Iran’s national football team will run a pre-World Cup training camp in Antalya, Turkey, before traveling to its U.S. base in Tucson, Arizona. Iranian media reports players face visa procedures amid delays for entry into the United States. The squad is set to play a friendly against Gambia on May 29 in Turkey, with a second warmup match still undecided. Iran held a send-off ceremony in Tehran, while federation chief Mehdi Taj said no visas have been issued yet.
As standard US visa and work authorization processing gets slower, many applicants say they have no practical choice but to pay for premium processing. The once optional service is increasingly viewed as a necessity to prevent job loss or status disruption, with people in multiple visa and employment categories facing escalating waits and added costs.
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