A full description of the ban can be found in this White House document.
You’re going to want to know how the new rules work.
The full ban will be lifted in the following months. For instance, foreign students will not be banned while they are still in school, as they are now. Instead, they can apply for a one-year visa that allows them to travel anywhere in the U.S. without restriction.
We have looked at the partial list below.
1. In addition to current high-priority visa holders like U.S. citizens, there are other categories of people who won’t be banned – unless the government changes their visas. For example, some people applying for short-term visitor visas, such as students, will now have more opportunities to complete those visas if they receive them in a timely manner. Applicants can also get expedited green cards for “good cause.”
(Unless noted, the following categories are exempt from the ban. For further information on each category, see a Farsi-language version of the list on the U.S. State Department website.)
1. Medical emergency or transfer
2. Current State Department holders of F-1 (nonimmigrant) visas, including embassy and consulate visa officers, except the U.S. Consulate in Karachi
3. Current and future U.S. Treasury Department employees
4. Current and future F-2 (nonimmigrant) visa holders, except the U.S. Consulate in Karachi
5. Current and future U.S. federal government employees
6. Current or future Department of Defense employees
7. Current or future Homeland Security employees
8. Current or future employees of foreign intelligence agencies and foreign governments
9. Current or future employees of foreign diplomatic mission
10. Current or future Foreign Service officers
11. Current or future employees of U.S. Army or Air Force
12. Current or future employees of Secret Service
13. U.S. Coast Guard
14. U.S. Special Operations Command
15. U.S. Army
16. U.S. Marines
17. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
18. U.S. Navy
19. U.S. Postal Service
20. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
21. U.S. Special Operations Command
22. U.S. South Korean Ministry of National Defense
23. U.S. Army Europe
24. U.S. Army Europe
25. U.S. State Department officers, including consular employees and diplomatic mission officers
26. U.S. Navy
27. U.S. Army Europe
28. U.S. Army Europe
29. U.S. Marine Corps
30. U.S. Coast Guard
31. U.S. Navy
32. U.S. Marine Corps
33. U.S. Diplomatic Mission officers in Hawaii
34. U.S. Diplomatic Mission officers in Guam
35. U.S. Diplomatic Mission officers in Guam
36. U.S. State Department officer in Puerto Rico
37. U.S. Department of the Interior officers in the West Bank and Egypt
38. U.S. Department of the Interior officers in the Mediterranean
39. U.S. State Department officers in the Middle East and North Africa
40. U.S. State Department officers in the South China Sea
41. U.S. State Department officers in Pakistan
42. U.S. Air Force officers in Afghanistan
43. U.S. Army officers in the Middle East
44. U.S. Navy officers in the Middle East
45. U.S. Naval officers in the Middle East
46. U.S. State Department officers in South Asia and East Asia
47. U.S. State Department officers in West Africa
48. U.S. State Department officers in Central America
49. U.S. State Department officers in the Americas
50. U.S. State Department officers in the Americas
51. U.S. State Department officers in the Middle East
52. U.S. Coast Guard officers in the Americas
53. U.S. Coast Guard
54. U.S. Naval officers in the Americas
