Trump World Cup Visas

FILE - President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino talk during a FIFA task force meeting in the East Room of the White House, May 6, 2025, in Washington.

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Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries won't have to pay bonds to enter US

Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries won't have to pay bonds to enter US

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 department imposed the bond requirement last year for countries that it said had high rates of people overstaying their visas and other security issues. Travelers from 50 countries are required to pay the new bond, and five of those countries have qualified for the World Cup. Citizens from Algeria, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Tunisia who have purchased tickets from FIFA are now exempt from the bond requirement.