{"id":69997,"date":"2026-03-25T15:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/fans-and-players-from-five-african-world-cup-countries-face-15000-bond-to-enter-us\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:59:58","slug":"fans-and-players-from-five-african-world-cup-countries-face-15000-bond-to-enter-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/fans-and-players-from-five-african-world-cup-countries-face-15000-bond-to-enter-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>State department to expand program on 2 April<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Algeria, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, Cape Verde affected<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>No apparent exceptions for athletes or officials<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A newly expanded policy from the Trump administration could require travelers from five World Cup-qualified countries to front a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Visa bonds operate like security deposits: a one-time payment meant to be refunded after a traveler exits the US under the terms of their visa. The amounts generally run between $5,000 and $15,000, and are required for passport holders from certain countries to enter the US legally under B-1 or B-2 visas, the types required for business travelers or tourists.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/mar\/25\/fans-and-players-from-five-african-world-cup-countries-face-15000-bond-to-enter-us\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State department to expand program on 2 April Algeria, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Senegal, Tunisia, Cape Verde affected No apparent exceptions for athletes or officials A newly expanded policy from the Trump administration could require travelers from five World Cup-qualified countries to front a bond of up to $15,000 in order to enter the United States for &#8230; <a title=\"Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/25\/fans-and-players-from-five-african-world-cup-countries-face-15000-bond-to-enter-us\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fans and players from five African World Cup countries face $15,000 bond to enter US\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}