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Elevated Risk Destinations

The countries, cities, and regions below are deemed an elevated risk. If travel involving students, staff, alumni, or the public includes a destination listed below, a petition to travel must be submitted to International Travel Advisory and Response Team (ITART).  You may also refer to the International SOS (ISOS) Global Risk Ratings for more information on your destination. 

Elevated Risk Destinations
Country Risk Rating(s) Petition required for all students + faculty/staff traveling with students through or to:
Afghanistan ISOS: Extreme  Anywhere in the country
Algeria ISOS: High  Anywhere in the country
Angola ISOS: High Cabinda, North Lunda, and South Lunda
Armenia ISOS: High Border with Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan ISOS: High Armenian border areas and Nagorno-Karabakh
Bangladesh ISOS: High Chittagong Hill Tracts, Dhaka
Belarus  Sanctions Does not require ITART approval but sanctions necessitate additional step, see information here and contact export control
Benin ISOS: High Border with Burkina Faso and Niger, including the Pendjari (Alibori department) and W (Atakora department) National Parks
Brazil ISOS: High Deprived areas of major urban centers
Burkina Faso ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Burundi ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Cameroon ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Central African Republic ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Chad ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Colombia ISOS: High Cali + Border areas with Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador as well as the departments of Arauca, Norte de Santander, Meta, Chocó, Caquetá, Huila, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño and Putumayo as well as the southwest of Antioquia Department restricted
Congo ISOS: High Areas in Likouala and Sangha departments within 20 miles (32km) of the border with Central African Republic
Congo (DRC) ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Côte d'Ivoire ISOS: High Northern border regions with Mali and Burkina Faso, and Comoe National Park; Liberian border in Montagnes and Bas-Sassandra districts
Cuba Sanctions

All Cornell travelers, sanctions necessitate additional steps, follow required steps outlined on this page.

Ecuador ISOS: Medium-High Anywhere in the country
Egypt ISOS: High-Extreme Sinai Peninsula, Western Desert, Libyan border, and Egyptian military zones along the land border
El Salvador ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Eritrea ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Ethiopia ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere outside of Addis Ababa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and Somali region
Georgia ISOS: High Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Guatemala ISOS: High Guatemala City (transit permitted, stays require petition) + Chiquimula, Petén, Zacapa, and Izabal departments
Guinea ISOS: Medium Border areas with Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), and Sierra Leone 
Haiti ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Honduras ISOS: High Anywhere in the country, with the exception of Roatan Island
India ISOS: High

Asom (Assam), Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, non-coastal districts of Odisha (Orissa), eastern areas of Maharashtra, Kasshmir division, and parts of Jammu division (both Jammu and Kashmir union territory)

Indonesia ISOS: High Papua, West Papua
Iran Iran: High Anywhere in the country - Sanctions necessitate additional steps, contact export control before filing ITART petition
Iraq ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Jamaica ISOS: High West Kingston, Spanish Town, Montego Bay 
Kenya ISOS: High Nairobi; the northern counties of Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu, Marsabit and Isiolo, the Somali-border counties of Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, and Lamu
Kyrgyzstan ISOS: High Batken province, the international border regions of Osh and Jalal-Abad provinces
Lebanon ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Liberia Anywhere in the country
Libya ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Madagascar ISOS: High Anosy (except its capital Fort Dauphin (Tôlanaro)) and Atsimo-Atsinanana regions (south-east)
Mali ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Mauritania ISOS: High Border areas with Algeria and Mali and eastern desert area (Regions of Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh el Chargui, Dakhlet-Nouadhibou and Inchiri) 
Mexico ISOS: High Border areas with the United States and the states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México (excluding México City D.F. where travel does not require petition), Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora State with the exception of the cities of Miguel Aleman, Campo Dulce, La Yuta, Santa Gertrudiz, El Oregano, El Destierro, Rancho Bellavista, Bahia Kino, Kino Nuevo, Punta Chueca, Puerto Libertad, Guaymas and Isla Tiburon, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas
Mozambique ISOS: Extreme Macomia, Meluco, Mocimboa da Praia, Muidumbe, Nangade, Palma and Quissanga districts (all Cabo Delgado province)
Myanmar ISOS: High Insurgency-affected and other border areas (except the Indian border); far northern Rakhine state
Nepal ISOS: High South
Niger ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Nigeria ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
North Korea Sanctions Anywhere in the country - sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Pakistan ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Palestinian Territories ISOS: Extreme West Bank & Gaza
Panama ISOS: High Darién
Papua New Guinea ISOS: High Anywhere in the country
Peru ISOS: High Ene, Apurimac and Mantaro River Valley (VRAEM) / Border area with Colombia
Philippines ISOS: High South-west Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi)
Russia Sanctions + ISOS: High Anywhere in the country- sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Sao Tome and Principe Anywhere in the country
Saudi Arabia ISOS: High Iraq border areas, Yemen border areas
Sierra Leone Anywhere in the country
Somalia Anywhere in the country
South Africa ISOS: High High-density, low-income urban areas
South Sudan ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country
Sudan ISOS: High Anywhere in the country- sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Syria Sanctions + ISOS: High-Extreme
 
Anywhere in the country- sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Tajikistan ISOS: High Dushanbe and surrounding areas are approved for travel, the remainder of the country requires ITART petition
Tanzania ISOS: High Southern border areas within 12 miles (20km) of the Mozambican border and inland up to 93 miles (150km) from the coast
Thailand ISOS: High Southern provinces of Yala, Narathiwat, Pattani, and the southern districts of Songkhla province
Togo ISOS: High Northern areas within 18 miles (30km) of the Burkina Faso border
Trinidad and Tobago ISOS: High Laventille, Beetham
Tunisia ISOS: High Libyan border areas; areas within 25 miles (40km) of the Algerian border; Mount Chaambi, Mount Mgilla, Mount Salloum, and Mount Sammama
Turkey ISOS: High Areas within ten miles (16km) of the Syrian border + Hakkari, Sirnak, Diyarbakir provinces
Turkmenistan ISOS: High Afghan border
Uganda ISOS: High Areas within 18.6 miles (30km) of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan borders
Ukraine ISOS: High-Extreme Anywhere in the country - sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Uzbekistan ISOS: High Afghan, Kyrgyz borders, Fergana Valley
Venezuela Sanctions + ISOS: High Anywhere in the country- sanctions necessitate additional steps - contact export control before filing ITART petition
Yemen ISOS: Extreme Anywhere in the country
Even if your destination is not listed here, all students, staff, and faculty must register international Cornell travel.