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Fans from five African World Cup countries will no longer face $15,000 bond to enter US

the Guardian·Agencies·19 days ago
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The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that would have required visitors from five World Cup-qualified countries to pay a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for the tournament. The US state department imposed the bond requirement last year for countries that it said had high rates of people overstaying their visas and other security issues as part of a broader crackdown on immigration. Travelers to the US from 50 countries are required to pay the bond, and five of those countries have qualified for the World Cup – Algeria, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Tunisia. However, fans from those countries have been granted a temporary reprieve if they hold a valid World Cup ticket. World Cup 2026: is it possible to walk to MetLife Stadium from New York City? – video “The United States is excited to organize the biggest and best Fifa World Cup in history,” Mora Namdar, the assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, told the Associated Press on Wednesday.…

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