President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration is launching a system to expedite visa appointments for soccer fans from other nations with tickets to World Cup matches next summer.
Trump, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio detailed the FIFA Prioritized Appointment Scheduling System (PASS) in an Oval Office press conference on Monday.
“Secretary Rubio’s team at the State Department has worked tirelessly with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that soccer fans from all around the world are properly vetted and able to come to the United States next summer easily,” Trump said.
He noted that travel visa wait times often took a year before he returned to office and said that now the wait time is
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