On June 4, 2025, an Executive Order was issued by the federal government that bans entry by nationals of certain countries into the United States; that entry ban went into effect on June 9, 2025. On December 16, 2025, an additional 20 countries were added to the ban, effective January 1, 2026. Anyone who is inside the U.S. or has a valid U.S. visa stamp as of the effective date of the proclamation should not be affected, nor should scholars who hold citizenship in a second nation not listed in the executive order.
A full list of affected countries is below:
| Country | Restriction |
| Afghanistan | Entry in any status suspended |
| Burkina Faso | Entry in any status suspended |
| Burma | Entry in any status suspended |
| Chad | Entry in any status suspended |
| Republic of the Congo | Entry in any status suspended |
| Equatorial Guinea | Entry in any status suspended |
| Eritrea | Entry in any status suspended |
| Haiti | Entry in any status suspended |
| Iran | Entry in any status suspended |
| Laos | Entry in any status suspended |
| Libya | Entry in any status suspended |
| Mali | Entry in any status suspended |
| Niger | Entry in any status suspended |
| Sierra Leone | Entry in any status suspended |
| Somalia | Entry in any status suspended |
| South Sudan | Entry in any status suspended |
| Sudan | Entry in any status suspended |
| Syria | Entry in any status suspended |
| Yemen | Entry in any status suspended |
| Angola | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Antigua and Barbuda | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Benin | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Burundi | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Cote d’Ivoire | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Cuba | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Dominica | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Gabon | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| The Gambia | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Malawi | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Mauritania | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Nigeria | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Senegal | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Tanzania | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Togo | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Tonga | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Turkmenistan | Immigrant entry suspended |
| Venezuela | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Zambia | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
| Zimbabwe | B-1, B-2, F, M, J, and immigrant entry suspended |
ISO has checked our records and reached out by email to individual affected scholars to confirm whether they’re currently in the U.S. and recommend (1) return to the U.S. before January 1, 2026 and (2) against future international travel. Please note that this outreach does not include scholars on other visas not sponsored through ISO (e.g. F-1 OPT, DACA, other EADs, or TNs processed at the border); to the best of our knowledge, there is no UW system that tracks both visa status and country of citizenship for those statuses. Please see Resources for UW’s Global Community for offices serving students and others on non-ISO-sponsored visas.
Please email acadvisa@uw.edu with any questions.