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Locations Requiring a Travel Exception - Staff and Faculty

All travel contains some level of risk; however, travel to some locations can pose additional risk. Dartmouth has grouped international locations based on risk to determine when a Travel Exception is required. If one or more of your travel destinations are on the list below, a Travel Exception is required. Please submit your Travel Exception request at least 30 days prior to your planned departure date.

This list is reviewed and revised regularly, please check back to confirm no changes have been made at least one week before departure. If you have questions or uncertain about whether you need to apply for a Travel Exception due to changes in the list below email global.dartmouth@dartmouth.edu. 

If you are planning to travel to Cuba, you must contact Risk Management at Risk.Management@Dartmouth.edu. Additional paperwork is required by the U.S. State Department.

Locations Requiring Travel Exceptions - Faculty and Staff

* denotes countries that have only a section of the country that requires an Exception, the other areas do not.

 

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 

*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.) 

*Côte d'Ivoire 

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

*DRC 

North Kivu province (except Goma and Beni); South Kivu province (except Bukavu); Ituri province (except Bunia); Tanganyika province 

*Ecuador 

Western provinces (El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los Rios, Manabi, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas); Amazon region; within 18.6 miles (30 km) of the Colombian border areas 

*Egypt 

North Sinai; Western Desert 

*Ethiopia 

Areas within 18.6 miles (30km) of the Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan border; Tigray state; East Gojam, North Shewa, North Wollo, West Gojam (all Amhara state); East Shewa, East Wellega, Horo Guduru, North Shewa, West Shewa and West Wellega (all Oromia state); Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz Regions; Southern Nations and National People (SNNP) Region 

*Georgia 

Abkhazia and South Ossetia 

*Guatemala 

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

Haiti 

*Honduras 

Gracias a Dios Department 

*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 

Iraq 

*Jordan 

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

*Kenya 

Kenya-Somalia border counties; Turkana county

*Kuwait 

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

Lebanon 

Libya 

Mali 

*Mauritania 

Eastern desert areas (see Global Dartmouth for specific areas) 

*Mexico 

States of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, 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; areas of Diffa region bordering Borno state (Nigeria) and Lac region (Chad); areas within 30 miles (48 km) bordering Burkina Faso 

*Nigeria 

Abia, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, northern Adamawa, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara states 

North Korea 

*Oman 

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

*Pakistan 

Peshawar (city); Districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bordering the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA); Balochistan except for Gwadar and central districts; The former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province) 

Palestinian Territories 

*Panama 

Colón; Darién 

*Papua New Guinea 

Central Bougainville, Highlands Region 

*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 Sudan 

Sudan 

Syria 

*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 

Ukraine 

Venezuela 

Yemen 

Updated October 7, 2024