Travel Bans Updates

There are now four presidential proclamations suspending entry into the US of noncitizens who were physically present in any of the 33 countries listed in the proclamations during the 14-day period immediately preceding their entry into the US.  

They are: 

• Presidential Proclamation 9984 (China); 

• Link to proclamation: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/ 

• Presidential Proclamation 9992 (Iran); 

• Link to proclamation: https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-certain-additional-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-coronavirus/ 

• Presidential Proclamation 10143 (Schengen Area, United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, and South Africa);  

• Link to proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/25/proclamation-on-the-suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-non-immigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of-transmitting-coronavirus-disease/ 

and, most recently added; 

• Presidential Proclamation 10199 (India); 

• Link to proclamation: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-the-suspension-of-entry-as-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of-transmitting-coronavirus-disease-2019/ 

The exceptions to these proclamations, notably include (but are not limited to): 

• US citizens; 

• Lawful permanent residents; 

• Spouses and children of US citizens or lawful permanent residents; 

• Parents or legal guardians of a US citizen or lawful permanent resident unmarried minor child; 

• Siblings of a US citizen or lawful permanent resident child (as long as both are unmarried and under the age of 21); 

• Travelers for the purpose of the containment or mitigation of COVID-19; and 

• Those whose entry would be in the national interest.