Topic: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread - page 153. (Read 57610 times)

There is crime in any country and America and a country where you can see crime and violence like many other countries, I think the police in America are` trying hard to make this country safe for the people but still people think there is more violence in America because of the gun crting rules and many people can have gun with themselves but this still can't be the reason to safe America is not a safe country.

Obviously each and every edition of the FIFA World Cup will attract a lot of visitors. But this time, I am not sure whether all of those who want to watch the matches in person will be able to do so (due to visa restrictions). Qatar edition had its own share of issues and in 2026 the North American edition will have a few of its own. No one is going to complain as long as we are able to enjoy the matches. For FIFA, 2026 is going to be a big test, after the expansion from 32 teams to 48. There will be much more diversity and greater representation from Asia and Africa.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier. Normally it is not that easy, it's filled, and there is really no situation where government can be enough to reply to everyone all at the same time.

This is why it's quite important that we end up seeing them do as well as possible. I know that it will take sometime, but if they can actually do it, then I bet that it's going to be great for sure. We just need to make sure that people can handle it as well as they could.

Something happening during the world's popular event is surely going to be an ashame for the US government. Taking the same in mind surely better security will be provided on the streets. Compared to the past nowadays gun culture have decreased, but we can't be sure that the scenario will be the same. Combined efforts from the US - Mexico security team could make things in an orderly manner. While organising such an event surely FIFA would take the safety of the viewers into consideration than anything else.

I'm not a US citizen, but from what I've been following on the news, the US has been a country where violence and crimes have been happening a lot, especially with people who have guns and arrive in public places and start killing other people, even simple fights have ended in tragedy and always involving weapons, so I keep asking myself if it would be good if the usa and mexico organized the world cup being that they are two countries where the level of safety in the streets is problematic, the rich who walk with private security guards and driving in cars with armored windows will be very safe, apart from traveling by private plane or helicopter, but middle-class people who are going to watch the world cup

they will have to walk, take a taxi, use public transport and knowing that Americans (I'm not talking about all of them) have guns and have a violent behavior in which everything has to be resolved in the fight and not with words, I see that the guys who are in this world cup and they are not rich they will suffer, when they want to leave the usa for mexico the situation will be worse from the border to mexico itself which is another place where there are people who prefer to solve everything using weapons, fifa just looks at the money that each country is willing to spend to organize the world cup, they don't look at people's safety

With these politicians riding the topic, it might be more messy instead of being organized so that the flow of the upcoming big event will be handled correctly because it will be safe to say that these politicians have their own way how to handle that kind of event and we cannot also remove the fact that some of them are just saying things that are just almost too good to be true just to make their ratings go higher.


Precisely and I agree with you about that.

The main reason for countries like Syria, Yemen, Ghana, and Somalia to get their visa rejected is mostly because of their governments and the bad behavior of their governments with other countries and these counties are unknown for this also in some cases the season is a bad relationship with America which made this situation to have them rejected when they ask for US visa, however, there is still the chance for America to change some rules until that time.

Those from countries such as Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia have a greater chance of visa rejection and I don't think that any of these countries will qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 2026 (only Syria has the slightest of chances). And even if some football fan from these countries apply for visa, so that he can watch the world cup, it is very likely that his application may get rejected. The world cup is not going to make a difference in this case. However, my main concern is for people from India, Pakistan.etc. They face unusually high rejection rates now.

Yeah but you can't really compare general population data of visas denied with visas for the world cup.

On the other hand it could clearly be an excuse, so they might get a bit paranoid, and deny visas from African fans.

There are many rumors about new decisions in the government of America and some people think Joe Biden is going to make some changes in the government of America and the steps to get the visa and make it easier for people in all over the world to take via for America but the fact about taking visa is it's not the same for all people in different countries because for countries that's easier and for some other countries with bad a relation shop with America this will be harder.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/16/us/visa-process-united-states.html

It is logical that FIFA's main bet is on the USA as the richest country in the region and in the world. I think there will be no problems with the broadcast from the USA and with the movement of fans between cities cause in the US most developed air service in the world, after europe I guess.
Messi apparently moved to Miami cause he probably wants to participate in the World Cup once again in 2026.

Mexico is here with the Canada and the U.S for fans from South America and the Caribbean could attend matches of their teams without visas and have no problems with communication, because most of them also speak Spanish.

What was surprising that only 2 cities in Canada that were involved. It is strange that Canada was not given at least 3-4 cities to host, because Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver are big enough cities with good air connections.

First of all, Biden is trailing in most of the opinion polls. And secondly, even if a task force is setup, it will not reduce the long wait times and other difficulties which are currently experienced by the visa applicants from third world nations. If a Republican candidate ends up winning the next POTUS elections, then I expect the visa rules to be further tightened. Anyway, in the end you will never get the perfect solution. In 2022, we had relaxed visa rules, but then a lot of groups (especially unmarried couples and LGBT) faced discrimination. In 2026, it is going to be the opposite.

@Silberman according to various news reports it’s rumoured that Biden government is planning to organise a task force which should make the process easy for obtaining the visa for the fans who wish to travel to see the World Cup but nothing is confirmed yet. Furthermore with elections due next year whoever win’s may make further changes to this task force hence I don’t expect much clarity on this till the next year’s election are over.

This is going to be a huge problem for the US to solve, on one hand they want to receive fans that love soccer and want nothing else but to watch the matches live, on the other hand they are going to have a lot of people that are going to try to take advantage of the situation and outstay their visa and remain at the US for as long as they can and get a job there, how will they solve this problem? I have no idea but they better come up with something good, otherwise people are going to complain endlessly about this.

Three years left to start the world cup and I think during this time Merica will find a way to make it easier for all people in the world to take a visa to America and they hosted these great tournaments before that's why they know they should solve these problems for all people. Maybe they will make a solution for the world cup visitors to take different kinds of visas to make it easier for them.

It is true that you agree with what you said that the process of watching the World Cup live will get various conveniences and simplifications. For now the process of obtaining a visa is very complicated, but I think this will be different during the World Cup.

The United States will be the venue for the most matches on a basis of 11 cities, followed by Mexico with 3 cities and finally Canada with 2 cities. With the addition of teams to 48 countries, the number will automatically be 104 which are divided into 12 groups.

Let's see how FIFA will look at this, what happens based on experience, and when there is a big party, hopefully there will be a relaxed policy so that spectators who have difficulty getting a Visa to go to the US (before the World Cup) will have an easier time during the World Cup.
This is something that is very important, because it will greatly affect the audience, also soccer fans may be disappointed and choose not to go to the US because of the difficulty of meeting the document requirements to go there.

The U.S. visa is one of the most difficult. Only visas from England and Australia are more complicated, at least for Russia. Canada was easier in this way, you could get a work visa and many engineers went to work in Canada because the visa there is easier and the social guarantees are better.

I believe that during the championship the USA can simplify entry and exit for fans, as it was done for the World Championships in Qatar and Russia. In addition, all of Europe can travel to North America without visas, so I think that a lot of people will come. Air transportation between Canada and the US is excellent, so traveling between the cities will not be a problem. I think the biggest problem may be crime, especially in Mexico, but I think the fans will be guarded heavily.

I think that for fans the matches in Canada will be easy to attend.

Third world countries tend to have a much difficult procedure before getting that visa compared to the ones who are coming from the first world countries or allied countries of North American nations where it is very easy for them to acquire it, some countries doesn't even need to acquire one because their passport alone is more than enough to make an entry. Quite unfair isn't it? Well, that is the reality that we are living in.