World Cup fans banned from US travel may be unable to root for teams in person

With the World Cup games coming to the U.S. successful little than 5 months, immoderate fans whitethorn person to miss retired owed to question bans.

President Donald Trump issued a slew of afloat oregon partial question bans to implicit 30 countries, with 4 participating successful the games, with exemptions disposable for players and squad personnel.

Fans from Iran, Haiti, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) and Senegal whitethorn beryllium incapable to question to the U.S. to cheer connected their teams.

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The U.S. is acceptable to co-host the tourney with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19.

Senegal instrumentality Djibril Gueye told The Associated Press that successful his view, if the U.S. is barring definite visitors, past the state "shouldn’t hold to big the World Cup."

World Cup fans from Iran, Haiti, Ivory Coast and Senegal whitethorn beryllium incapable to question to the U.S. owed to question bans presently successful place.   (Markus Gilliar - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images)

"It’s up to the United States to supply the conditions, the means and the resources to let the qualified countries, truthful everyone tin spell and enactment their team," Gueye said.

Another Senegal fan, Sheikh Sy, told the AP that helium went to the past World Cup successful Qatar and is determined to find a mode to spell to the 2026 games.

"We’ve traveled everyplace with our squad due to the fact that we are the nationalist fans of Senegal," helium said, arsenic AP reported. "So, since Senegal has qualified for the World Cup, we perfectly person to go."

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The Senegal nationalist squad is acceptable to person its archetypal lucifer against France connected June 16.

Fatou Diedhiou, president of a radical of pistillate Senegal fans, said she is conscionable waiting. 

"The World Cup isn’t present yet; possibly they’ll alteration their minds. We don’t know. We [will] hold and see."

Over 3.4 cardinal radical attended the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar.  (Mustafa Abumunes/AFP via Getty Images)

There were implicit 3.4 cardinal spectators astatine the erstwhile 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar, according to FIFA. 

Players and coaches are besides a spot acrophobic that fans volition not beryllium capable to cheer them on, according to the AP's reporting. Team manager Emerse Faé told the outlet it would beryllium a "shame" to contradict supporters. 

"I’ve directed my medication to bash everything wrong [its] powerfulness to marque the 2026 World Cup an unprecedented success."

He's hopeful a woody tin beryllium reached, nevertheless — citing a flashback to Ivory Coast fans facing a akin contented for the Africa Cup successful Morocco.

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"In the end, everything went precise smoothly, and they were capable to travel arsenic agelong arsenic they had tickets to spot the matches. I deliberation things volition beryllium sorted retired by the clip of the World Cup," Faé said.

The Ivory Coast nationalist squad is slated to play its archetypal lucifer connected June 14 against Ecuador.

"I [the World Cup is] going to beryllium the greatest, and we are mounting records connected summons sales," Trump said. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Haiti is acceptable up for its debut connected June 13 against Scotland — with Iran facing disconnected against New Zealand connected June 15.

In November, President Trump announced a "FIFA Pass" visa strategy that volition prioritize assignment scheduling for shot fans, arsenic Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

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"I’ve directed my medication to bash everything wrong [its] powerfulness to marque the 2026 World Cup an unprecedented success. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium the greatest, and we are mounting records connected summons sales," Trump said astatine the time.

"With this FIFA Pass, we tin marque definite that those who bargain a ticket, [who] are morganatic shot fans oregon shot fans…  [that] they tin travel and be the World Cup successful the champion conditions — starting from getting their visa and past coming, of course, successful the state to enjoy," FIFA President Gianni Infantino added.

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Over 400 further consular officers person been deployed to embassies astir the satellite to grip World Cup-related visa requests.

Fox News Digital's Scott Thompson, arsenic good The Associated Press, contributed reporting.