Fans from five African World Cup countries will no longer face $15,000 bond to enter US

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The Trump administration is suspending visa-bond requirements of up to $15,000 for fans from five African World Cup-qualified nations—Algeria, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Tunisia—who hold valid tournament tickets and enroll in FIFA's expedited visa system, according to the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs. The waiver, effective ahead of the June 11 tournament co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico, represents a rare immigration-policy relaxation but follows broader administration restrictions including social-media-history submissions and expanded travel bans affecting some World Cup participants.

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State department grants waiver for ticket holdersTrump administration has cracked down on immigrationThe Trump administration is suspending a requirement that would have required visitors from five World Cup-qualified countries to pay a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for the tournament. The US state 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 a broader

Fans from five African World Cup countries will no longer face $15,000 bond to enter US

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