Juno News - June 25, 2026


Canada rejects over 50% of all World Cup tourist visas


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

146.39

Word count

225

Sentence count

6

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Hate speech

2

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00:00:00.000 It turns out that, much to the disappointment of the rest of the world and the screeching
00:00:05.480 leftists in Canada, that the FIFA World Cup is not an open invitation to secure a tourist
00:00:12.240 visa and illegally stay in Canada.
00:00:15.120 I know, what a surprise.
00:00:17.280 You already knew this, but the usual suspects who have been gaming Canada's immigration 0.97
00:00:22.180 system for years namely indian pakistani and african immigration consultants have been trying 0.96
00:00:30.020 to lure in and trick people into believing the fifa world cup could give them access into canada
00:00:37.460 to secure travel visas with the obvious intention of just staying here illegally and claiming asylum
00:00:43.780 watch this videos posted to instagram and tiktok like this one in urdu tell people they can get
00:00:49.940 a special visa for the FIFA World Cup, a package including tickets, consultancy and embassy fees
00:00:55.720 for about 2,000 Canadian dollars. This one in Hindi shows a young man promising Canada isn't
00:01:03.360 going to refuse any visitor visas, urging people to submit applications for family members too.
00:01:09.480 Analysis from the CBC's visual investigations team revealed the social media accounts connected to
00:01:15.020 these posts are based in multiple countries including India, Pakistan and Canada. Well the
00:01:20.840 data is out and according to CTV News, Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees Canada, IRCC, has
00:01:27.820 rejected over half of all World Cup related tourist visas.