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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.

Currently banned

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Individual Nationality Occupation Reason(s) for ban
Omar Abdulkadir Artan  Somalia Soccer referee Suspected links to Al-Shabaab.[2][3]
Hamid Aboutalebi  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.[4]
Saud al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia Consultant and former royal court advisor Reportedly oversaw the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, among other interrogations and torture.[5]
Tareck El Aissami  Venezuela Politician and former Vice President of Venezuela (2017-2018) Allegations of major drug trafficking and ties to Hezbollah.[6]
Arnoldo Alemán  Nicaragua 81st President of Nicaragua (1997-2002) Political corruption scandals.[7][8]
Maher Arar  Canada
 Syria		 Telecommunications engineer Suspected of being a member of Al Qaeda.[9]
Hussein Arnous  Syria 68th Prime Minister of Syria (2020-2024) Continuous support for the Assad regime.[10]
Julian Assange  Australia Co-founder of WikiLeaks Pleaded guilty for violating the Espionage Act.[11]
Shaun Attwood  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.[12][13]
Hokkons Baules  Palau President of the Senate of Palau Accused of involvement in corruption.[14]
Sali Berisha  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.[15][16]
José Bové  France Farmer and alter-globalization activist Past prosecutions for "moral crimes".[17][18][19]
Abdalá Bucaram  Ecuador 38th President of Ecuador (1996-1997) "Involvement in significant corruption, including misappropriation of public funds, accepting bribes, and interfering with public processes."[20]
Roberto Sandoval Castañeda  Mexico Former Governor of Nayarit Allegations of collaborating with drug dealers.[21]
Raúl Castro  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.[22]
Chen Quanguo  China Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang (2016-2021) Involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China.[23][24]
Rafael Correa  Ecuador 45th President of Ecuador (2007-2017) Corruption; "...accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for granting favorable government contracts."[25]
Pete Doherty  United Kingdom Singer Drug-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.[26]
Isabel dos Santos  Angola Businesswoman and daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos "Significant corruption by misappropriating public funds for her personal benefit."[27][28][29]
Tom Doshi  Albania Former member of Albanian Parliament (2005-2021) Allegations of significant corruption.[30]
Liviu Dragnea  Romania Politician and former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2016-2019) Involvement in significant corruption.[31]
Alejandro Giammattei  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".[32][33]
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume  Spain Businessman & CEO of Meliá Hotels International Having business interests in Cuba.[34]
Carrie Johnson  United Kingdom Wife of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, media consultant Visiting 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.[35][36]
Abdel Rahman Jumma  Sudan Rapid Support Forces commander Ordering the assassination of Khamis Abakar, governor of West Darfur state during the War in Sudan (2023).[37]
Ramzan Kadyrov  Russia Head of the Chechen Republic (2007–present) Violations of human rights, including torture and extrajudicial killings.[38]
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  Argentina 56th President of Argentina (2007-2015) "Significant corruption" charges.[39]
Daniel Kinahan  Ireland Boxing promoter and crime boss Suspected of involvement in organized crime.[40]
Ihor Kolomoyskyi  Cyprus
 Israel		 Former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and businessman Corruption and being a "threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions".[41]
Andrew Krakouer  Australia Former Australian rules footballer Prior convictions relating to assault.[42]
Grigory Leps  Russia Singer-songwriter Alleged connections to the Brothers' Circle.[43]
Adriatik Llalla  Albania General Prosecutor of the Republic of Albania (2012-2017) Involvement in significant corruption.[44][45]
Paul Makonda  Tanzania Regional 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."[46]
Nahum Manbar  Israel Businessman Accused of selling components for mustard gas and nerve gas to Iran in defiance of a US embargo.[47][48]
Liza Maza  Philippines Activist, politician Accused the United States federal government of human rights violations, was due to testify at a tribunal in Washington, D.C.[49][50]
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey  United Kingdom Independent Republican activist, UK Member of Parliament Involvement with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).[51]
Thierry Meyssan  France Journalist, conspiracy theorist, and political activist Active promotion of misinformation about the United States.[52]
Min Aung Hlaing  Myanmar Head of Burmese military junta (2021–present) Involvement in the Rohingya genocide.[53]
Ibrahim Mousawi  Lebanon Journalist and spokesman for Hezbollah Links with Hezbollah.[54]
Azatbek Omurbekov  Russia Military officer Gross violations of human rights during the Bucha massacre.[55]
Daniel Ortega  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.[56]
Ed Ou  Canada Photojournalist Name matches a "person of interest" on an unspecified U.S. federal law enforcement watch list.[57]
Bilal Philips  Canada
 Jamaica		 Islamic scholar Alleged links to terrorism and seeming to condone suicide bombers.[58]
Vlad Plahotniuc  Moldova Businessman and former member of Parliament Involvement in significant corruption.[59]
Marian Price  United Kingdom Former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer Terrorist activities, including involvement in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing.[60]
Tarek William Saab  Venezuela Politician and lawyer Links with international terrorist organizations and subversive groups.[61]
Martin Sellner  Austria Neo-Nazi, Neue Rechte and Identitarian activist Links to the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand.[62]
Shavendra Silva  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Army officer Alleged war crimes in the Sri Lankan civil war.[63]
Mike Sonko  Kenya Second governor of Nairobi County (2017-2020) Involvement in significant corruption.[64]
John Stewart  United Kingdom Environmental campaigner Undisclosed reasons believed to be linked with his campaigning.[65][66]
Mark Thatcher Businessman and son of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Conviction in South Africa related to the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt.[67]
Bovi Ugboma  Nigeria Comedian Visa issues.[68]
Bob Vylan  United Kingdom Rap duo Led a chant of "Death, death to the IDF".[69]
Amos Wako  Kenya 4th Attorney General of Kenya (1991-2011) Allegations of "significant" corruption.[70]
Wiranto  Indonesia 5th Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council (since 2019) Human rights violations and suspected war crimes.[71]
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
(a.k.a. Tommy Robinson)		  United Kingdom Far-right activist Robinson 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.[72][73]
Zhu Hailun  China Retired politician Involvement in the persecution of Uyghurs in China.[74][75]

Previously banned

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Individual Nationality Occupation Reason(s) for ban Ban lifted
Lily Allen  United Kingdom Singer Criminal record, including assault charges on paparazzi.[76][77] 2008[78]
Gerry Adams 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.[79][80][81][82]
Mathangi Arulpragasam (a.k.a. M.I.A.) Rapper Supporting the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), where her father was one of the founders.[83] 2017[84]
Shiro Azuma  Japan Soldier Participation in the Nanjing Massacre.[85] 2006 (deceased)
Fulgencio Batista  Cuba Military officer and politician Human rights violations and committing electoral fraud.[86] 1973 (deceased)
Mike Bailey  Canada Professional wrestler Attempted to enter the country without the correct working visa in place.[87] 2022[citation needed]
Omar Beltré  Dominican Republic Professional baseball player Involvement in an immigration marriage fraud ring in the Dominican Republic between 2004–2005.[88] 2010[89]
Conrad Black  Canada

 United Kingdom

 Publisher and businessman Mail fraud and obstruction of justice convictions.[90][91] 2019, after President Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon.[92][93]
Kurt Blome  West Germany Nazi microbiologist and scientist Involvement with human experimentation in Nazi Germany.[94] 1969 (deceased)
Desi Bouterse  Suriname 8th President of Suriname Involvement in the extrajudicial killings known as the December murders in 1982.[95] 2024 (deceased)
Shane Bunting
(a.k.a. Madchild)		  Canada Rapper Alleged links to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.[96][97] 2013[98]
Hortensia Bussi de Allende  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".[99] 2009 (deceased)
V. Gordon Childe  Australia Archaeologist Having Marxist beliefs.[100] 1957 (deceased)
Roberto d'Aubuisson  El Salvador Military officer, neo-fascist politician and death squad leader Threatening the life of James Richard Cheek.[101] 1984[102]
Alexandre de Moraes  Brazil Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil Alleged political persecution against Jair Bolsonaro and violations of the basic rights of Brazilians and Americans.[103][104][105] 2025[106]
Novak Djokovic  Serbia Professional tennis player Not meeting COVID-19 entry requirements, while not being vaccinated for COVID-19. Vaccine waiver request was denied by Department of Homeland Security.[107] 2023[108]
Máire Drumm  Ireland Vice-President of Sinn Féin Criminal convictions and having connections with the IRA.[109] 1976 (deceased)
Daniel Dumile
(a.k.a. MF Doom)		  United Kingdom Rapper Couldn’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.[110][111][112] 2020 (deceased)
Kyle Falconer Lead singer for The View Drug-related conviction in the United Kingdom.[113] 2011[114]
Tyson Fury Professional boxer Links with Daniel Kinahan, who is subject to sanctions by the U.S. government's Office of Foreign Assets Control. 2026[115]
Fernando Gabeira  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[116]
Dave Hilton Sr.  Canada Boxer 1961 conviction for drunken driving and assault indictments.[117] 2023 (deceased)
Sebastian Horsley  United Kingdom Artist and writer Issues of moral turpitude.[118] 2010 (deceased)
Yusuf Islam
(a.k.a. Cat Stevens)		 Singer Apparent links to terrorism.[119][120][121][122] 2006
Joseph Kobzon  Russia Singer Allegedly having close associations with drug trafficking, illicit arms trading, and Russian mafia in Moscow. 2018 (deceased)[123][124][125][126][127]
Nigella Lawson  United Kingdom Chef, author and TV host of The Taste Drug-related admission in the United Kingdom.[128] 2014
Georg Leibbrandt  West Germany Nazi German bureaucrat and diplomat Participation in the Holocaust. 1982 (deceased)[129]
Nelson Mandela  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.[130]
Diego Maradona  Argentina Former soccer player and coach Various criminal convictions in Italy, Argentina, Croatia and other countries.[131][132][133] 2020 (deceased)
Gabriel García Márquez  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.[134] 1995, by President Bill Clinton, who happened to be an admirer of the writer and would dine with him in 1996.
Nicole Matthews  Canada Professional wrestler Caught using a travel visa instead of a work visa to work independent shows.[135][136] 2023[137]
Narendra Modi  India Former Chief Minister of Gujarat and current Prime Minister of India Involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots; banned in 2005.[138] 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.[139][140]
Farley Mowat  Canada Writer and environmentalist Having communist sympathies. 1990[141]
Amjad Nasser  Jordan Journalist and poet Undisclosed reasons.[142] 2019 (deceased)
Antonio Negri  Italy Marxist philosopher Criminal charges and involvement in the Moro case.[143] 2023 (deceased)
George O'Dowd
(a.k.a. Boy George)		  United Kingdom Singer and fashion designer Criminal convictions in the United States in 2006 and the United Kingdom in 2008.[144][145][146][147] 2014[148]
Alexi Ogando  Dominican Republic Professional baseball player Involvement in an immigration marriage fraud ring in the Dominican Republic between 2004–2005.[88] 2010[89]
Pogo  Australia Electronic music artist/producer Did not have necessary work visa.[149] 2021[citation needed]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi  Egypt Islamic scholar and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. Sanctioned suicide bombing.[150] 2022 (deceased)
Tariq Ramadan   Switzerland Academic, educator and author (Western Muslims and the Future of Islam) Gave money to Hamas. 2010[151]
Chad Rook  Canada Actor, 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. 2014[152]
Hans Joachim Sewering  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.[153] 2010 (deceased)
Bill Stewart  Canada Ice hockey coach Smuggled an undocumented Ukrainian player across the Canada–United States border multiple times in 2000 while head coach of the Barrie Colts.[154] 2014 or earlier[155]
Prabowo Subianto  Indonesia President of Indonesia and retired army general Alleged human rights abuses.[156][157][158][159] 2020[160]
Dobroslav Trnka  Slovakia Lawyer Corruption.[161] 2023 (deceased)
Ilija Trojanow  Bulgaria

 Germany

 Writer and publisher Undisclosed reasons.[162][163] 2013[164]
Alan Turing  United Kingdom Mathematician and computer scientist Criminal conviction for homosexuality.[165] 1954 (deceased)
Kurt Waldheim  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.[166] 2007 (deceased)
Amy Winehouse  United Kingdom Singer Drug and assault convictions in the United Kingdom.[167] 2009[168]

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