{"question":{"passport":"CIV","destination":"USA","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"TRAVELLER_STATUS","text":"The suspension applies only to nationals who are outside the United States on the applicable effective date and who do not have a valid visa on that date."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"proc-10998","url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-19/html/2025-23570.htm","passage":"I \n have determined to partially restrict and limit the \n entry of nationals of the following 15 countries: \n Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d 'Ivoire, \n Dominica, Gabon, The Gambia,\n\n[[Page 59722]]\n\n Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, \n Zambia, and Zimbabwe. … (ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Angola as immigrants, \nand as nonimmigrants on B-1, B-2, B-1/B-2, F, M, and J visas, is hereby \nsuspended. … This proclamation is effective \n at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on January 1, 2026.","explanation":"Ordinary tourism uses B-1/B-2; each (ii) suspends those classifications for the named nationality, which is a class-wide bar on the visitor route rather than a shortened stay. 8 CFR 212.1 cannot record a 2026 proclamation.","publisher":"Proclamation 10998 of December 16, 2025"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}