USA Travel Ban 2026: 39 Countries Banned from F1 Student Visas
Breaking: 39 countries now banned from US student visas starting January 2026. See complete list of fully banned vs partially banned countries.
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39 countries on the US travel ban list. Fully banned countries 1 Afghanistan, 2 Burkina Faso, 3 Burma, Myanmar, 4 Chad, 5 Equatorial Guinea, 6 Eritrea, 7 Haiti, 8 Iran, 9 Laos, 10 Libya, 11 Mali, 12 Niger, 13 Republic of the Congo, 14 Sierra Leone, 15 Somalia, 16 South Sudan, 17 Sudan, 18 Syria, 19 Yemen, 20 Palestinian Authority. Partially banned countries 1 Angola, 2 Antigua and Barbuda, 3 Benin, 4 Burundi, 5 Ivory Coast, 6 Cuba, 7 Dominica, 8 Gabon, 9 the Gambia, 10 Malawi, 11 Mauritania, 12 Nigeria, 13 Senegal, 14 Tanzania, 15 Togo, 16 Tonga, 17 Venezuela, 18 Zambia, 19 Zimbabwe. Full ban means that the issuing of all visa types are suspended. Partial ban means that the issuing of student and tourist visas are suspended.
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