# 2025-23570: President Locks Borders: Foreign Entry Restricted for Security Reasons 2025-23570, Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-12-19, effective 2026-01-01 (as of 2026-06-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23570 - As of: 2026-06-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-23570 - Title: Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals To Protect the Security of the United States - Type: Presidential Document - Agencies: Executive Office of the President - Citation: 90 FR 59717 - Published: 2025-12-19 - Effective: 2026-01-01 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-08 ## In one line President Locks Borders: Foreign Entry Restricted for Security Reasons ## Summary The U.S. is tightening who can enter the country to keep everyone safe from threats like terrorism and hate crimes. People from certain countries with weak background checks will face new travel limits starting soon. These changes help protect Americans without costing extra money but mean stricter visa rules for some travelers. ## Effects PRIA read - Continued full travel ban for 12 countries: cost, high. The proclamation continues a full suspension of entry into the United States for nationals of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen for both immigrant and nonimmigrant admission. These bans remain subject to the ca… - Continued partial travel limits for four countries: cost, medium. The proclamation continues partial suspensions and limitations on entry for nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela for both immigrant and nonimmigrant admission, subject to the same categorical exceptions and case-by-case waivers. The proclamation explicitly states these are partial restri… - New full suspensions and PA document ban: cost, high. The proclamation imposes new full suspensions of entry for nationals of Burkina Faso, Laos, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Syria, and it fully suspends entry for foreign nationals traveling on travel documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority. These suspensions apply to… - Suspension of common visitor & student visas for many countries: cost, high. For nationals of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the entry as immigrants and as nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas is suspended. The proclamation also dire… - Exceptions preserve entry for specific groups: benefit, low. The proclamation excludes certain people from the suspensions, including lawful permanent residents, dual nationals of a designated country traveling on another country's passport, holders of specified diplomatic/official visa classes (A, C-2, C-3, G, and NATO classifications), athletes and their i… - Who the suspensions apply to and visa protections: mixed, high. The suspensions apply only to foreign nationals of the designated countries who are outside the United States on the proclamation's effective date and who do not have a valid visa on that date. The proclamation also states that no immigrant or nonimmigrant visa issued before the effective date (12:… - Case-by-case national-interest waivers available: benefit, low. The proclamation allows case-by-case exceptions or waivers for individuals when the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security finds, in their discretion, that travel would serve a United States national interest (including when individuals must be present for c… ## Related documents - [2026-20855](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20855): Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel, 2026-10-09 - [2026-20629](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20629): National Manufacturing Day, 2026, 2026-10-07 - [2026-20319](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20319): Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov, 2026-10-02 - [2026-20320](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-20320): Eliminating Disease-Carrying Pests and Restoring Enjoyment of the Great Outdoors, 2026-10-02 - [2026-19555](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19555): Enhancing Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Program, 2026-09-23 - [2026-19554](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19554): Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, 2026-09-23 ## Sources - [2025-23570 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/19/2025-23570/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states) - [2025-23570 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-19/pdf/2025-23570.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-23569, Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments R…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23569) - [Next: 2025-23844, Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23844) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23570 (as of 2026-06-08).