Four countries have imposed visa bans on U.S. citizens in response to the Trump administration's travel restrictions affecting 39 countries

Visitors from 13 countries, mostly in Africa, will now be required to post the bonds. People from countries that are part of the visa waiver program are exempt.

The West African nation of Niger announced on Dec. 26, that it would “completely and permanently” stop issuing visas to U.S. citizens and ban U.S. nationals from entering into the country “indefinitely,” according to The Street. Other West African nations followed suit, including Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali.

New visa travel restrictions and immigration enforcement protocols—introducing advanced identification measures and stricter residency checks for green-card holders—issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are now in effect, as of December 26, 2025.

Brazil recently reinstated the electronic visa requirement for citizens of the United States (and Australia and Canada), effective April 10, 2025, while South Korea, on the contrary, waived its K-ETA requirement for U.S. citizens until December 31, 2026.

Travelers on nonimmigrant visas will fork over $250 in a security deposit-like transaction when coming to the U.S. A provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act states all visitors who need nonimmigrant visas to enter the U.S.—tourists, business ...

The U.S. capture of Venezuela’s leader has disrupted flights and raised new safety questions for travelers across Latin America and beyond.