People From These 7 Countries Can No Longer Visit New Jersey

As the calendar flipped over to 2026, people from more than half a dozen countries were no longer able to travel to New Jersey -- and the entire United States, for that matter.

White House Cites National Security Concerns

Earlier this year, President Trump added seven more countries to a federal travel ban for "national security and public safety reasons," according to The White House, and it applies to both immigrants and non-immigrants.

Those seven new countries are as follows:

Burkina Faso

Laos

Mali

Niger

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Syria

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Countries Still Fully Barred From Entering NJ and the U.S.

The travel ban continues for these high-risk countries:

• Afghanistan
• Burma (Myanmar)
• Chad
• Republic of the Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Haiti
• Iran
• Libya
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Yemen

Nations Facing Partial Travel Restrictions

Partial restrictions remain for nationals from 4 of the 7 original high-risk countries:

• Burundi
• Cuba
• Togo
• Venezuela

Partial restrictions and entry limitations on 15 additional countries:

• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Benin
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Dominica
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Tanzania
• Tonga
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe