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Travel Advisories

  

Current Travel Alerts

Travel Alerts are issued to disseminate information about short-term conditions, generally within a particular country, that pose imminent risks to the security of U.S. citizens. Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, coups, anniversaries of terrorist events, election-related demonstrations or violence, and high-profile events such as international conferences or regional sports events are examples of conditions that might generate a Travel Alert.

India   01/29/2010
Peru   01/28/2010
Philippines   01/20/2010
Malaysia   01/15/2010
Niger   11/19/2009
Germany   11/12/2009
Tanzania (including Zanzibar)   10/15/2009
Mexico   08/20/2009

       

    Current Travel Warnings

    Travel Warnings are issued to describe long-term, protracted conditions that make a country dangerous or unstable. A Travel Warning is also issued when the U.S. Government's ability to assist American citizens is constrained due to the closure of an embassy or consulate or because of a drawdown of its staff. The countries listed below meet those criteria.

     

    Haiti    01/14/2010
    Pakistan    01/07/2010
    Sudan    12/31/2009
    Somalia    12/31/2009
    Mauritania    12/02/2009
    Chad    11/23/2009
    Mali    11/19/2009
    Sri Lanka    11/19/2009
    Nepal    11/19/2009
    Algeria    11/16/2009
    Colombia    11/10/2009
    Guinea    10/17/2009
    Lebanon    09/29/2009
    Cote d'Ivoire    09/22/2009
    Philippines    09/17/2009
    Congo, Democratic Republic of the    09/01/2009
    Eritrea    08/28/2009
    Central African Republic    08/19/2009
    Israel, the West Bank and Gaza    08/14/2009
    Kenya    07/24/2009
    Afghanistan    07/23/2009
    Burundi    07/22/2009
    Nigeria    07/17/2009
    Haiti    07/17/2009
    Iran    07/01/2009
    Yemen    06/26/2009
    Saudi Arabia    06/26/2009
    Uzbekistan    06/16/2009
    Iraq    06/15/2009
    Georgia    04/09/2009
    Syria    02/12/2009

    For more information go to www.travel.state.gov