List of Designated Third Country Nationals

While most countries on the list are those with a history of instability or tension with the US, the inclusion of France in 2009 did attract some media attention in Japan when a French citizen was blocked from visiting a "Friendship Day" at Negishi Heights in Yokohama in 2010.^[3] As of 2011 France had been removed from the list.^[2]

In the 2009 list Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Colombia, Croatia, France, Macedonia, Mali, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkmenistan and Vietnam were included.^[1] In the 2011 list they were removed.^[2]

In the 2011 list Rwanda and South Africa were added.^[2]