High-Risk Country List

High-Risk Countries

In accordance with the Policy on Travel to High-Risk and Sanctioned Destinations, the below countries are designated as high-risk by the university. 

Students, staff, and faculty may not participate in university travel to high-risk destinations on university travel without prior approval.  

Instructions for obtaining approval to the below destinations can be found on the Travel Protocols page. Contact MYTRAVELPLANS@northeastern.edu or your program advisor/coordinator for more information.

• Afghanistan (Travel Suspended) 
• Algeria 
• Angola 
• Antarctica 
• Armenia 
• Azerbaijan 
• Bangladesh 
• Belarus (Travel Suspended)
• Belize 
• Benin 
• Bolivia  
• Brazil 
• Brunei
• Burkina Faso 
• Burundi 
• Cambodia 
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic 
• Chad 
• China 
• Colombia 
• Comoros 
• Congo 
• Côte d’Ivoires 
• Cuba 
• Democratic Republic of the Congo 
• Djibouti 
• Dominican Republic 
• Ecuador 
• Egypt 
• El Salvador 
• Equatorial Guinea 
• Eritrea
• Eswatini 
• Ethiopia (Travel Suspended)
• Gabon 
• Gambia 
• Georgia 
• Ghana 
• Grenada
• Guatemala 
• Guinea 
• Guinea-Bissau 
• Guyana 
• Haiti 
• Heard Island and McDonald Islands 
• Honduras 
• Hong Kong
• India 
• Indonesia 
• Iran 
• Iraq (Travel Suspended)
• Israel (Travel Suspended as of 13 October 2023) 
• Jamaica 
• Jordan 
• Kazakhstan 
• Kenya 
• Kiribati 
• Kosovo 
• Kuwait 
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos 
• Lebanon (Travel Suspended as of 18 October 2023) 
• Lesotho 
• Liberia 
• Libya (Travel Suspended)
• Macao 
• Madagascar 
• Malawi 
• Malaysia 
• Maldives 
• Mali 
• Mauritania 
• Mexico 
• Moldova 
• Mongolia
• Morocco 
• Mozambique 
• Myanmar (Travel Suspended)
• Namibia 
• Nepal
• New Caledonia
• Nicaragua 
• Niger 
• Nigeria 
• North Korea (Travel Suspended)
• Oman 
• Pakistan 
• Palestinian Territories (Travel Suspended as of 13 October 2023) 
• Panama 
• Papua New Guinea 
• Peru 
• Philippines 
• Poland
• Qatar 
• Romania
• Russian Federation (Travel Suspended)
• Rwanda 
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Saint Lucia 
• Saudi Arabia 
• Senegal 
• Serbia
• Sierra Leones 
• Solomon Islands 
• Somalia (Travel Suspended)
• South Africa 
• South Sudan (Travel Suspended)
• Sri Lanka 
• Sudan (Travel Suspended)
• Syria (Travel Suspended)
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan 
• Tanzania 
• Thailand 
• Timor-Leste 
• Togo 
• Trinidad and Tobago 
• Tunisia 
• Turkey 
• Turkmenistan 
• Tuvalu 
• Uganda 
• Ukraine (Travel Suspended)
• United Arab Emirates 
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela  
• Western Sahara 
• Yemen (Travel Suspended)
• Zambia 
• Zimbabwe