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STEP 1: Review the Restricted Regions by Categories provided below.

If your destination or layover is listed below, download and complete the Request to Travel to the Restricted Region form (Step 2).

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    SMU Office of Risk Management, Campus Mail: P.O. Box 750231 or email your request to anitai@smu.edu.

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This list is complied by SMU's Office of Risk Management after reviewing safety and security information published by the State Department, University of Texas at Austin, HTH Worldwide and other organizations.

Category 1: Area of extreme risk
Category 2: Area of high risk
Category 3: Area of moderate risk


Restricted Regions List
   

Updated: 04/15/2013

Afghanistan
Category 1:
All other areas of Afghanistan
Category 2:
Badakhshan, Bamian, Daykundi, Ghor, Jowzjan, Panjshir, Samangan, Saripul and Takhar provinces
Category 3:

Algeria
Category 1: All other areas of Algeria
Category 2:
Main urban centers (Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Mostaganem, Tlemcen, Annaba, Skikda, Setif); oil and gas producing areas in Adrar, Tamanrasset, Illizi, Ouargla and Ghardaia provinces
Category 3:

Burkina Faso
Category 1:
Category 2:
Oudalan, Soum and Loroum provinces
Category 3:
All other areas of Burkina Faso

Burundi
Category 1: Bujumbura Rural province
Category 2:
The provinces of Cibitoke and Bubanza; peripheral suburbs of Bujumbura
Category 3:
All other areas of Burundi

Central African Republic
Category 1:
Entire Central African Republic
Category 2:
Category 3:

Chad
Category 1: Eastern Chad, border regions with Sudan, and all other areas outside N'Djamena
Category 2: The capital city of N'Djamena
Category 3:

Colombia
Category 1:
Entire country of Colombia
Category 2:
Category 3:

Cote d'Ivoire
Category 1:
Western Border Region
Category 2:
All other areas of Cote d'Ivoire
Category 3:  

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Category 1:
North Kivu province
Category 2: All other areas of DRC
Category 3:

Egypt
Category 1:
Category 2:
Category 3:

El Salvador
Category 1: Entire Country of El Salvador
Category 2:
Category 3:

Eritrea
Category 1:
Border regions with Ethiopia, Sudan, and Djibouti
Category 2:
All other areas of Eritrea
Category 3:

Ethiopia
Category 1:
Category 2:
Somali region and areas bordering Eritrea, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan
Category 3:
All other areas of Ethiopia

Guatemala
Category 1:
Category 2:
Guatemala City
Category 3: All other areas of Guatemala

Guinea
Category 1:
Entire country of Guinea
Category 2:
Category 3:

Haiti
Category 1: Entire country of Haiti
Category 2:
Category 3: 

Honduras
Category 1: Entire country of Honduras
Category 2:
Category 3:

Iran
Category 1:
Sistan-e-Baluchistan Province
Category 2:
All other areas of Iran
Category 3:

Iraq
Category 1:
All other areas of Iraq
Category 2:
Southern governorates; Kurdistan border areas
Category 3:
Kurdistan region

Israel
Category 1: The Gaza Strip
Category 2:
Category 3:
The West Bank; State of Israel

Kenya
Category 1: Border regions with Somalia in Northeastern Province
Category 2: All other areas of Kenya, including Nairobi
Category 3:

Lebanon  
Category 1:
Northern and eastern border areas with Syria (North, Bekaa governorates); Tripoli
Category 2:
All other areas of Lebanon
Category 3:

Liberia
Category 1:
Category 2: Border with Cote d’Ivoire
Category 3: All other areas of Liberia

Libya
Category 1: Entire country of Libya
Category 2:
Category 3:

Mali
Category 1:
Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal regions
Category 2:
Border with Mauritania, Mopti region
Category 3:
All other areas of Mali

Mauritania
Category 1:
Eastern desert areas
Category 2:
Category 3:
All other areas of Mauritania

Mexico
Category 1: Cities of Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez
Category 2: Entire states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Guerrero,
Durango, Jalisco, Michoacán and Mexico States
Category 3: All other areas of Mexico

Nepal
Category 1:
Category 2:
Southern region
Category 3: All other areas of Nepal

Niger
Category 1:
North, border areas with Mali; Border areas with Nigeria
Category 2:
All other areas of Niger
Category 3:

Nigeria
Category 1:
Borno State
Category 2:
All other areas of Nigeria
Category 3:

North Korea
Category 1: Entire country of North Korea
Category 2:
Category 3:

Pakistan
Category 1:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as North West Frontier Province—NWFP); north-east Baluchistan; Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Category 2: All other areas of Pakistan
Category 3:

Papua New Guinea
Category 1:
Category 2: All areas of Papua New Guinea
Category 3:

Philippines
Category 1:
The southern islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago
Category 2:
All other areas of Philippines
Category 3:

Saudi Arabia
Category 1:
Category 2:
Entire country of Saudi Arabia
Category 3:

Somalia
Category 1: Entire country of Somalia
Category 2:
Category 3:

South Sudan
Category 1:
Entire country of South Sudan
Category 2:
Category 3:

Sudan
Category 1:
Darfur
Category 2:
Southern Kordofan state; Blue Nile state
Category 3:
All other areas of Sudan

Syria
Category 1: Entire country of Syria
Category 2:
Category 3:

Tunisia
Category 1:
Entire country of Tunisia
Category 2:
Category 3:

Uzbekistan
Category 1:
Category 2:
Border areas with Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan; Fergana Valley
Category 3: All other areas of Uzbekistan

Yemen
Category 1:
Southern provinces
Category 2:
All other areas of Yemen
Category 3: