FIFA World Cup ticket holders will be able to receive prioritized visa interviews before arriving in the United States for the tournament.
The announcement came Monday after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House Task Force and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
The FIFA Priority Appointment Scheduling System, or FIFA PASS, is meant to help the Trump administration balance a strict immigration system while ensuring that visitors for the global soccer tournament can enter the United States without issue.
"America welcomes the world," Infantino said in a statement. "We have always said that this will be the greatest and most inclusive FIFA World Cup in history -- and the FIFA PASS service is a very concrete example of that."
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