Sepp Blatter expects to attend the FIFA election on February 26 even though his appeal against an eight-year ban is unlikely to be resolved by then.
Blatter's spokesman Thomas Renggli told AP the suspended chief "should be present at the Congress".
He said Blatter would return to FIFA on February 16 for an appeal committee hearing, and an immediate ruling was expected.
If the appeal panel confirms Blatter's ban, it could take weeks to write the detailed verdict he needs to file an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to Renggli.
FIFA's ethics committee banned Blatter last month for conflict of interest in approving $US2 million ($A2.82 million) for suspended European soccer boss Michel Platini in 2011.
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Despite the ban, Renggli says "only the Congress, according to the statutes, can put Mr Blatter out of his mandate".
