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travel ban](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/restricting-and-limiting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-security-of-the-united-states/). For 19 of those countries, the State Department has suspended issuing all visas. The Trump administration [has said](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) the move is to "ensure that individuals approved
Iran, Haiti, Senegal and Ivory Coast. The groups say travellers should take steps including removing sensitive information from phones and keeping friends and family updated about their plans when travelling. The United States
issue is particularly acute given the tournament’s cross-border nature. The expanded 48-team World Cup, cohosted by Canada, the United States and Mexico, will require teams, officials and support staff to move repeatedly
response from the World Cup 2026 cohost nation came on Tuesday following [criticism of its handling of the Iranian team’s visa](/sports/2026/6/16/iran-coach-says-team-oppressed-by-travel-chaos-after-world-cup-nz-draw) and stay in the US after their first game. “We were clear
travel to Turkiye to continue their preparations at a training camp. “This is the best sendoff in the last four World Cup campaigns,” Mehdi Taj, president of the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI
travel to the country for the tournament. Iran have already [moved their World Cup base to Mexico](/news/articles/c5yz3zdp3jqo) over concerns stemming from the country being at war with the United States. Of the 15 Iranian
issued by US immigration authorities, but Somalia is one of several countries on a travel ban list introduced by the Trump administration. "This is a tournament where players, fans, and officials are not walking
issue, you have to take two- or three-way routes from Tehran to get to the US,” said Ali, a fan who did not want to share his full name for safety reasons. “Returning from
issues around “racial profiling, around surveillance, around immigration enforcement are not going to affect this World Cup in the way that they have already done”. Although Artan returned home on Wednesday to a [hero