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# Cardholder Region Restrictions

> Supported residential countries and nationality restrictions for cardholder creation.

<a href="/card-issuance/v1.6/guide/card-products" style={{display:'inline-block',padding:'2px 10px',borderRadius:'9999px',fontSize:'12px',fontWeight:600,lineHeight:'18px',background:'#EEF2FF',color:'#4338CA',border:'1px solid #C7D2FE',textDecoration:'none'}}>Personal Visa only</a>

When creating a cardholder, the residential address country and nationality are subject to the restrictions described below. Requests that violate these rules will be rejected.

<Note>
  The restrictions on this page apply only to **Personal Visa** cardholders. Cardholders under other products are not subject to these residential country or nationality limits.
</Note>

## Residential address country

The `residential_address.country` field only accepts the following country codes:

| Country code | Country     |
| ------------ | ----------- |
| AU           | Australia   |
| JP           | Japan       |
| KR           | South Korea |
| MY           | Malaysia    |
| PH           | Philippines |
| TW           | Taiwan      |
| TH           | Thailand    |
| VN           | Vietnam     |

Submitting a country code outside this list will result in a validation error.

## Nationality

The `nationality` field must not be a sanctioned country. The following country codes are restricted:

| Country code | Country                          |
| ------------ | -------------------------------- |
| AF           | Afghanistan                      |
| BY           | Belarus                          |
| BA           | Bosnia and Herzegovina           |
| BI           | Burundi                          |
| CF           | Central African Republic         |
| CU           | Cuba                             |
| CD           | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ET           | Ethiopia                         |
| GN           | Guinea                           |
| GW           | Guinea-Bissau                    |
| HT           | Haiti                            |
| IR           | Iran                             |
| IQ           | Iraq                             |
| LB           | Lebanon                          |
| LR           | Liberia                          |
| LY           | Libya                            |
| ML           | Mali                             |
| ME           | Montenegro                       |
| MM           | Myanmar                          |
| NI           | Nicaragua                        |
| NE           | Niger                            |
| KP           | North Korea                      |
| RU           | Russia                           |
| SL           | Sierra Leone                     |
| SO           | Somalia                          |
| SS           | South Sudan                      |
| SD           | Sudan                            |
| SY           | Syria                            |
| VE           | Venezuela                        |
| YE           | Yemen                            |
| ZW           | Zimbabwe                         |