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Visa

[vee-zuh]

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noun

an endorsement made by an authorized representative of one country upon a passport issued by another, permitting the passport holder entry into or transit through the country making the endorsement.

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verb (used with object)

to give a visa to; approve a visa for.

to put a visa on (a passport).

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Also, visé.

Origin:
1825–35; < French, short for Latin carta vīsa the document (has been) examined; vīsa, past participle feminine of vīsere to look into, see to, frequentative of vidēre to see

Can be confused: passport, visa.

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Visa is introducing a system that lets customers wave specially equipped cellphones in the checkout aisle to charge purchases.

There is a higher chance if you can get the visa on your own through family members.

Students can no longer obtain a general visa that covers their time at both language school and university.

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Visa is introducing a system that lets customers wave specially equipped cellphones in the checkout aisle to charge purchases.

There is a higher chance if you can get the visa on your own through family members.

Students can no longer obtain a general visa that covers their time at both language school and university.

Visa regulations are complicated and often changing, so plan in advance and allow plenty of time to.

Visitors are issued a visa form that includes spaces on which to note identifying marks on both their face and buttocks.

Visa has announced a contactless payment system for the iPhone which allows you to use the phone as a credit card.

The more rigorous visa requirement is put in place to stamp out fly-by-night educational operators who rip students off.

The success comes despite growing grumbles about visa difficulties for foreign students, and rocketing costs.

After many tense communications, my visa was approved.

Any value is a product of lessor values, and visa versa.

Workers who code software need a different visa than those who install software.

Academics and recruiters attribute that success to aggressive outreach and reduced visa restrictions.

It has also created a new six-month medical visa for foreigners and their caregivers that is designed to draw health tourists.

It is technically illegal to work on a film set without a working visa.

University officials say that international academics have been detained even while in compliance with visa laws.

Visa stamps from other countries can be verified against records in their immigration.

He fears that his student visa would be revoked if his past participation in the scam were publicly revealed.

And it is relaxing visa and enrollment restrictions to bring in more international students.

Any foreign visitor can be refused entry to the country by border officials on almost any grounds, even if you have a visa.

Australia rejected the request, but the researcher has since reapplied for a visiting academic visa.

The list is used, among other things, to screen visa applicants and gun buyers as well as suspects stopped by local police.

The agency also plans to accept electronic visa applications for students from some countries starting next spring.

Still, it took a lot of pleading with consular officials to get that last-minute visa.

For both students and professors, securing a visa is a long and tortuous process.

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visa (ˈviːzə)

—n , pl -sas
1.	an endorsement in a passport or similar document, signifying that the document is in order and permitting its bearer to travel into or through the country of the government issuing it
2.	any sign or signature of approval

—vb , -sas, -sas, -saing, -saed
3.	to enter a visa into (a passport)
4.	to endorse or ratify

[C19: via French from Latin vīsa things seen, from vīsus, past participle of vidēre to see]

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Word Origin & History

visa

1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from Fr. visa, from Mod.L. charta visa "verified paper," lit. "paper that has been seen," from fem. pp. of L. videre "to see" (see vision). Earlier visé (1810), from Fr. pp. of viser "to examine, view."

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