Elevated Risk Destinations
The countries, cities, and/or regions below are deemed an elevated risk. Cornell students plus faculty or staff traveling with students must petition International Travel Advisory and Response Team (ITART) to travel if their itinerary involves an elevated risk destination. You may also refer to the International SOS (ISOS) Global Risk Ratings for more information on your destination.
| Elevated Risk Destinations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country & Specific Area, if applicable | ISOS Risk Rating(s) for affected area(s) | U.S. Dept of State Risk Rating(s) for affected area(s) | Petition or Special Approvals Required |
| Afghanistan | Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Algeria | High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Angola: North-east of Cabinda enclave | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Armenia: Border with Azerbaijan, and Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces | Low-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Azerbaijan: Armenian border areas and Nagorno-Karabakh | Low-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Bangladesh | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Belarus | Low | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required Sanctions necessitate additional steps, see information here and contact export control. |
| Benin: Border with Burkina Faso and Niger, including the Pendjari (Alibori department) and W (Atakora department) National Parks | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Brazil: Urban trouble spots | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Burkina Faso | High-Extreme | Level 4 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Burundi | High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Cameroon | High-Extreme | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Central African Republic | High-Extreme | Level 4 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Chad | High | Level 3 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company and college/school dean pre-approval. Initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. |
| Colombia | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Congo: Areas in Likouala and Sangha departments within 20 miles (32km) of the border with Central African Republic | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Congo (DRC) | High-Extreme | Level 3 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company and college/school dean pre-approval. Initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. |
| Côte d'Ivoire: Northern border regions with Mali and Burkina Faso, and Comoe National Park; Liberian border in Montagnes and Bas-Sassandra districts | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Cuba | Low | Level 2 Sanctions | Does not require ITART approval. However, sanctions necessitate additional steps, follow required steps outlined on this page. Faculty and Staff: Pre-approval by Workers Compensation required. All travelers: Initiate process through the Travel Registry at least 90 days before departure. |
| Ecuador | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Egypt: Sinai Peninsula, Western Desert, Libyan border, and Egyptian military zones along the land border | High-Extreme | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| El Salvador | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Eritrea: Asmara. Ethiopian, Sudanese, Djiboutian borders | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Ethiopia: Anywhere outside of Addis Ababa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and Somali region | High-Extreme | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Georgia: Abkhazia and South Ossetia | Low-High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Guatemala: Guatemala City (transit permitted, stays require petition) + Chiquimula, Petén, Zacapa, and Izabal departments | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Guinea-Bissau | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Guyana | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Haiti | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company and college/school dean pre-approval. Students must initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. Faculty initiate at least 15 days before departure. Faculty and Staff: Pre-approval by Workers Compensation required. |
| Honduras: Anywhere in the country, with the exception of Roatan Island | High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| India: Asom (Assam), Manipur, Nagaland; some districts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh; Kashmir division and parts of Jammu division (both Jammu and Kashmir union territory) | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Indonesia: Papua, West Papua | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Iran | High | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required Sanctions necessitate additional steps, contact export control before filing ITART petition |
| Iraq | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Israel | Medium-High | Level 3 and 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company and college/school dean pre-approval. Students must initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. Faculty initiate at least 15 days before departure. Faculty and Staff: Pre-approval by Workers Compensation required. All travelers: War-risk insurance coverage not provided in Israel's Occupied Territories. Approval by college/school Dean is required. |
| Jamaica: West Kingston, Spanish Town, Montego Bay | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Kenya: Nairobi; the northern counties of Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo, the Somali-border counties of Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, and Lamu | High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Kyrgyzstan: Batken province, the international border regions of Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces | Medium-High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Lebanon | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company pre-approval. Initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. |
| Libya | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: War-risk insurance coverage not provided. Approval by college/school Dean is required. |
| Madagascar: Anosy (except its capital Fort Dauphin (Tôlanaro)) and Atsimo-Atsinanana regions (south-east) | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Mali | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: War-risk insurance coverage not provided. Approval by college/school Dean is required. |
| Mauritania: Border areas with Algeria and Mali and eastern desert area (Regions of Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh el Chargui, Dakhlet-Nouadhibou and Inchiri) | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Mexico | Medium-High | See Website | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Mozambique: Macomia, Meluco, Mocimboa da Praia, Muidumbe, Nangade, Palma and Quissanga districts (all Cabo Delgado province) | Medium-Extreme | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Myanmar | Extreme | Level 4 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| New Caledonia (France territory) | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Nicaragua | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Niger | High-Extreme | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Nigeria | High-Extreme | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| North Korea | Medium | Level 4 Sanctions | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required Sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition |
| Pakistan | High-Extreme | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Palestinian Territories | Medium-Extreme | Level 4 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Panama: Darién region | Low-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Papua New Guinea | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Peru: Ene, Apurimac and Mantaro River Valley (VRAEM) / Border area with Colombia | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Philippines: South-west Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Russia | High | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company pre-approval. Initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. Faculty and Staff: Pre-approval by Workers Compensation required. Sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition. |
| Rwanda: Border with Congo (DRC) | Medium | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Saudi Arabia: Yemen border areas | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Somalia | High-Extreme | Level 4 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| South Africa | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| South Sudan | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Sudan | High-Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Syria | High-Extreme | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required Sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition |
| Tajikistan: Dushanbe and surrounding areas are approved for travel, the remainder of the country requires ITART petition | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Tanzania: Southern border areas within 12 miles (20km) of the Mozambican border and inland up to 93 miles (150km) from the coast | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Thailand: Southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani, and the southern districts of Songkhla province | Medium-High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Togo: Northern areas within 18 miles (30km) of the Burkina Faso border | Medium-High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Trinidad and Tobago: Laventille, Beetham | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Tunisia: Libyan border areas; areas within 25 miles (40km) of the Algerian border; Mount Chaambi, Mount Mgilla, Mount Salloum, and Mount Sammama | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Turkey: Areas within ten miles (16km) of the Syrian border + Hakkari, Sirnak, Diyarbakir provinces | Medium-High | Level 2 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Turkmenistan: Afghan border | Medium-High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Uganda: Areas within 18.6 miles (30km) of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan borders | Medium-High | Level 3 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Ukraine | High-Extreme | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required Sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition |
| Uzbekistan: Afghan, Kyrgyz borders, Fergana Valley | High | Level 1 | All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |
| Venezuela | High | Level 4 Sanctions | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required All travelers: Requires insurance company pre-approval. Initiate through the Travel Registry at least 45 days before departure. Sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition |
| Yemen | Extreme | Level 4 | War-/Conflict-Risk Destination All students & faculty/staff traveling with students: Petition required |