{"id":21412,"date":"2025-07-01T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/?p=21412"},"modified":"2025-07-01T09:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T13:47:10","slug":"uidance-for-current-international-students-from-potentially-extended-travel-ban-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/uidance-for-current-international-students-from-potentially-extended-travel-ban-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for Current International Students from Potentially Extended Travel Ban Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Student,<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Department of State sent a memo to consular posts indicating a potential travel ban for 36 additional countries: Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe. If you traveled outside of the United States, the International Services Office strongly encourages you to return to the United States as early as possible to avoid potential delays caused by any future travel restrictions involving the countries listed above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The University and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/iso\/\">International Services Office (ISO)<\/a> will continue to closely monitor developments regarding travel restrictions and will provide you with timely updates.\u00a0 Additionally, we will keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/federal-policy-updates\/\">The Federal Policy Changes<\/a> on our website updated as information becomes available.\u00a0In the meantime, we urge you to reach out to either of the departments below if you will require assistance upon your early return to campus:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are an undergraduate arriving before the designated move-in date of Thursday, August 21, please reach out to the main office of the Office for Residential Life &amp; Housing Services at: <a href=\"mailto:housing@reslife.rochester.edu\">housing@reslife.rochester.edu<\/a>. For questions about housing for graduate students, please contact Rebecca Orton with Graduate and Family Housing at: <a href=\"mailto:rebecca.orton@rochester.edu\">rebecca.orton@rochester.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students with additional support needs may seek assistance through the Student Support Basic Needs Hub. To submit a request, please complete a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/students\/support\/form\/\">resource request form<\/a>. Note that demonstrated need, availability of resources, reason for needing support, relevance, and timing of the request will all be considered when allocating resources. You may email questions to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:basicneedshub@rochester.edu\">basicneedshub@rochester.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to having you back on campus soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kindest regards,<\/p>\n<p>Ravi Shankar<\/p>\n<p>Interim Vice Provost for Global Engagement<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Fritz<\/p>\n<p>Interim Assistant Vice Provost for International Services &amp; Support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Student, \u00a0 On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Department of State sent a memo to consular posts indicating a potential travel ban for 36 additional countries: Angola; Antigua and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guidance for Current International Students from Potentially Extended Travel Ban Countries - International Services Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guidance for Current International Students from Potentially Extended Travel Ban Countries - International Services Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Student, \u00a0 On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the Department of State sent a memo to consular posts indicating a potential travel ban for 36 additional countries: Angola; 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