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List of people banned from entering the United States

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The following is a list of notable people who are or were barred from entering the United States. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) handles deportation in the United States, often in conjunction with advice from the U.S. Department of State. Such bans are often temporary, depending on the circumstances of each case; however, anyone previously deported or denaturalized is automatically barred from re-entering the United States without a waiver issued by the U.S. Department of State.

Currently banned

IndividualNationalityOccupationReason(s) for ban
IRNDiplomat and envoy to the United NationsPlayed a role as a translator for the militants who stormed the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held 52 American citizens hostage for 444 days.
KSAConsultant and former royal court advisorReportedly oversaw the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, among other interrogations and torture.
VENPolitician and former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018)Allegations of major drug trafficking and ties to Hezbollah.
NIC81st President of Nicaragua (1997-2002)Political corruption scandals.
CAN
SYRTelecommunications engineerSuspected of being a member of Al Qaeda.
SYR68th Prime Minister of Syria (2020-2024)Continuous support for the Assad regime.
AUSCo-founder of WikiLeaksPleaded guilty for violating the Espionage Act.
UKFormer ecstasy distributor turned YouTuberAfter serving two years in Maricopa County Jail prior to sentencing, Attwood pleaded guilty for a sentence of nine and a half years, and served the balance of his sentence in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Banned from entering the United States for life following his return to the United Kingdom.
ALB2nd President of Albania (1992-1997) and 32nd Prime Minister of Albania (2005-2013)Involved in significant corruption, such as misappropriation of public funds and interfering with public processes, as well as enriching political allies and family members at the expense of the Albanian public.{{Cite weblast=Seminifirst=Llazardate=2021-05-19title=US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption
FRAFarmer and anti-globalist activistPast prosecutions for "moral crimes".
ECU38th President of Ecuador (1996-1997)"Involvement in significant corruption, including misappropriation of public funds, accepting bribes, and interfering with public processes."
MEXFormer Governor of NayaritAllegations of collaborating with drug dealers.
CUBFormer First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (2011-2021); brother of Fidel CastroHuman rights violations and support for Nicolas Maduro's regime.
Chen QuanguoCHNCommunist Party secretary of Xinjiang (2016-2021)Involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China.
ECU45th President of Ecuador (2007-2017)Corruption; "...accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for granting favorable government contracts."
UKSingerDrug-related arrests and convictions in the United Kingdom; denied entry in June 2010 after spending 10 hours in detention in New York's JFK Airport, despite having a visa.
ANGBusinesswoman and daughter of José Eduardo dos Santosdate=2021-12-10title=Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire hit with US visa restrictionslanguage=en-GBwork=BBC Newsurl=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59616316access-date=2022-02-16}}
ALBFormer member of Albanian Parliament (2005-2021)Allegations of significant corruption.
ROMPolitician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2016-2019)Involvement in significant corruption.{{cite webtitle=Romania's former ruling party leader banned from entering the US for corruption
RUSMilitary officerGross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre.
UKProfessional boxerConnections to the Kinahan crime family.
GUA51st President of Guatemala (2020-2024)Allegations of “involvement in significant corruption” during his presidency, namely "accepting bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions".
SPABusinessman & CEO of Meliá Hotels InternationalHaving business interests in Cuba.
UKWife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, media consultantVisiting Somaliland as an independent country, which the United States does not recognize (viewing it as part of Somalia). Applicants under the electronic system for travel authorisation (ESTA) visa waiver programme, which allows Britons to spend up to 90 days in the US, are asked whether they have visited Somalia since March 2011.
SudanRapid Support Forces commanderOrdering the assassination of Khamis Abakar, governor of West Darfur state during the War in Sudan (2023).
RUSHead of the Chechen Republic (2007–present)Violations of human rights, including torture and extrajudicial killings.
ARG56th President of Argentina (2007-2015)"Significant corruption" charges.
IRLBoxing promoter and crime bossSuspected of involvement in organized crime.
CYP
ISRFormer Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and businessmanCorruption and being a "threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions".
AUSFormer Australian rules footballerPrior convictions relating to assault.
RUSSinger-songwriterAlleged connections to the Brothers' Circle.
ALBGeneral Prosecutor of the Republic of Albania (2012-2017)Involvement in significant corruption.
TANRegional Commissioner of Arusha"...involvement in gross violations of human rights, which include the flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons."
ISRBusinessmanlast= La Guardiafirst= Antontitle= Iran's 'nerve gas trader' disappearswork= The Telegraphaccessdate= 2008-03-09date= 1997-04-15url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/04/15/wirn15.htmlarchive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030923113512/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/04/15/wirn15.htmlurl-status= deadarchive-date= 2003-09-23}}
PHLActivist, politicianAccused the United States federal government of human rights violations, was due to testify at a tribunal in Washington, D.C.
UKIndependent Republican activist, UK Member of ParliamentInvolvement with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).
FRAJournalist, conspiracy theorist, and political activistActive promotion of misinformation about the United States.
Min Aung HlaingMYAHead of Burmese military junta (2021–present)Involvement in the Rohingya genocide.
LBNJournalist and spokesman for HezbollahLinks with Hezbollah.
RUSMilitary officerdate= 21 November 2023url= https://kyivindependent.com/us-sanctions-russian-officers-who-committed-war-crimes-in-bucha-andriivka/title= US sanctions Russian officers who committed war crimes in Bucha, Andriivkaauthor= Dinara Khalilovawork=The Kyiv Independentaccess-date= 21 November 2023 }}
NICPresident of Nicaragua (2007–present)Repression of political opponents during the 2018–2022 Nicaraguan protests, reports of human rights abuses, and committing electoral fraud.
CANPhotojournalistName matches a "person of interest" on an unspecified U.S. federal law enforcement watch list.
Bilal PhilipsIslamic scholarAlleged links to terrorism and seeming to condone suicide bombers.
MLDBusinessman and former member of ParliamentInvolvement in significant corruption.
Marian PriceUKFormer Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteerTerrorist activities, including involvement in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing.
VENPolitician and lawyerLinks with international terrorist organizations and subversive groups.
AUTNeo-Nazi, Neue Rechte and Identitarian activistLinks to the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.
SRISri Lanka Army officerAlleged war crimes in the Sri Lankan civil war.
KENSecond governor of Nairobi County (2017-2020)Involvement in significant corruption.
UKEnvironmental campaignerUndisclosed reasons believed to be linked with his campaigning.
Businessman and son of former Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherConviction in South Africa related to a coup plot.
NGRComedianVisa issues.
UKRap duoLed a chant of "Death, death to the IDF".
KEN4th Attorney General of Kenya (1991-2011)Allegations of "significant" corruption.
WirantoIDN5th Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council (since 2019)Human rights violations and suspected war crimes.
UKFar-right activistRobinson pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to using someone else's passport to travel to the United States in September 2012, and was sentenced in January 2013 to 10 months' imprisonment.
Zhu HailunCHNRetired politicianInvolvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China.

Previously banned

IndividualNationalityOccupationReason(s) for banBan lifted
UKSingerCriminal record, including assault charges on paparazzi.2008
Politician, Irish republican president of Sinn FéinRefusing to renounce violence during The Troubles.January 1994; President Bill Clinton, on recommendation from congressional Democrats and the National Security Council (despite opposition from the British government and the State Department), granted Adams a 48-hour visa to attend a conference in New York City to negotiate an IRA truce during the peace process. Adams would visit the U.S. on several further occasions.
Mathangi Arulpragasam (a.k.a. M.I.A.)RapperSupporting the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), where her father was one of the founders.2017
JAPSoldierParticipation in the Nanjing Massacre.2006 (deceased)
CUBMilitary officer and politicianHuman rights violations and committing electoral fraud.1973 (deceased)
CANProfessional wrestlerAttempted to enter the country without the correct working visa in place.2022
DRProfessional baseball playerInvolvement in an immigration marriage fraud ring in the Dominican Republic between 2004–2005.2010
CanadaPublisher and businessmanlast=Waldiefirst=Paultitle=Securities violations cost Conrad Black $6.1-millionurl=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/securities-violations-cost-conrad-black-61-million/article4649024access-date=25 October 2012newspaper=Globe and Maildate=25 October 2012location=Toronto}}2019, after President Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon.
West GermanyNazi microbiologist and scientistInvolvement with human experimentation in Nazi Germany.1969 (deceased)
SUR8th President of SurinameInvolvement in the extrajudicial killings known as the December murders in 1982.2024 (deceased)
CANRapperAlleged links to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.2013
CHLFormer First Lady of Chile, widow of Salvador AllendeAffiliation with Allende and opposition to Chilean military dictatorship; barred from entering in 1983 after an invitation by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco on the basis that "her entry to make various public appearances and speeches has been determined to be prejudicial to U.S. interests".2009 (deceased)
AUSArchaeologistHaving Marxist beliefs.1957 (deceased)
El SalvadorMilitary officer, neo-fascist politician and death squad leaderThreatening the life of James Richard Cheek.1984
BRAJustice of the Supreme Federal Court in BrazilAlleged "political persecution" against Jair Bolsonaro and violations of the basic rights of Brazilians and Americans.2025
SERProfessional tennis playerNot meeting COVID-19 entry requirements, while not being vaccinated for COVID-19. Vaccine waiver request was denied by Department of Homeland Security.2023
IREVice-President of Sinn FéinCriminal convictions and having connections with the IRA.1976 (deceased)
UKRapperCouldn’t or didn’t prove that he was living in the U.S. prior to 1972, despite records showing he arrived in the country prior to 1972.2020 (deceased)
Lead singer for The ViewDrug-related conviction in the United Kingdom.2011
BRAFormer federal deputy for the State of Rio de Janeiro (1995-2011)Considered a terrorist for his role in the kidnapping of American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick.2009{{cite weburl=https://extra.globo.com/noticias/brasil/eua-dao-visto-integrante-do-grupo-que-sequestrou-embaixador-americano-charles-elbrick-ha-40-anos-346862.htmltitle=EUA dão visto a integrante do grupo que sequestrou o embaixador americano Charles Elbrick há 40 anos
CANBoxer1961 conviction for drunken driving and assault indictments.2023 (deceased)
UKArtist and writerIssues of moral turpitude.2010 (deceased)
Singerurl=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/arts/20yusuf.html?_r=1&oref=slogintitle=Yusuf Islam Steps Back Into Cat Stevens's Old Soundauthor=Pareles, Jonwork=The New York Timesdate=20 December 2006access-date=6 December 2007}}2006
RussiaSingerAllegedly having close associations with drug trafficking, illicit arms trading, and Russian mafia in Moscow.url=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/268557title=США объявили Лепса мафией: Минфин США внес Григория Лепса в черные списки, заподозрив его в связях с мафией. Певцу отказано в деловых контактах с американцами, его активы будут заблокированыtrans-title=Kobzon is not allowed in the United States: The U.S. continues to deny Kobzon a visa. According to representatives of the embassy, the Russian singer and deputy does not meet the requirements for obtaining a visalanguage=ruwork=Interfaxdate=1 October 2012access-date=22 September 2022archive-date=26 November 2014archive-url=https://archive.today/20141126184914/http://www.interfax.ru/russia/268557}}
UKChef, author and TV host of The TasteDrug-related admission in the United Kingdom.2014
West GermanyNazi German bureaucrat and diplomatParticipation in the Holocaust.1982 (deceased)
SARevolutionary, anti-apartheid dissident, leader of African National Congress, later first post-apartheid President of South AfricaBanned after the apartheid regime of South Africa designated the ANC as a terrorist organization in 1960, requiring Mandela to receive a waiver from the U.S. Secretary of State to visit the United States.2008, after President George W. Bush signed an act to formally lift it.
ARGFormer soccer player and coachVarious criminal convictions in Italy, Argentina, Croatia and other countries.2020 (deceased)
COLNovelist and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1982.Banned from the U.S. due to his ties to the Colombian Communist Party in the 1950s and later for his fondness for Fidel Castro.1995, by President Bill Clinton, who happened to be an admirer of the writer and would dine with him in 1996.
CANProfessional wrestlerCaught using a travel visa instead of a work visa to work independent shows.2023
INDFormer Chief Minister of Gujarat and current Prime Minister of IndiaInvolvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots; banned in 2005.2014, due to diplomatic status per United Nations policy when elected Prime Minister of India. Hosted as a state guest by the United States in 2023.
CANWriter and environmentalistHaving communist sympathies.last=Martinfirst=Sandratitle=Scarred by war, acclaimed author Farley Mowat spent his life trying to save animals, nature and First Nationsurl=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/scarred-by-war-acclaimed-author-farley-mowat-spent-his-life-trying-to-save-animals-nature-and-first-nations/article18548467/?page=allaccess-date=May 8, 2014newspaper=The Globe and Maildate=May 7, 2014}}
JORJournalist and poetUndisclosed reasons.2019 (deceased)
ITAMarxist philosopherCriminal charges and involvement in the Moro case.2023 (deceased)
UKSinger and fashion designerwork=BBC Newsurl=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7832565.stmtitle=Boy George jailed for 15 monthsdate=16 January 2008access-date=10 April 2014}}2014
DRProfessional baseball playerurl=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/030908dnsporangdominicans.353b912.htmltitle=Role in Fraud Ruins Dreams for Texas Rangers' Prospectsfirst=Evanlast=Grantdate=9 March 2009newspaper=Dallas Morning Newsurl-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206201539/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/030908dnsporangdominicans.353b912.htmlarchive-date=February 6, 2010 }}2010
PogoAUSElectronic music artist/producerDid not have necessary work visa.2021
EGYIslamic scholar and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.Sanctioned suicide bombing.2022 (deceased)
SWIAcademic, educator and author (Western Muslims and the Future of Islam)Gave money to Hamas.2010
CANActor, director, writer, and producer.Arrested at Peace Arch Border Crossing and accused of attempting to enter the United States to work without a visa permit.last1=Nagelfirst1=Jefftitle=B.C. actor banned from U.S. wins surprise reprieveurl=https://www.langleyadvancetimes.com/news/b-c-actor-banned-from-u-s-wins-surprise-reprieve-2473289access-date=4 September 2025work=Langley Advance Timesagency=Black Pressdate=January 7, 2014}}
GERDoctor and former member of the SSurl=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/5291_52.htmtitle=ADL Outraged Over German Medical Honor Of Nazi SS Doctordate=28 May 2008work=Anti-Defamation Leagueaccess-date=12 August 2008url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630221646/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/5291_52.htmarchive-date=30 June 2008}}2010 (deceased)
CANIce hockey coachSmuggled an undocumented Ukrainian player across the Canada–United States border multiple times in 2000 while head coach of the Barrie Colts.2014 or earlier
IDNPresident of Indonesia and retired army generalAlleged human rights abuses.2020
SVKLawyerCorruption.2023 (deceased)
BULWriter and publisherUndisclosed reasons.2013https://pen.org/press-release/on-third-attempt-pen-member-ilija-trojanow-permitted-into-u-s/ "ON THIRD ATTEMPT, PEN MEMBER ILIJA TROJANOW PERMITTED INTO U.S.
UKMathematician and computer scientistCriminal conviction for homosexuality.1954 (deceased)
AUTDiplomat and politician, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and President of Austria (1986–1992)Nazi affiliations and activities during World War II, deemed persona non grata.2007 (deceased)
UKSingerDrug and assault convictions in the United Kingdom.2009

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