The Swiss football federation announced on Tuesday that forward Breel Embolo could not fly to the United States with his teammates for the World Cup because of a visa issue.
The Rennes player, who is 29 years old, was supposed to leave with the rest of the squad for Los Angeles from Zurich earlier in the day.
"Unfortunately, Breel Embolo is currently unable to travel to the United States with the team," the ASF said.
"His ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation) authorisation had been approved until this morning.
"However, at 10:30 a.m., we were informed that his ESTA application had been placed under further review.
"We are currently in contact with the relevant authorities and expect that Breel will either join the team later today or travel tomorrow and join the squad then.
"We will keep you informed as soon as we have any further updates."
The federation did not say why Embolo's visa was under review.
In April, the former Schalke player received a 45-day suspended fine of 3,000 Swiss Francs ($3,820) for threats he made during a night out in Basel in 2018.
Embolo scored during Sunday’s friendly win over Jordan, marking his 24th international goal in his 86th appearance for Switzerland.
At the World Cup, Switzerland starts their Group B matches against Qatar on June 13. They will also play Bosnia Herzegovina and co-hosts Canada in the group stage.
On Saturday, La Nati will play against Australia in their last friendly before the tournament.
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