List of 53 Countries Whose Nationals are Subject to Additional Security Checks
April 30 2003
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the division of the Department of Homeland Security inspecting persons at the U.S. borders, has a "list" of "countries of interest" whose nationals are subject to greater security checks at the border. The list of countries is as follows:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Bahrain
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Congo
- Cyprus
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- India
- . Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Republic of Yemen (Sanaa)
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Yemen (Aden)