Earlier this month, President Trump issued a proclamation “Restrciting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.”  Nationals from the following countries are fully or partially suspended from entering the country:

 
Afghanistan

Myanmar (Burma)

Chad

Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Haiti

Iran

Libya

Somalia

Sudan

Yemen

Burundi

Cuba

Laos Sierra Leone

Togo

Turkmenistan

Venezuela

We reached out to CBP to inquire how this would affect crewmembers from the above countries.  The following is taken from the CBP advisory:

“Any foreign national traveling with a valid nonimmigrant visa in the following classifications are exempt: A-1, A-2,C-2, C-3, G-1,G-2, G-3, G-4, NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, or NATO-6”.  In addition, local CBP strongly encourages that vessel owners ensure their personnel have the correct visa types to enter the United States.

 

A copy of the notice is attached.