American security and identity checks. The decision is to be made on the basis of country assessments by the U.S. State Department.
This involves improving travel documents and measures to regulate the status of nationals who are in the United States illegally. The countries concerned are requested to take measures within 60 days to address the concerns of the United States or risk being banned from entering the country.
A total of 36 countries from Africa, Asia and Oceania are being discussed. The specific countries on the list have not yet been officially confirmed.
The following 36 countries are to be named in an internal diplomatic cable: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, South Sudan, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Citizens of the countries mentioned would have to expect stricter visa checks, longer processing times and even possible entry bans to the USA if this came into force.
Even if no official list is currently available, it is advisable for companies with branches or partners in the potentially affected countries to check their travel risks at an early stage.
Personnel deployments to the United States should be carried out in advance if possible or alternative locations should be examined. As soon as the US government names specific countries, high hurdles are to be expected.
On June 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a new proclamation that has imposed far-reaching entry and visa restrictions on nationals from a total of 19 countries since June 9, 2025.
This affects foreign nationals who are outside the United States and do not have a valid US visa on the effective date – they are no longer allowed to enter the US since the proclamation came into force.
US visa and entry bans are measures taken by the US government that restrict or completely prohibit the entry of nationals of certain countries or certain groups of people into the United States. These bans can be based on various legal grounds, including presidential proclamations.
The aim of the measure is to protect the United States from terrorism and threats to national and public security, according to the Trump administration.
For nationals of the following 12 countries, the issuance of US nonimmigrant visas and US immigrant visas is completely suspended:
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Citizens of the following 7 countries are not eligible for US immigrant visas (IV) or US nonimmigrant visas (NIV) in the B-1, B-2, B-1 / B-2, F, M, J categories:
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The restrictions do not apply to persons who already
Further exceptions apply to the following groups of people:
Depending on discretion, exceptions may be granted in individual cases for nationals of the countries concerned if their entry is in the national interest of the USA (e.g. for witnesses in criminal proceedings).
Depending on the circumstances, either the US Attorney General - in consultation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State - or the US Secretary of State - in consultation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - is responsible for granting an individual exemption.
Visa and entry restrictions for certain countries have been under discussion since the beginning of Donald Trump's new term of office. An anti-Semitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which an Egyptian citizen with an expired US visa was involved, has now been cited as the justification and trigger.
The affected countries were selected by the US government due to inadequate identity checks, lack of cooperation in taking back their own nationals and high rates of visa overstays.
The measure follows on from earlier "travel ban" proclamations from Trump's first term in office, which were confirmed by the US Supreme Court in 2018. However, the Biden administration had withdrawn these.
The proclamation has been met with fierce criticism from human rights organizations and political representatives, who fear that it will have a negative impact on family reunification, humanitarian concerns and diplomatic relations in particular.
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