Locations Requiring an Exception - Graduate Students

Afghanistan 

*Algeria 

Areas of El Taref, Souk Ahras and Tebessa provinces within 12 miles (20km) of the Tunisian border; areas within 12 miles of the Libyan border; areas within 30 miles (50km) of the southern borders with Mauritania, Mali and Niger 

*Angola 

Areas of El Taref, Souk Ahras and Tebessa provinces within 12 miles (20km) of the Tunisian border; areas within 12 miles of the Libyan border; areas within 30 miles (50km) of the southern borders with Mauritania, Mali and Niger 

*Armenia 

Border with Azerbaijan (within 6.2 miles/10 km of border), and Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces

*Azerbaijan 

Armenian border areas (within 6.2 miles/10 km of border) and Nagorno-Karabakh 

Bangladesh 

Belarus 

*Benin 

Alibori and Atakora departments, and within 18 miles (30 km) from the border with Nigeria; Within 18 miles (30 km) from the border with Burkina Faso and Niger, including the Pendjari (Atakora department) and W (Alibori department) national parks 

*Bolivia 

Chapare region 

*Brazil 

Any areas within 150 km/100 miles of Brazil's land borders with Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Paraguay (Note: This does not apply to the Foz do Iguacu National Park or Pantanal National Park); Brasilia's administrative regions (commonly known as "satellite cities") of Ceilandia, Santa Maria, Sao Sebastiao, and Paranoa during non-daylight hours; Informal housing developments (commonly referred to in Brazil as favelas, vilas, comunidades, and/or conglomerados) at any time of day 

Burkina Faso 

*Burundi 

Areas of Bujumbura Rural province west of the Rusizi river and north of Isale; Bubanza and Cibitoke provinces

*Cameroon 

Far North Region; Bakassi peninsula; areas within 18 miles (30km) of borders with Central African Republic; Northwest and Southwest regions 

Central African Republic 

*Chad 

Areas west of Bol in Lac region; Borkou, Ennedi East, Ennedi West and Tibesti regions; areas within 18 miles (30km) of borders with Sudan, CAR 

*Colombia 

Cali city; Areas affected by activity from illicit armed groups, including those bordering Venezuela (entire departments of Arauca and Norte de Santander; 62 miles (100 km) from border of Boyaca, Cesar, Guainia, La Guaijira, and Vichada departments), and along the Pacific coast (northern and southern parts of Choco department, entire departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca) as well as parts of the northern and mid-eastern regions (Antioquia department: The northern two-thirds of the department, north of the capital Medellin; Bolivar department: southern half; Cordoba department: southern half; Guaviare department: area around San Jose del Guaviare municipality; Meta department: Southern areas bordering Caqueta and Guaviare departments; and Caqueta: Northern areas bordering Meta department.) 

*Congo 

Areas in Likouala and Sangha departments within 20 miles (32km) of border with Central African Republic 

*Côte d'Ivoire 

Northern border regions within 25 miles (40 km) of borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, and Comoe National Park

DR Congo (DRC) 

*Ecuador 

Western provinces (El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas); Amazon, Colombian border areas 

*Egypt 

North Sinai; Western Desert 

*Eritrea 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of Ethiopian, Sudanese, Djiboutian borders 

* Ethiopia 

Addis Ababa 

*Georgia 

Abkhazia and South Ossetia 

*Guatemala 

Guatemala City (Zone 18, city of Villa Nueva); Chiquimula, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Peten, San Marcos Department, and Zacapa Departments 

Haiti 

Honduras 

*India 

Manipur and Nagaland states; some districts of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Asom (Assam), Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana states; Kashmir division and parts of Jammu division (both Jammu and Kashmir union territory) 

*Indonesia 

Central Papua, Highland Papua provinces

*Iran 

Tehran

*Iraq 

Baghdad 

Israel 

*Jamaica 

Within six miles (10 km) of northern border area with Lebanon 

*Jordan 

Within 15.5 miles (25 km) of the border area with Syria and the northeastern border area with Iraq 

*Kenya 

Nairobi (city); the northern counties of Baringo, Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo; The Somali-border counties of Wajir, Mandera, Garissa and Lamu; Kenya-Somalia border counties; Turkana county 

*Kuwait 

Desert region within 30 miles (48 km) of the border with Iraq

*Kyrgyzstan 

Batken province, the international border regions of Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces

Lebanon 

Libya 

*Madagascar 

Anosy (except its capital Fort Dauphin (Tôlanaro)) and Atsimo-Atsinanana regions (south-east) 

Mali 

*Mauritania 

Eastern desert areas (see Global Dartmouth for specific areas) 

*Mexico

States of Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Zacatecas 

*Mozambique 

Macomia, Meluco, Mocimboa da Praia, Muidumbe, Nangade, Palma and Quissanga districts (all Cabo Delgado province) 

Myanmar 

*Niger 

Areas of Tillaberi and Tahoua region within 25 miles (40 km) of the border of Mali + Filingue, Ouallam, Say, Tera and Tillaberi departments (all Tillaberi) + northern half of Tahoua region and areas of Tahoua region within 25 miles (40 km) of the border with Nigeria; areas within 30 miles (48 km) bordering Burkina Faso; Agadez region; Diffa region; Maradi region within 25 miles (40 km) of the border with Nigeria

Nigeria 

North Korea 

*Oman 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Yemen border area 

Pakistan 

Palestinian Territories 

*Panama 

Colón , Darién 

Papua New Guinea 

*Peru 

Ene, Apurimac and Mantaro River Valley (VRAEM); Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Colombian-Peruvian border in the Loreto Region 

*Philippines 

South-west Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) 

Russia 

Rwanda

*Saudi Arabia 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Iraq and Yemen border areas 

Somalia 

*South Africa 

High-density, low-income urban areas (inquire with Global Dartmouth with specifics on urban travel location to determine if traveling in a high-density, low-income area) 

South Sudan 

Sudan 

Syria 

*Tajikistan 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Afghan border; Areas of Sughd province within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Kyrgyz border; Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast 

*Tanzania 

Southern border areas within 12 miles (20km) of the Mozambican border and inland up to 93 miles (150km) from the coast 

*Thailand 

Southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani; southern districts of Songkhla province 

*Togo 

Northern areas within 18 miles (30km) of the Burkina Faso border 

*Trinidad & Tobago 

Laventille, Beetham 

*Tunisia 

Libyan border areas; areas of Jendouba, Kasserine and Kef governorates within 25 miles (40km) of the Algerian border; Mount Chaambi, Mount Mgilla, Mount Salloum and Mount Sammama 

*Türkiye 

Areas within ten miles (16km) of the Syrian border; Hakkari, Sirnak, Diyarbakir provinces 

*Turkmenistan 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Afghan border 

*Uganda 

Areas within 18.6 miles (30km) of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan borders 

Ukraine 

*Uzbekistan 

Within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Afghan and Kyrgyz borders, Fergana Valley 

Venezuela 

Yemen