{"id":58320,"date":"2025-11-18T10:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/58320\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:27:22","slug":"u-s-offers-expedited-visa-interviews-for-world-cup-ticketholders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/58320\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. offers expedited visa interviews for World Cup ticketholders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FIFA and the White House announced on Monday a system that will speed up the visa process for ticket holders who hope to attend 2026 World Cup matches in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA\u2019s Priority Appointment Scheduling System \u2014 or \u201cFIFA PASS\u201d \u2014 will help those with World Cup tickets get a prioritized visa interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica welcomes the World,\u201d FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement. \u201cWe have always said that this will be the greatest and most inclusive FIFA World Cup in history \u2014 and the FIFA pass service is a very concrete example of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2025-01-29\/sports-visas-delay-olympics-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stakeholders in the tournament had previously voiced their concerns<\/a> about the immigration rules and long visa wait times implemented by the current administration that could affect  the international event. <\/p>\n<p>Fans from all over the world will be traveling to the biggest World Cup in its history, as the tournament expanded from 32 to 48 teams. The U.S. will host 78 matches in 11 different cities around the country. The games are expected to contribute nearly $3.75 billion to the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA is encouraging fans who are traveling for soccer\u2019s biggest event to immediately apply for interview appointments for visas on its <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/fifa-world-cup-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is offering prioritized appointments so FIFA World Cup fans can complete their visa interviews and show they qualify,\u201d Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. \u201cThe kickoff is coming up, so now is the time to apply.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA and the White House announced on Monday a system that will speed up the visa process for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7363,35663,11154,8862,35662,418,35661,35660,48,52,51,35658,47,50,49,315,12967,2281,35657,35659,35656],"class_list":["post-58320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-country","tag-different-city","tag-fan","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-pass","tag-history","tag-inclusive-fifa-world-cup","tag-interview-appointment","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-long-visa","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-time","tag-tournament","tag-u-s","tag-visa-interview","tag-white-house-announce","tag-world-cup-ticketholder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}