Yes. If you are enrolled in, or have been admitted to, a program outside both the U.S. and your home country, and your home country is not subject to the U.S. travel ban, you must submit a GWI membership. However, if your home country is subject to the U.S. travel ban (Africa: Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan; Middle East/Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Burma (Myanmar), Laos; Caribbean: Haiti; Individuals holding Palestinian Authority travel documents) and, as a result, you are unable to secure a U.S. student visa, you do not need to submit a GWI membership.
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