visa en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈviː.zə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
Meanings
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A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
However, I couldn't continue by land to Georgia, as I would have liked: Russia still maintains its crazy, Sovietesque visa regulations, which makes getting a transit visa extremely difficult and extremely expensive.
2016, James S. Kessler, Echoes of Empire:The impact would be smaller in the immediate term given that the Trump proclamation allows existing visa holders to remain in the US, but still, at MSK around 100 new scientific and medical trainees this year would not be allowed to commence their research.
2020 June 23, Ushma S. Neill, “The hidden health cost of Trump’s visa freeze”, in CNN:I came on a six-month tourist visa.
Several Sun MySQLers have been denied short stay business visas to Australia - yes, Australia - as they attempted to attend a Linux conference in Hobart, Tasmania. According to a blog post from Kaj Arno, vice president in charge of "database community" at Sun Microsystems, several employees - many of whom worked with MySQL - have been barred from entering Oz.
2009 January 13, Cade Metz, “Sun MySQLers barred from Oz”, in The Register, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| visas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
golden visa · transit visa · bridging visa · visa-on-arrival · tied visa · visaless · visa run · prisoner visa · student visa · exit visa · nonvisa · e-visa · working-holiday visa · tourist visa · visa-free
Relateds
Translations (107)
ru ви́за (permit to enter a country) · lv vīza (permit to enter a country) · ca visat (permit to enter a country) · ne भिसा (permit to enter a country) · az viza (permit to enter a country) · mk виза (permit to enter a country) · mn виз (permit to enter a country) · cy teitheb (permit to enter a country) · fa-ira رَوادید (permit to enter a country) · sv visum (permit to enter a country) · tr vize (permit to enter a country) · hy վիզա (permit to enter a country) · fr visa (permit to enter a country) · es visa (permit to enter a country) · sq vizë (permit to enter a country) · sk vízum (permit to enter a country) · tt виза (permit to enter a country) · th วีซา (permit to enter a country) · he אֲשֵׁרָה (permit to enter a country) · hi वीजा (permit to enter a country) · ta விசா (permit to enter a country) · vi giấy xuất cảnh (permit to enter a country) · fi viisumi (permit to enter a country) · nb visum (permit to enter a country) · tg виза (permit to enter a country) · lt viza (permit to enter a country) · cs vízum (permit to enter a country) · sh víza (permit to enter a country) · mi pane uruwhenua (permit to enter a country) · sl vizum (permit to enter a country) · mr व्हिसा (permit to enter a country) · am ቪዛ (permit to enter a country) · tk wiza (permit to enter a country) · el θεώρηση (permit to enter a country) · acw فيزا (permit to enter a country) · mn ᠸᠢᠰᠠ (permit to enter a country) · bo ཐོངས་མཆན (permit to enter a country) · hi वीज़ा (permit to enter a country) · cmn 簽證 /签证 (permit to enter a country) · ur وِیزا (permit to enter a country) · si වීසා (permit to enter a country) · ky виза (permit to enter a country) · ga víosa (permit to enter a country) · yue 簽證 /签证 (permit to enter a country) · km ទិដ្ឋាការ (permit to enter a country) · yo ìwé àṣẹ ìwọ̀lú (permit to enter a country) · it visto (permit to enter a country) · pt visto (permit to enter a country) · eo vizo (permit to enter a country) · nl visum (permit to enter a country) · kmr vîze (permit to enter a country) · lo ວີຊ້າ (permit to enter a country) · uk ві́за (permit to enter a country) · gl visado (permit to enter a country) · hi वीसा (permit to enter a country) · mi kōkota (permit to enter a country) · nan-hbl 簽證 /签证 (permit to enter a country) · ro viză (permit to enter a country) · hy մուտքի արտոնագիր (permit to enter a country) · ota ویزه (permit to enter a country) · yi וויזע (permit to enter a country) · afb ڤيزة (permit to enter a country) · ast visáu (permit to enter a country) · hu vízum (permit to enter a country) · kk виза (permit to enter a country) · ka ვიზა (permit to enter a country) · tl bisa (permit to enter a country) · acw ڤيزة (permit to enter a country) · sh ви́за (permit to enter a country) · be ві́за (permit to enter a country) · de Visum (permit to enter a country) · vi thị thực (permit to enter a country) · es visado (permit to enter a country) · ko 사증 (permit to enter a country) · bn ভিসা (permit to enter a country) · ps ويزه (permit to enter a country) · pl wiza (permit to enter a country) · bo ཝི་ཛ (permit to enter a country) · da visum (permit to enter a country) · acw ڤيزا (permit to enter a country) · uz viza (permit to enter a country) · bg ви́за (permit to enter a country) · sw viza (permit to enter a country) · acw تَأْشِيرَة (permit to enter a country) · ko 비자 (permit to enter a country) · ug ۋىزا (permit to enter a country) · wuu 簽證 /签证 (permit to enter a country) · vi chiếu khán (permit to enter a country) · ha bīzā̀ (permit to enter a country) · ar فِيزَا (permit to enter a country) · fa-ira ویزا (permit to enter a country) · te వీసా (permit to enter a country) · ms visa (permit to enter a country) · is vegabréfsáritun (permit to enter a country) · af visum (permit to enter a country) · ja 査証 (permit to enter a country) · ja ビザ (permit to enter a country) · id visa (permit to enter a country) · et viisa (permit to enter a country) · ar تَأْشِيرَة (permit to enter a country) · tg раводид (permit to enter a country) · my ဗီဇာ (permit to enter a country) · el βίζα (permit to enter a country) · nn visum (permit to enter a country) · afb ڤيزا (permit to enter a country) · he וִיזָה (permit to enter a country) · yo físà (permit to enter a country)