International Travel Risk: Travel Bans Might Return in March

A January 2025 Executive Order directed the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence to submit to the President within 60 days (by March 20, 2025) a report identifying countries with deficient vetting procedures and a list of foreign nationals from these countries who have entered since the start of the Biden Administration. The Trump Administration might use this report as justification for imposing a new round of travel bans, which could begin after the report’s submission.

These potential travel bans impose a risk on foreign nationals travelling internationally before the report submission because foreign nationals might not be allowed to re-enter the United States under the travel ban(s). Foreign nationals should not partake in unnecessary international travel during this time.