The Department of State Deputy Secretary has issued a waiver of
application and visa issuance fees for participants in the 2014 Special
Olympics Summer Games Invitational, scheduled to take place in Los
Angeles, CA, from June 6 to 8, 2014, and the 2015 Special Olympics World
Summer Games, scheduled to take place between July 25 and August 2,
2015. It is expected that 250 delegates will participate in the
Invitational and 6,500 will participate in the Summer Games.
Members and delegates who may request this waiver include athletes and
unified partners; coaches, trainers, referees and judges; supporting
staff such as doctors, nurses and therapists; heads of delegations;
doctors participating in the Healthy Athletes Program; Global
Messengers; and police officers participating in the final leg of the
Torch Run.
