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littlemissmartypants

(34,398 posts) Wed May 13, 2026, 05:40 PM May 13

Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S.

Source: AP

The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from countries that have qualified for the World Cup and have bought tickets for the soccer tournament pay as much as $15,000 in bonds to enter the United States, the State Department said Wednesday.

The 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 the Republican administration's broader crackdown on immigration.

Travelers to the United States from 50 countries are required to pay the new bond, and five of those countries have qualified for the World Cup — Algeria, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Tunisia.

Citizens from those five countries who have purchased tickets from FIFA are now exempt from the visa bond requirement. World Cup team players, coaches and some staff already had been exempt from the bond requirement as part of the administration's orders to prioritize the processing of visas for the tournament.

Read more: https://www.kuow.org/stories/foreign-ticket-holders-from-world-cup-teams-countries-won-t-have-to-pay-bonds-to-enter-u-s

The Associated Press
May 13, 2026 / 1:24 pm

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Foreign ticket holders from World Cup teams' countries won't have to pay bonds to enter U.S. (Original Post) littlemissmartypants May 13 OP

Will this make any difference so late into the 11th hour? Eugene May 13 #1

Wow, attendance projections must straight-up SUCK . . . hatrack May 13 #2

I hope nobody from any African or South American countries come oberle May 13 #3

We should all boycott 4th of July Sweet Rosie Red May 14 #5

But, they will have to pay $30,000 to be released from one of many detention camps. Buddyzbuddy May 13 #4

Eugene

(67,332 posts)

1. Will this make any difference so late into the 11th hour?

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 06:07 PM

May 13

hatrack

(65,162 posts)

2. Wow, attendance projections must straight-up SUCK . . .

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 06:48 PM

May 13

oberle

(416 posts)

3. I hope nobody from any African or South American countries come

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 07:21 PM

May 13

for the World Cup. I hope nobody from any country comes to the Olympics. I'd like to see the Orange Anus made to look completely foolish.

Sweet Rosie Red

(146 posts)

5. We should all boycott 4th of July

Reply to oberle (Reply #3)

Thu May 14, 2026, 02:14 AM

May 14

Like his stupid parade. No municipal fireworks, no road trips, no economic participation on any level, just quiet picnics or BBQ with friends and family. Let the clown perform to an empty house. It’ll suck for the kids, but you can explain resistance to them! They’ll remember!

Democracy, not circuses! Be Pretti Good!

Buddyzbuddy

(2,916 posts)

4. But, they will have to pay $30,000 to be released from one of many detention camps.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 08:21 PM

May 13

Once they've been deported to a country not of their choosing and held in one of their detention centers the cost for release will increase to $100,000 plus the cost of transportation and housing.

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