The Department of State released a clarification concerning Donald Trump's proclamation on "restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals to protect the United States from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security and public safety." This measure went into effect on June 9 at midnight. According to the statement posted on its website, it states that "the Department of State is fully suspending the issuance of visas to nationals of Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen for all categories of non-immigrant and immigrant visas, with limited exceptions."

The exemptions, still according to the statement, concern certain diplomatic and official visas; certain immigrant visas for immediate relatives (spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens); adoptions by U.S. citizens; immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities facing persecution in Iran; dual nationals applying with a passport from a country not subject to suspension; Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) for U.S. government employees; Afghan SIVs; participants in certain major sporting events; and lawful permanent residents (LPRs).