Definition

1. Noun:

   • An official endorsement or stamp placed in a passport by the authorities of a foreign country, indicating that the holder is allowed to enter, leave, or travel through that country for a specified purpose and duration.

2. Verb:

   • To officially approve or endorse a document, especially a passport, by marking it with a visa.
   • To provide a passport with a visa.

Usage

• Noun: Used to refer to the official travel permit itself. It is often modified by words specifying its type (e.g., tourist visa, student visa).
• Verb: Used in formal or administrative contexts to describe the action of authorizing a passport with a visa stamp.

Examples

• Noun:

  • She applied for a work visa to live in Canada.
  • His passport contains visas from over twenty different countries.
  • You cannot board the flight without a valid entry visa.

• Verb:

  • The consulate will visa your passport if all documents are in order.
  • The application was approved, and her passport was visaed within a week.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in possession of a visa": To have a valid visa.
  • All foreign nationals must be in possession of a visa upon arrival.
• "Visa requirements": The rules and conditions set by a country for obtaining a visa.
  • Visa requirements for business travel have been relaxed.
• "Visa waiver": A program or agreement that allows citizens of certain countries to enter without a visa for short stays.
  • He entered under the visa waiver program for tourism.

Variants and Related Words

• Visaed (adj., past participle of verb): Having received a visa.
  • The visaed passport was returned by courier.
• Visa application (noun phrase): The formal request for a visa.
  • Completing the visa application can be complex.
• Visa-free (adj.): Not requiring a visa.
  • Citizens of the EU enjoy visa-free travel to many nations.

Synonyms

• Noun: Endorsement, permit, authorization, clearance.
• Verb: Endorse, stamp, authorize, clear, approve.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• N/A: The word "visa" is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs.

Related Idioms

• "Get the visa stamp": To successfully obtain official permission or approval for something, often after a process.
  • After months of paperwork, we finally got the visa stamp for the new project.

Noun

1. an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

Verb

1. approve officially
   • The list of speakers must be visaed
2. provide (a passport) with a visa