A report by The Washington Post reveals that the Trump administration is considering extending its restriction on entry to citizens of some 36 countries.

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The African-dominated list in the State Department memo reviewed by The Washington Post includes Ghana, Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Dominica; Ethiopia; Egypt; Gabon; Gambia.

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The others are Ivory Coast; Kyrgyzstan; Liberia; Malawi; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; South Sudan; Syria; Tanzania; Tonga; Tuvalu; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

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The report revealed that the US State Department has new benchmarks and requirements that it would want the governments of these countries to meet within 60 days.

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"It set a deadline of 8 a.m. Wednesday for them to provide an initial action plan for meeting the requirements," the Washington Post further revealed.

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The memo is said to have indicated that some of these countries have “no competent or cooperative central government authority to produce reliable identity documents or other civil documents,” as well as were engaged in “widespread government fraud.”

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The memo also bemoaned the number of foreign citizens who had overstayed their visasd.

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A report from the US government revealed that Ghana's visa compliance has worsened.

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About 1,910 individuals out of a total of 25,454 who were issued B1/B2 visas overstayed.

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537 out of 2,559 student and exchange visitor visa holders remained in the US unlawfully.

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"Other reasons included the availability of citizenship by monetary investment without a requirement of residency and claims of “antisemitic and anti-American activity in the United States” by people from those countries. The memo also stated that if a country was willing to accept third-country nationals who were removed from the United States or enter a “safe third country” agreement, it could mitigate other concerns," the Washington Post revealed.

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It is unknown when the proposed travel restrictions would be enforced should the demands not be met.

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Earlier this month, the United States restricted the entry of individuals from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

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The United States has also partially restricted the entry of travelers from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

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