{"id":2340,"date":"2026-06-18T17:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:03:59","slug":"locked-out-world-cup-america-visas-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"Locked Out of the World Cup: A Year Marked by Barriers, Borders, and Broken Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">For the first<\/span> time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/world-cup-2026\/\" class=\"text link\">World Cup<\/a> history, eight Arab nations have qualified for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/world-cup-2026\/\" class=\"text link\">this year\u2019s tournament<\/a>, including Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and Jordan\u2014double the number of teams that qualified for Qatar in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Yet, the tournament is taking place at an unprecedented moment of heightened geopolitical tension. The <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4514093\/us-plans-major-strikes-on-iran-hegseth-says\/\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4514093\/us-plans-major-strikes-on-iran-hegseth-says\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/4514093\/us-plans-major-strikes-on-iran-hegseth-says\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US-Israel war with Iran<\/a>, which began in February of this year, has caused ripple effects across Gulf states and neighboring countries in the Levant, including Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, reshaping the security around travel and mobility for fans and players hailing from the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/suspension-of-visa-issuance-to-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states.html\" class=\"text link\">US State Department<\/a> has fully suspended visa issuance for nationals from countries with teams that qualified, including Iran and Haiti\u2014despite it being the first time Haiti has qualified for a World Cup since 1974. Just a week before the tournament began, the Iranian Football Federation, according to Reuters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/iran-says-ticket-allocation-world-cup-withdrawn-days-before-tournament-2026-06-09\/\" class=\"text link\">reported<\/a> that thousands of fans had their tickets revoked; before that, the US ruled that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.me\/story\/the-2026-world-cup-is-being-decided-at-passport-control-not-on-the-pitch\" class=\"text link\">Iranian players<\/a> and staff would have to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/25\/sport\/iran-mexico-fifa-world-cup-2026-intl-hnk\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/25\/sport\/iran-mexico-fifa-world-cup-2026-intl-hnk&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/25\/sport\/iran-mexico-fifa-world-cup-2026-intl-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commute to the US from Mexico<\/a> on days the team has matches on American soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Iran is the most visible example, but it is far from the only one. The head of the Palestinian Football Association was <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/12\/palestinian-football-chief-says-us-denied-him-visa-to-attend-world-cup\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/12\/palestinian-football-chief-says-us-denied-him-visa-to-attend-world-cup&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/12\/palestinian-football-chief-says-us-denied-him-visa-to-attend-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">denied entry<\/a> into the US, while fans in <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/en.hespress.com\/139375-at-least-40-moroccan-fans-denied-us-visas-for-world-cup-losing-thousands-in-tickets-hotel-booking.html\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.hespress.com\/139375-at-least-40-moroccan-fans-denied-us-visas-for-world-cup-losing-thousands-in-tickets-hotel-booking.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/en.hespress.com\/139375-at-least-40-moroccan-fans-denied-us-visas-for-world-cup-losing-thousands-in-tickets-hotel-booking.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morocco<\/a> have had their visas denied, with many losing money spent on travel costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u200b\u201cFor other Middle Eastern countries, while they may not be outright banned, they face a steeper hill to climb depending on the country,\u201d says Talib Visram, an independent reporter who has been closely covering this year\u2019s World Cup through his Substack \u201cAmerica\u2019s Cup,\u201d where he has spent months interviewing experts and tracking the build-up to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u200b\u201cFans of nations like Jordan\u2014one of the debutants\u2014had to apply for visas many months in advance. While those wait times were later expedited, there was a reported denial rate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cx212p8r28eo\" class=\"text link\">more than 40 percent<\/a>,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u200bSimilar barriers have emerged across Africa. Fans from the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/visa-rejection-dashes-world-cup-175910022.html\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/visa-rejection-dashes-world-cup-175910022.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/visa-rejection-dashes-world-cup-175910022.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivory Coast and Senegal<\/a> have been met with reported visa rejections, while a Somali referee with an approved US visa was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-referee-somalia-fifa-trump-visa-a73dfeb3a960a3ffa858a419bdb8a8f1\" class=\"text link\">denied entry<\/a> when he landed in Miami, underscoring how official approval to travel does not necessarily guarantee admission at the border.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In addition to visa barriers, fans from Ivory Coast, Senegal, Tunisia, and Algeria also faced the possibility of US entry bonds <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/countries-subject-to-visa-bonds.html\" class=\"text link\">as high as $15,000<\/a> going into the tournament. In May, the State Department moved to waive the bond requirement for visitors coming into the country for the World Cup, but only if they\u2019d purchased official tickets and applied for FIFA\u2019s Priority Appointment Scheduling System (PASS) by April 15. That cutoff date means the waiver <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7279070\/2026\/05\/14\/world-cup-visa-bond-waiver-explained\/\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7279070\/2026\/05\/14\/world-cup-visa-bond-waiver-explained\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7279070\/2026\/05\/14\/world-cup-visa-bond-waiver-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">may not help many fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u200bWhat sits behind these outcomes is a complex system. While obtaining a US visa is formally the same for all applicants, State Department guidance says applicants can be subject to expanded screening and vetting, including review of <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/News\/visas-news\/announcement-of-expanded-screening-and-vetting-for-visa-applicants.html\" class=\"text link\">social media and online activity<\/a>. Some cases are then pushed into <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/visa-information-resources\/administrative-processing-information.html\" class=\"text link\">administrative processing<\/a>, an open-ended security review that can last weeks or months with no clear timeline. Layered onto that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/frontline\/cbp-kicks-make-world-cup-safe-secure\" class=\"text link\">biometric checks<\/a> at both the visa and border stage, which can include fingerprinting and facial-comparison technologies, which can add further delays or lead to additional screening even for those with approved visas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u200b\u201cWe have seen examples of visa-triaging algorithms, automation, all sorts of decisions being made by artificial intelligence kind of behind the scenes, and this is changing the ways that people can enter countries,\u201d says Petra Molnar, a lawyer and anthropologist at the Refugee Law Lab at Toronto\u2019s York University who specializes in the impacts of technology on migration and border crossings. \u201cIt\u2019s changing the immigration, detention, and deportation regimes as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/locked-out-world-cup-america-visas-fans\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in World Cup history, eight Arab nations have qualified for this year\u2019s tournament, including Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and Jordan\u2014double the number of teams that qualified for Qatar in 2022. Yet, the tournament is taking place at an unprecedented moment of heightened geopolitical tension. The US-Israel war [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[133,75,489,357,225,490],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-politics","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-travel","tag-world-cup-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Locked Out of the World Cup: A Year Marked by Barriers, Borders, and Broken Access - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 2026 World Cup promises a global celebration. 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