President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. He announced this decision on Wednesday on the Truth Social platform. And detailed press release was posted on the White House website.

The full ban applies to 12 countries, and a partial ban applies to seven.

The full ban applies to the citizens of  Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. But there will be exceptions for legal permanent residents of the US and those with valid visas. The list of these countries is based on an analysis conducted by the US State Department since January.

And the partial ban applies to the citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Citizens of Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. They will not be issued visitor and student visas. However, the issuance of work visas and visas for reunification with relatives in the US will continue.