Since June 9, the U.S. Department of State has fully suspended 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.

According to the same notice, exemptions apply to certain diplomatic and official visas; some 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 employees of the U.S. government; Afghan SIVs; participants in certain major sporting events; and lawful permanent residents (LPRs).