Can You Attend the 2026 World Cup from Qatar? Start Here The 2026 FIFA World Cup runs across 16 cities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. For football fans living in Qatar, this is the closest the World Cup has ever been — just one long flight away. But there is one critical step most expats overlook until it is too late: the US visa. Hundreds of thousands of expatriates live and work in Qatar. Most hold Indian, Pakistani, Filipino, Bangladeshi, Nepali,