- a stamp or mark put in your passport by officials of a foreign country that gives you permission to enter, pass through or leave their country
- to apply for a visa
- an entry/tourist/transit/exit visa
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb2, Holidaysb2- Do Brazilians need a visa to go to France?
- Do you need a visa for Egypt?
- He was arrested for overstaying his visa.
- Her visa expired six months ago.
- I obtained a visa after hours of waiting at the embassy.
- She entered the country on a student visa.
- She was refused a visa because of her criminal record.
- a visa waiver program
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entry
- exit
- transit
- …
- get
- obtain
- extend
- …
- expire
- regulations
- requirements
- restrictions
- …
- on a visa
- visa for
Word Originmid 19th cent.: via French from Latin visa, past participle (neuter plural) of videre ‘to see’.Definitions on the go
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