
01/16/2025
Right now there are 20 countries that American citizens simply should not travel to. The list below shows those countries in alphabetical order with the date of the last update notated.
Afghanistan (January 13, 2025)
Belarus (December 18, 2024)
Burkina Faso (July 31, 2023)
Burma – Myanmar (June 6, 2024)
Central African Republic (December 26, 2024)
Haiti (September 18, 2024)
Iran (August 14, 2024)
Iraq (November 22, 2024)
Lebanon (December 27, 2024)
Libya (August 1, 2024)
Mali (July 31, 2023)
North Korea (July 24, 2023)
Russia (June 27, 2024)
Somalia (July 23, 2024)
South Sudan (July 31, 2023)
Sudan (April 22, 2023)
Syria (July 10, 2024)
Ukraine (November 14, 2024)
Venezuela (September 24, 2024)
Yemen (July 10, 2024)
Before you travel, you can go the https://travel.state.gov/ website and enroll online in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive alerts while out of the country.
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