Definition: 1. An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it. 2. Provide (a passport) with a visa. 3. Approve officially.
Use 'visa' in a sentence:
1. Agricultural employers complain about the H-2A visa for its slow granting procedures.
2. He had wangled his way into the country without a visa.
3. The card-payment companies MasterCard and Visa are pushing hard for change.
4. Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.
5. If you are traveling on a temporary or exchange student visa, you may be able to arrange for health insurance through your employer or institution.
6. He had lived illegally in the United States for five years after his visitor's visa expired.
7. You can get a visa from any British Embassy.
8. He first entered the country on a six-month visa, and was given a further extension of six months.
9. Do you need a visa for the USA?
10. They refused him a visa.
11. The visa is for 14 days, extendable to one month.
12. The H-2A visa has no numerical cap, unlike the H-2B visa for nonagricultural work, which is limited to 66,000 a year.
13. They gave assurances they would press for reciprocity with Greece in the issuing of visas.
14. The chief protagonists in the row are Visa and Mastercard, the world's leading credit card brands.
15. Changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. universities.
16. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to.
17. When applying for a visa extension state simply and clearly the reasons why you need an extension.
18. I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.
19. As a result, farms have grown increasingly reliant on temporary guest workers using the H-2A visa to fill the gaps in the workforce.
20. Firstdirect, Midland Bank's telephone banking offshoot, has cut its Visa card rate to APR 22.2%.
21. Get your passport and visa early.
22. His visitor's visa expired.
23. With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.
24. Changes in the visa process caused a dramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to the U.S. universities.
25. Visa or no visa, they won't let you into the country.
26. He is bitter about not obtaining the visa from the embassy.
27. No westerner could fly in without a visa.
28. With a "bang" of his stamp on my Schengen visa, I was free to roam much of Europe.
29. They overstayed their visa.
30. Our application for visas was refused.
31. What a palaver it is, trying to get a new visa!
32. He was deported from Spain when his visa expired.
33. The visa expires next month.
34. You don't want to get to your destination only to find you have the wrong visa, or worse, that your passport isn't valid any more.
35. They thought that their relatives would be able to fix the visas.
36. Could you tell me what I have to do to obtain a student visa and how long the process will take?
37. The officer insisted that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa.
38. Please write and tell me what is the procedure for applying for a visa.
39. The officers insisted that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa.
40. Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa.
41. He first entered Britain on a six-month visa, and was given a further extension of six months.
42. It is also required an extension to your visa.
43. The United States has refused him a visa.
44. The passports, with the visa stamps, were waiting at the embassy.
45. Please debit my Mastercard/ Visa/ American Express card.
46. To get our Colombian visas we bussed back to Medellin.
47. Getting a visa isn't as simple as you might suppose.
