Question

What are the high risk countries in the US?

Answer 1

The high risk countries in the US also known as Level 4 Do Not Travel countries are Afghanistan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burma (Myanmar), Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Yemen.

These countries are the U.S. Department of State Level 4 Do Not Travel countries that are the highest risk due to extreme, life threatening conditions.

The countries and nations have widespread terrorism, violence or civil unrest.

The United States identifies several countries that are considered high risk countries due to increased immigration scrutiny, which includes the countries of Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Laos, Libya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.

And specific countries are also subject to broad U.S. Treasury Department sanctions or embargoes, which include Sudan, North Korea, Iran, Cuba and specific regions of Ukraine, like Donetsk, Crimean and Luhansk regions.

And several countries also are noted for elevated risks of wrongful detention of the U.S. nationals, which include Venezuela, China, Iran and Russia.