President Donald Trump, joined by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Senior Advisor to FIFA for Global Strategy and Governance Carlos Cordeiro, and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), delivers remarks during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 17, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration on Nov. 17 unveiled a way for 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket holders abroad to get prioritized visa interviews to come to the United States.
The FIFA prioritized appointment scheduling system will allow those attending the World Cup to get an interview sooner than it would take for an average visa holder.
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
