A new order by the Donald Trump administration went into effect Jan. 1, 2026, banning adoption visas from 39 countries.
According to Newsweek, from Thursday morning, adoption-specific visas IR-3, IR-4, IH-3, and IH-4 can no longer be issued from the countries included in Trump’s travel ban list. The countries currently on the list include Venezuela, Turkmenistan, Togo, Sierra Leone, Laos, Cuba, Burundi, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran, Haiti, Eritrea, and Equatorial Guinea. The administration is still adding countries to the list, with a firm focus on which nations Trump considers “third world.”
