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. [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.

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Currently banned

IndividualNationalityOccupationReason(s) for ban
Hamid Aboutalebi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Diplomat and envoy to the United Nations Played 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]
Tareck El Aissami Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Politician and former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018)Allegations of major drug trafficking and ties to Hezbollah. [3]
Arnoldo Alemán Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 81st President of Nicaragua (1997-2002)Political corruption scandals. [4] [5]
Hussein Arnous Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 68th Prime Minister of Syria (2020-2024)Continuous support for the Assad regime. [6]
Julian Assange Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Co-founder of WikiLeaks Pleaded guilty for violating the Espionage Act. [7]
Shaun Attwood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Former ecstasy distributor turned YouTuber After 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]
Sali Berisha Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 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]
José Bové Flag of France.svg  France Farmer and anti-globalist activistPast prosecutions for "moral crimes". [12] [13] [14]
Abdalá Bucaram Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 38th President of Ecuador (1996-1997)"Involvement in significant corruption, including misappropriation of public funds, accepting bribes, and interfering with public processes". [15]
Roberto Sandoval Castañeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Former Governor of Nayarit Allegations of collaborating with drug dealers. [16]
Raúl Castro Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (2011-2021); brother of Fidel Castro Human rights violations and support for Nicolas Maduro's regime. [17]
Rafael Correa Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 45th President of Ecuador (2007-2017)Corruption; "...accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for granting favorable government contracts." [18]
Pete Doherty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 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. [19]
Isabel dos Santos Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Businesswoman and daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos "Significant corruption by misappropriating public funds for her personal benefit." [20] [21] [22]
Tom Doshi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Former member of Albanian Parliament (2005-2021)Allegations of significant corruption. [23]
Liviu Dragnea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Politician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2016-2019)Involvement in significant corruption. [24]
Daniil Frolkin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Military officerGross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre [25]
Tyson Fury Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Professional boxerConnections to the Kinahan crime family. [26]
Alejandro Giammattei Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 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." [27] [28]
Zhu Hailun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Retired politicianInvolvement in the Uyghur genocide. [29] [30]
Min Aung Hlaing Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Head of Burmese military junta (2021–present)Involvement in the Rohingya genocide [31]
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Businessman & CEO of Meliá Hotels International Having business interests in Cuba. [32]
Carrie Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 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. [33] [34]
Abdel Rahman Jumma Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Rapid Support Forces commanderOrdering the assassination of Khamis Abakar, governor of West Darfur state during the War in Sudan (2023). [35]
Ramzan Kadyrov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Head of the Chechen Republic (2007–present)Violations of human rights, including torture and extrajudicial killings. [36]
Daniel Kinahan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Boxing promoter and crime bossSuspected of involvement in organized crime. [37]
Ihor Kolomoyskyi Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and businessmanCorruption and being a "threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions". [38]
Andrew Krakouer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Former Australian rules footballer Prior convictions relating to assault. [39]
Nigella Lawson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Chef, author and TV host of The Taste Drug-related admission in the United Kingdom. [40]
Grigory Leps Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Singer-songwriterAlleged connections with the Brothers' Circle. [41]
Adriatik Llalla Flag of Albania.svg  Albania General Prosecutor of the Republic of Albania (2012-2017)Involvement in significant corruption. [42] [43]
Paul Makonda Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 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." [44]
Nahum Manbar Flag of Israel.svg  Israel BusinessmanAccused of selling components for mustard gas and nerve gas to Iran in defiance of a US embargo. [45] [46]
Liza Maza Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Activist, politicianAccused the United States federal government of human rights violations, was due to testify at a tribunal in Washington, D.C. [47] [48]
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Independent Republican activist, UK Member of Parliament Involvement with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). [49]
Thierry Meyssan Flag of France.svg  France Journalist, conspiracy theorist, and political activistActive promotion of misinformation about the United States. [50]
Ibrahim Mousawi Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Journalist and spokesman for Hezbollah Links with Hezbollah. [51]
Azatbek Omurbekov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Military officerGross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre [25]
Daniel Ortega Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua President of Nicaragua (2007–present)Repression of political opponents during the 2018–2022 Nicaraguan protests, reports of human rights abuses, and committing electoral fraud. [52]
Ed Ou Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada PhotojournalistName matches a "person of interest" on an unspecified U.S. federal law enforcement watch list. [53]
Bilal Philips Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Islamic scholar Alleged links to terrorism and seeming to condone suicide bombers. [54]
Vlad Plahotniuc Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Businessman and former member of Parliament Involvement in significant corruption. [55]
Marian Price Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteerTerrorist activities, including involvement in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing. [56]
Chen Quanguo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang (2016-2021)Involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China. [57] [58]
Tarek William Saab Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Politician and lawyerLinks with international terrorist organizations and subversive groups. [59]
Martin Sellner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Neo-Nazi, Neue Rechte and Identitarian activistLinks to the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. [60]
Shavendra Silva Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army officer Alleged war crimes in the Sri Lankan civil war. [61]
Mike Sonko Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Second governor of Nairobi County (2017-2020)Involvement in significant corruption. [62]
John Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Environmental campaignerUndisclosed reasons believed to be linked with his campaigning. [63] [64]
Mark Thatcher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Businessman and son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Conviction in South Africa related to a coup plot. [65]
Bovi Ugboma Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria ComedianVisa issues. [66]
Amos Wako Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4th Attorney General of Kenya (1991-2011)Allegations of "significant" corruption. [67]
Wiranto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 5th Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council (since 2019)Human rights violations and suspected war crimes. [68]
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
(a.k.a. Tommy Robinson)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 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. [69] [70]

Previously banned

IndividualNationalityOccupationReason(s) for banBan lifted
Lily Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom SingerCriminal record, including assault charges on paparazzi. [71] [72] 2008 [73]
Gerry Adams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Politician, Irish republican president of Sinn Féin Refusing 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. [74] [75] [76] [77]
Mathangi Arulpragasam (a.k.a. M.I.A.)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom RapperSupporting the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), where her father was one of the founders. [78] 2017 [79]
Shiro Azuma Flag of Japan.svg  Japan SoldierParticipation in the Nanjing Massacre. [80] 2006 (deceased)
Fulgencio Batista Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Military officer and politicianHuman rights violations and committing electoral fraud. [81] 1973 (deceased)
Mike Bailey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Professional wrestlerAttempted to enter the country without the correct working visa in place. [82] 2022
Conrad Black Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Publisher and businessmanMail fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. [83] [84] 2019, after President Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon. [85] [86]
Kurt Blome Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Nazi microbiologist and scientist Involvement with human experimentation in Nazi Germany. [87] 1969 (deceased)
Shane Bunting
(a.k.a. Madchild)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada RapperAlleged links to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. [88] [89] 2013 [90]
Hortensia Bussi de Allende Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Former First Lady of Chile, widow of Salvador Allende 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". [91] 2009 (deceased)
V. Gordon Childe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ArchaeologistHaving Marxist beliefs. [92] 1957 (deceased)
Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 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. [93] 2023 [94]
Máire Drumm Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Vice-President of Sinn Féin Criminal convictions and having connections with the IRA. [95] 1976 (deceased)
Daniel Dumile
(a.k.a. MF Doom)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 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. [96] [97] [98] 2020 (deceased)
Kyle Falconer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Lead singer for The View Drug-related conviction in the United Kingdom. [99] 2011 [100]
Fernando Gabeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 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 [101]
Dave Hilton Sr. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Boxer1961 conviction for drunken driving and assault indictments. [102] 2023 (deceased)
Sebastian Horsley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Artist and writerIssues of moral turpitude. [103] 2010 (deceased)
Yusuf Islam
(a.k.a. Cat Stevens)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom SingerApparent links to terrorism. [104] [105] [106] [107] December 2006
Joseph Kobzon Flag of Russia.svg  Russia SingerAllegedly having close associations with drug trafficking, illicit arms trading, and Russian mafia in Moscow.2018 (deceased) [108] [109] [110] [111] [112]
Georg Leibbrandt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Nazi German bureaucrat and diplomat Participation in the Holocaust 1982 (deceased) [113]
Nelson Mandela Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Revolutionary, anti-apartheid dissident, leader of African National Congress, later first post-apartheid President of South Africa Banned 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. [114]
Diego Maradona Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Former soccer player and coachVarious criminal convictions in Italy, Argentina, Croatia and other countries. [115] [116] [117] 2020 (deceased)
Gabriel García Márquez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 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. [118] 1995 by President Bill Clinton, who happened to be an admirer of the writer and would dine with him in 1996.
Nicole Matthews Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Professional wrestlerCaught using a travel visa instead of a work visa to work independent shows. [119] [120] 2023 [121]
Narendra Modi Flag of India.svg  India Former Chief Minister of Gujarat and current Prime Minister of India Involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots; banned in 2005. [122] 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. [123] [124]
Farley Mowat Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Writer and environmentalistHaving communist sympathies.1990 [125]
Amjad Nasser Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Journalist and poetUndisclosed reasons [126] 2019 (deceased)
Antonio Negri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Marxist philosopherCriminal charges and involvement in the Moro case. [127] 2023 (deceased)
George O'Dowd
(a.k.a. Boy George)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Singer and fashion designerCriminal convictions in the United States in 2006 and the United Kingdom in 2008. [128] [129] [130] [131] 2014 [132]
Alexi Ogando Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Major League Baseball player (relief pitcher)Involvement in an immigration marriage fraud ring in the Dominican Republic between 2004-2005. [133] 2010 [134]
Pogo Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Electronic music artist/producerDid not have necessary work visa. [135] 2021 [136]
Tariq Ramadan Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Academic, educator and author (Western Muslims and the Future of Islam)Gave money to Hamas.2010 [137]
Hans Joachim Sewering Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Doctor and former member of the SS Accused of sending more than 900 disabled patients to their deaths under the Nazi euthanasia program during the Holocaust. [138] 2010 (deceased)
Prabowo Subianto Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia President-elect of Indonesia (assumes office on October 24, 2024) and retired army general Alleged human rights abuses. [139] [140] [141] [142] 2020 [143]
Dobroslav Trnka Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia LawyerCorruption [144] 2023 (deceased)
Ilija Trojanow Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Writer and publisherUndisclosed reasons. [145] [146] 2013 [147]
Kurt Waldheim Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 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 . [148] 2007 (deceased)
Amy Winehouse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom SingerDrug and assault convictions in the United Kingdom. [149] 2009 [150]

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