> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.etherfuse.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# List restricted countries

> Returns the countries that are effectively restricted for KYC or KYB based on
external consensus and internal overrides. Each entry shows whether KYC, KYB, or both
are blocked.

Public. No API key required.



## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi-v2.json GET /lookup/restricted-countries
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Etherfuse FX API
  description: >-
    Partner-facing ramp API, version 2: payment accounts, quotes, orders and
    webhooks.
  license:
    name: Proprietary
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sand.etherfuse.com
    description: Sandbox
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Payment Accounts
    description: >-
      Register the bank accounts and wallets that money moves from and to, and
      read their readiness per rail.
  - name: Quotes
    description: Price a transfer between two registered payment accounts.
  - name: Orders
    description: Create orders from quotes and track them.
  - name: Webhook Subscriptions
    description: Subscribe to webhook events.
  - name: Webhook Events
    description: Payloads Etherfuse sends to your webhook subscriptions.
  - name: Sandbox
    description: Endpoints that work only in sandbox, for testing.
  - name: Assets
    description: The markets and tokens a quote can use, and the balances of a wallet.
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      Partner JWT authentication: exchange a JWT for an access token, or launch
      a user into the app.
  - name: KYC
    description: >-
      Submit a customer's verification data, documents and questionnaire
      answers, import a verification they already passed elsewhere, and check
      where their KYC stands.
  - name: KYB
    description: Check where a business organization's KYB stands.
  - name: Lookup
    description: >-
      Public reference data: exchange rates, stablebonds, bond costs, country
      codes.
  - name: Organizations
    description: >-
      Your organization, your default partner fee, and the customer
      organizations you create.
  - name: Members
    description: >-
      The people who belong to a customer business organization and complete its
      KYB.
  - name: Statements
    description: >-
      Monthly revenue share statements for closed months, as a list or as a CSV
      or PDF download.
paths:
  /lookup/restricted-countries:
    get:
      tags:
        - Lookup
      summary: List restricted countries
      description: >-
        Returns the countries that are effectively restricted for KYC or KYB
        based on

        external consensus and internal overrides. Each entry shows whether KYC,
        KYB, or both

        are blocked.


        Public. No API key required.
      operationId: restricted_countries
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Restricted countries
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestrictedCountriesResponse'
      security:
        - {}
components:
  schemas:
    RestrictedCountriesResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - countries
      properties:
        countries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestrictedCountry'
      example:
        countries:
          - code: AF
            name: Afghanistan
            kyc: true
            kyb: true
    RestrictedCountry:
      type: object
      description: A country with effective KYC or KYB risk marked as restricted/black.
      required:
        - code
        - name
        - kyc
        - kyb
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `AF`).
        name:
          type: string
          description: Common English country name (e.g., `Afghanistan`).
        kyc:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether KYC is restricted for this country.
        kyb:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether KYB is restricted for this country.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: API key sent in the Authorization header, with no `Bearer` prefix.

````

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