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Kelly Miller
@sqirlgirly.bsky.social

Another pattern is many rejected are from countries not playing in Canada such as Colombia, Haiti, Congo, Mexico, Ecuador etc. These countries played in Canada: Canada, Bosnia, Qatar, Switzerland, Germany, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Panama, Croatia, Iraq, Türkiye, New Zealand, Egypt & Belgium

Kelly Miller
@sqirlgirly.bsky.social

Not sure what the issues were with Colombia, Ghana & Panama etc. But Nigeria, Pakistan, India, China, Kenya, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Peru & Guatemala aren’t in the World Cup. Definitely a pattern of rejecting applications from countries not in the World Cup.

Kelly Miller
@sqirlgirly.bsky.social

Ivory Coast had none rejected according to this list, Ghana had many. Qatar & Iraq had none too, but most from Egypt & Turkey rejected. Germany & Aussies not rejected, but some Brits were (not playing here). Rest on this list were from countries that didn't play World Cup matches in Canada.

PMC Vanguardist
@tylerboschert.bsky.social

If this were the explanation, one would expect that countries in the World Cup would have much higher visa grant *rates* than countries not in the World Cup, but that's not what the graphic shows. The overwhelming majority of applications from DR Congo were denied, for example.

Guan Yang
@guan.dk

Yes! I’m saying they should also have hosted the whole competition this year, instead of having co-hosts with very restrictive visa policies.