List of people banned from entering the United States explained

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.[1] 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

width=160Individualwidth=140Nationalitywidth=220Occupationwidth=550Reason(s) for ban
Diplomat 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.[2]
Politician and former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018)Allegations of major drug trafficking and ties to Hezbollah.[3]
81st President of Nicaragua (1997-2002)Political corruption scandals.[4] [5]
68th Prime Minister of Syria (since 2020)Continuous support for the Assad regime.[6]
Co-founder of WikiLeaksPleaded guilty for violating the Espionage Act.[7]
Former 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.[8] [9]
2nd 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.[10] [11]
Farmer and anti-globalist activistPast prosecutions for "moral crimes".[12] [13] [14]
38th President of Ecuador (1996-1997)"Involvement in significant corruption, including misappropriation of public funds, accepting bribes, and interfering with public processes".[15]
Former Governor of NayaritAllegations of collaborating with drug dealers.
Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (2011-2021); brother of Fidel CastroHuman rights violations and support for Nicolas Maduro's regime.[16]
SingerDrug-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.[17]
Businesswoman and daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos"Significant corruption by misappropriating public funds for her personal benefit."[18] [19] [20]
Former member of Albanian Parliament (2005-2021)Allegations of significant corruption.[21]
Politician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2016-2019)Involvement in significant corruption.[22]
Military officerGross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre
Professional boxerConnections to the Kinahan crime family.[23]
51st 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."[24] [25]
Zhu HailunRetired politicianInvolvement in the Uyghur genocide.[26] [27]
Min Aung HlaingHead of Burmese military junta (2021–present)Involvement in the Rohingya genocide[28]
Businessman & CEO of Meliá Hotels InternationalHaving business interests in Cuba.[29]
Wife 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.[30] [31]
Rapid Support Forces commanderOrdering the assassination of Khamis Abakar, governor of West Darfur state during the War in Sudan (2023).[32]
Head of the Chechen Republic (2007–present)Violations of human rights, including torture and extrajudicial killings.[33]
Boxing promoter and crime bossSuspected of involvement in organized crime.[34]

Former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and businessmanCorruption and being a "threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions".[35]
Former Australian rules footballerPrior convictions relating to assault.[36]
Chef, author and TV host of The TasteDrug-related admission in the United Kingdom.[37]
Singer-songwriterAlleged connections with the Brothers' Circle.[38]
General Prosecutor of the Republic of Albania (2012-2017)Involvement in significant corruption.[39] [40]
Former Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam"...involvement in gross violations of human rights, which include the flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of persons."[41]
BusinessmanAccused of selling components for mustard gas and nerve gas to Iran in defiance of a US embargo.[42] [43]
Activist, politicianAccused the United States federal government of human rights violations, was due to testify at a tribunal in Washington, D.C.[44] [45]
Involvement with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).[46]
Journalist, conspiracy theorist, and political activistActive promotion of misinformation about the United States.[47]
Journalist and spokesman for HezbollahLinks with Hezbollah.[48]
Military officerGross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre[49]
President of Nicaragua (2007–present)Repression of political opponents during the 2018–2022 Nicaraguan protests, reports of human rights abuses, and committing electoral fraud.[50]
PhotojournalistName matches a "person of interest" on an unspecified U.S. federal law enforcement watch list.[51]
Bilal Philips CanadaIslamic scholarAlleged links to terrorism and seeming to condone suicide bombers.[52]
Businessman and former member of ParliamentInvolvement in significant corruption.[53]
Former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteerTerrorist activities, including involvement in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing.[54]
Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang (2016-2021)Involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China.[55] [56]
Politician and lawyer Links with international terrorist organizations and subversive groups.[57]
Neo-Nazi, Neue Rechte and Identitarian activistLinks to the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.[58]
Sri Lanka Army officerAlleged war crimes in the Sri Lankan civil war.[59]
Second governor of Nairobi County (2017-2020)Involvement in significant corruption.[60]
Environmental campaignerUndisclosed reasons believed to be linked with his campaigning.[61] [62]
Businessman and son of former Prime Minister Margaret ThatcherConviction in South Africa related to a coup plot.[63]
ComedianVisa issues.[64]
4th Attorney General of Kenya (1991-2011)Allegations of "significant" corruption.[65]
Wiranto5th Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council (since 2019)Human rights violations and suspected war crimes.[66]
Far-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.[67] [68]

Previously banned

width=160Individualwidth=220Nationalitywidth=250Occupationwidth=550Reason(s) for banwidth=300Ban lifted
SingerCriminal record, including assault charges on paparazzi.[69] [70] 2008[71]
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.[72] [73] [74] [75]
Mathangi Arulpragasam (a.k.a. M.I.A.)RapperSupporting the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), where her father was one of the founders. [76] 2017[77]
SoldierParticipation in the Nanjing Massacre.[78] 2006 (deceased)
Military officer and politicianHuman rights violations and committing electoral fraud.[79] 1973 (deceased)
Professional wrestlerAttempted to enter the country without the correct working visa in place.[80] 2022
Publisher and businessmanMail fraud and obstruction of justice convictions.[81] [82] 2019, after President Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon.[83] [84]
Nazi microbiologist and scientistInvolvement with human experimentation in Nazi Germany.[85] 1969 (deceased)
RapperAlleged links to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.[86] [87] 2013[88]
Affiliation 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".[89] 2009 (deceased)
Archaeologist Having Marxist beliefs.[90] 1957 (deceased)
Professional tennis playerNot meeting COVID-19 entry requirements, while not being vaccinated for COVID-19. Vaccine waiver request was denied by Department of Homeland Security.[91] 2023[92]
Vice-President of Sinn FéinCriminal convictions and having connections with the IRA.[93] 1976 (deceased)
RapperCouldn’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.[94] [95] [96] 2020 (deceased)
Drug-related conviction in the United Kingdom.[97] 2011[98]
Former 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[99]
Boxer1961 conviction for drunken driving and assault indictments.[100] 2023 (deceased)
Artist and writerIssues of moral turpitude.[101] 2010 (deceased)
Singer Apparent links to terrorism.[102] [103] [104] [105] December 2006
SingerAllegedly having close associations with drug trafficking, illicit arms trading, and Russian mafia in Moscow.2018 (deceased)[106] [107] [108] [109] [110]
Nazi German bureaucrat and diplomatParticipation in the Holocaust1982 (deceased)[111]
Revolutionary, 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.[112]
Former soccer player and coach Various criminal convictions in Italy, Argentina, Croatia and other countries.[113] [114] [115] 2020 (deceased)
Novelist 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.[116] 1995 by President Bill Clinton, who happened to be an admirer of the writer and would dine with him in 1996.
Professional wrestlerCaught using a travel visa instead of a work visa to work independent shows.[117] [118] 2023[119]
Former Chief Minister of Gujarat and current Prime Minister of IndiaInvolvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots; banned in 2005.[120] 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.[121] [122]
Writer and environmentalistHaving communist sympathies.1990[123]
Journalist and poetUndisclosed reasons[124] 2019 (deceased)
Marxist philosopherCriminal charges and involvement in the Moro case.[125] 2023 (deceased)
Singer and fashion designerCriminal convictions in the United States in 2006 and the United Kingdom in 2008.[126] [127] [128] [129] 2014[130]
Major League Baseball player (relief pitcher) Involvement in an immigration marriage fraud ring in the Dominican Republic between 2004-2005.[131] 2010[132]
PogoElectronic music artist/producerDid not have necessary work visa.[133] 2021[134]
Academic, educator and author (Western Muslims and the Future of Islam)Gave money to Hamas.2010[135]
Doctor and former member of the SSAccused of sending more than 900 disabled patients to their deaths under the Nazi euthanasia program during the Holocaust.[136] 2010 (deceased)
President-elect of Indonesia (assumes office on October 24, 2024) and retired army generalAlleged human rights abuses.[137] [138] [139] [140] 2020[141]
LawyerCorruption[142] 2023 (deceased)
Writer and publisherUndisclosed reasons.[143] [144] 2013[145]
Diplomat 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.[146] 2007 (deceased)
Singer Drug and assault convictions in the United Kingdom.[147] 2011 (deceased)

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Notes and References

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  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/world/middleeast/white-house-says-no-visa-for-irans-un-envoy.html?ref=middleeast Iranian diplomat Hamid Aboutalebi denied visa
  3. News: Joshua Goodman and Josh Lederman. Trump sanctions Venezuela vice president on drug trafficking . The Associated Press . 13 February 2017 . 13 February 2024.
  4. News: Marquis. Christopher. Bush Official Is Seeking to Bar Entry to Corrupt Latin Officials. The New York Times. 13 March 2002. 7 August 2007 .
  5. News: . U.S. puts sanctions on ex-Nicaragua president Arnoldo Alemán . The Associated Press . 9 November 2020 . 8 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Who's Who: Prime Minister Hussein Arnous. 25 March 2023. Syrian Observer. 17 September 2020 . en.
  7. News: Presse . AFP-Agence France . Assange Banned From Returning To US Without Permission: Justice Dept . 8 July 2024 . www.barrons.com.
  8. Web site: Prison Time. shaunattwood.com. 11 September 2017. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303005855/http://shaunattwood.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Itemid=120. dead.
  9. Web site: Shaun Attwood - United Agents. unitedagents.co.uk. 24 May 2018.
  10. Web site: U.S. Department of State. 2021-05-19. Public Designation of Albanian Sali Berisha Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption. 2021-07-04. U.S. Department of State. 2021-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210707092256/https://www.state.gov/public-designation-of-albanian-sali-berisha-due-to-involvement-in-significant-corruption/. live.
  11. Web site: Semini. Llazar. 2021-05-19. US sanctions former Albania leader Berisha over corruption. 2021-07-04. AP News.
  12. Web site: Jose Bove's Not Welcome in Bush's USA . 9 February 2006. 2023-08-26 . The Nation .
  13. Web site: French Farmer-Activist José Bové on Paris Protest Ban: “We are in Prison in Our Own Home” . 30 November 2015. 2024-07-13 . DemocracyNow!.
  14. Web site: ANTI-GLOBALIZATION ACTIVIST JOSE BOVE DENIED ENTRY TO SPEAK IN U.S. . February 2006. 2024-07-13 . Grassroots International.
  15. Web site: Designation of Former Ecuadorian President Bucaram for Involvement in Significant Corruption. 2022-03-09. 2022-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309174321/https://www.state.gov/designation-of-former-ecuadorian-president-bucaram-for-involvement-in-significant-corruption/. live.
  16. Web site: Ex-Cuban President Raul Castro barred from entering US. 27 September 2019 . The Statesman. 10 March 2023.
  17. Web site: Pete Doherty never made it out of the airport.. Brooklyn Vegan. 11 June 2010.
  18. News: 2021-12-10 . Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire hit with US visa restrictions . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-02-16.
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  22. Web site: Romania's former ruling party leader banned from entering the US for corruption. Romania-Insider. 5 September 2019 . 12 March 2022.
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  24. Web site: 18 January 2024 . US bars ex-Guatemala President Alejandro Giammattei from entry 3 days after he left office . Associated Press . 18 January 2024 . en.
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  28. News: Top Myanmar Generals Are Barred From Entering U.S. Over Rohingya Killings. 14 March 2023 . NY Times . 17 July 2019.
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  48. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99723 London pressed to deny visa to Hizbullah spokesman
  49. News: 21 November 2023 . US sanctions Russian officers who committed war crimes in Bucha, Andriivka . Dinara Khalilova . The Kyiv Independent . 21 November 2023 .
  50. News: US bans President Daniel Ortega and Nicaraguan officials from entry to the US . 17 November 2021 . Deutsche Welle.
  51. News: US bans President Daniel Ortega and Nicaraguan officials from entry to the US . 17 November 2021 . Deutsche Welle.
  52. Web site: Canadian photojournalist detained for hours, refused entry to U.S.. CBC. 1 December 2016.
  53. Web site: Moldovan Oligarch Plahotniuc Barred from Entering US. Balkan Insight. 12 March 2022.
  54. Web site: A Chronology of the Conflict - 1999. 8 October 2021. Conflict Archive on the Internet. 21 June 2021.
  55. Web site: US sanctions Chinese officials over Xinjiang 'violations'. www.bbc.com. 7 July 2020. 10 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710005130/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53355697. live.
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  57. http://buscador.eluniversal.com/2002/10/03/pol_art_03106EE.shtml Saab denied visa to the USA
  58. News: Austrian far-right activist says US nixed his travel permit. 2019-03-28. Associated Press. 2020-06-17.
  59. News: Military Chief barred from entering United States. 2020-02-16. Times of Islamabad. 2022-02-21.
  60. News: 2022-09-03 . U.S. bans entry of former flamboyant Nairobi governor Mike Sonko, family . en-US . Africa News . 2023-03-10.
  61. News: Murphy . Joe . Heathrow campaigner barred from US was on secret blacklist. . The Evening Standard . 27 February 2013 . 12.
  62. Web site: Sheppard . Kate . Why This Prominent UK Enviro Caused a National Security Freakout... And why the feds were so interested in super glue. . Mother Jones . 6 October 2011. 1 July 2022.
  63. News: 2005-04-04 . Mark Thatcher Says the U.S. Bars Him . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-15 . 0362-4331.
  64. News: Nseyen. Nsikak. 2022-04-26 . Why I was banned from entering US – Bovi . en-NGR. Daily Post. 2023-03-12.
  65. News: 2019-11-18 . U.S. blacklists former Kenyan attorney general over corruption allegations . en-US . Reuters . 2023-03-10.
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  67. News: Guardian staff. Tommy Robinson not granted US visa in time for Washington visit . 30 September 2019 . The Guardian . 13 November 2018.
  68. News: 2013-01-07. EDL leader Stephen Lennon jailed for false passport offence. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-06-16.
  69. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/lily-allens-aussie-blues/story-e6frewz0-1111114135716 "Lily Allen banned from U.S. after arrest for hitting a paparazzo in 2007"
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  72. http://articles.philly.com/1987-10-23/news/26214040_1_gerry-adams-sinn-fein-northern-ireland "Gerry Adams To Visit? Ruling Could Open Visa Gate To Sinn Feiner"
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