00:00And a big part of it, too. Marco, would you say a few words?
00:03Yeah, thank you, Mr. President. First of all, forgetting the games, because this happened in your first term when the cup came here, and it's a major undertaking.
00:11So we've deployed over 400 additional consular officers around the world to deal with that, in some cases doubling the size of the consular presence in our embassies in certain countries.
00:21And the good news now is that about 80% of the world you can get an appointment within 60 days.
00:25It used to take, you know, half a year or longer, and now sometimes it took, you know, now you can get in less than two months, where in places it took over a year.
00:33In places, for example, like Brazil and Argentina, you would have to, it took over a year to get an appointment.
00:38Now you can get in less than two months.
00:39So our advice to everybody is if you have a ticket for any of the games, you need to apply if you haven't done so as soon as possible.
00:45Don't wait until the last minute.
00:47Your ticket is not a visa. It doesn't guarantee admission to the U.S.
00:50It guarantees you an expedited appointment.
00:52You're still going to go through the same vetting.
00:53We're going to do the same vetting as anybody else would get.
00:56The only difference here is we're moving them up in the queue.
00:59We're moving them up faster.
01:01But my advice to everyone that's watching around the world is if you intend to come to the games, you have to have a ticket.
01:06You need to apply. Apply as soon as possible.
01:08You're going to get your interview within, you know, six to eight weeks and move forward from there.
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