Failure to meet U.S. standards may result in further restrictions:

• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Chad
• Republic of the Congo
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Dominica
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gambia
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Vanuatu
• Zimbabwe

These changes stem from an executive order signed on January 20, called “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” This order requires the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security to identify countries with inadequate screening protocols and track individuals from these countries who have entered the U.S. since January 20, 2021. Countries in the 60-day compliance category