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Famous DR Congo fan Michel Kuka Mboladinga, known as 'Lumumba Vea', confirmed he was denied a US visa and missed their World Cup Group K clash against Uzbekistan — his second absence of the tournament.
Read more →The delays were caused by the paperwork required to begin the flight not being ready by the scheduled time of take-off. Asked if Fifa was ultimately responsible for the delays, an AUF spokesperson agreed.
Read more →Four members of Iran's World Cup delegation have won appeals against having their visa applications for entry to the United States rejected. But 11 members of the party will not be allowed to travel to the US when their team plays matches there.
Read more →The head of the Palestinian Football Association has said he is unable to travel to the US with other federation heads attending the World Cup because he has not been issued a visa
Read more →Ivory Coast and Senegal home-based fans have been denied visas to the United States, dashing their hopes of following their teams at the World Cup
Read more →A third of World Cup fan visas from non-European countries are being rejected with Iran and Senegal hit the hardest, research has found
Read more →A Scotland football fan has told how he found out an hour before flying to the World Cup finals in the US that his travel permit had been revoked
Read more →Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee at the World Cup finals, has been dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States
Read more →The International Sports Press Association says that many Iranian and African journalists have been denied the necessary visas to cover the World Cup in the United States
Read more →Scotland football fans say they are devastated as last-minute changes to travel permits could prevent them from travelling to the World Cup
Read more →The US had been demanding up to $15,000 in visa bonds. Now some fans are exempt, but only if they got tickets a long time in advance
Read more →A group of 147 Ghanaians hoping to travel to the United States to support the Ghana national football team at the World Cup were denied visas by the US Embassy
Read more →The United States embassy in Dakar has refused entry visas to six members of the Senegalese Football Federation, blocking their travel for organisational duties linked to the 2026 FIFA World Cup
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