Visa

Definitions: Visa

Visa

Noun

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

Verb

1. Provide (a passport) with a visa.

2. Approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed".

Date "visa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Visa

Domain	Definitions
Economics	A stamp, seal or endorsement on a document validating it for a particular use such as on a passport admitting the holder to a country, or on a license issued by the government of an exporting country for the export to a specific importing country of a certain quantity of a quota controlled commodity subject to a voluntary export restriction or a voluntary restraint agreement. (references)
Immigration	A U.S. visa allows the bearer to apply for entry to the U.S. in a certain classification (e.g. student (F), visitor (B), temporary worker (H)). A visa does not grant the bearer the right to enter the United States. The Department of State (DOS) is responsible for visa adjudication at U.S. Embassies and Consulates outside of the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (BCBP) immigration inspectors determine admission into, length of stay and conditions of stay in, the U.S. at a port of entry. The information on a nonimmigrant visa only relates to when an individual may apply for entry into the U.S. DHS immigration inspectors will record the terms of your admission on your Arrival/Departure Record (I-94 white or I-94W green) and in your passport. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: VISA

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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VISA can refer to a number of different things.

The credit card VISA.
The multi-drug resistant bacteria, vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus.

Visa
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- visa (document) -- a document required to enter a specific country. See also passport.
- VISA (credit card) -- one of the world's most popular credit cards.
VISA (credit card)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
VISA is a brand of credit card operated by the VISA International Service Association of San Francisco, California, USA. The VISA card was launched in 1976, and the card was derived from the earlier BankAmericard of Bank of America.
See also: MasterCard

External links
- Official overview
Visa (document)
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A visa (short for the Latin carta visa, lit. "the document has been seen") is a document issued by a country giving a certain individual permission to enter the country for a given period of time. Many countries require possession of a valid visa as a condition of entry. Visas can be granted on arrival, usually only to citizens of countries enjoying good relations with the issuing country, or by prior application at the country's embassy or consulate. A fee may be charged for issuing a visa; these are typically reciprocal, so if country A charges country B's citizens 50 USD for a visa, country B will often also charge the same amount for country A's visitors. Expedited processing of the visa application will also incur additional charges. Visas are typically stamped or attached into the recipient's passport.
Common types of visas are:
- transit visa, usually valid for 3 days or less, for passing through the country to a third destination
- tourist visa, for a limited period of leisure travel, no business activities allowed. Typically the only visa granted for free. Some countries (eg. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait) do not issue tourist visas, although Saudi Arabia does issue pilgrimage visas for Hajj pilgrims.
- business visa, for engaging in commerce in the country, usually valid longer and more easily renewable than a tourist visa
- diplomatic visa, which confers diplomatic status on its holder and is normally only available to owners of diplomatic passports
Visas can also be single-entry, which means the visa is cancelled as soon as the holder leaves the country, or multiple-entry, permitting multiple entries into the country with the same visa. Countries may also issue re-entry permits that allow temporarily leaving the country without invalidating the visa. Even a business visa will normally not allow the holder to work in the host country without an additional work permit.
Once issued, a visa will typically have to used within a certain period of time, and the period of validity starts only on entry into the country. A notable exception to this is China, where the visa validity period starts immediately when the visa is issued. Once in the country, the validity period of a visa can often be extended for a fee. Overstaying a visa's validity period is considered illegal immigration and the offender may be fined, deported and even blacklisted from entering the country again.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "VISA."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Visa

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
VISA	English	Video Interface and Signal Analysis	N/A
VIS	English	Visa Information System	Public Administration, Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Visa

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Assent	Ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa; indorsement; (record).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Visa

English words defined with "visa": Visaed, Visaing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "visa": Adjustment to Immigrant Status ♦ Consular Visa ♦ Electronic Visa Information System ♦ F-1, Foreign State of Chargeability ♦ H-1b ♦ Immigration Act of 1990 ♦ Labor Certification ♦ Nonpreference Category, NSA line eater ♦ Priority Date ♦ Returning Resident ♦ Transaction Processing Facility, Transit Alien, Transit Without Visa, TRAVEL CLERK ♦ Visa Waiver Program. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Visa" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (Visa), Finnish (curly birch), French (Visa, visé), German (visa, visé, visas), Italian (Visa), Latin (appear, appearance, be seen, consider, go to see, look at, mental image, see, seem good, sight, that which is seen, vision, visit, visual), Malay (visa, visé), Papiamen (visa, visé), Portuguese (Visa), Portuguese Brazilian (Visa), Romanian (daydream, dream, fancy), Spanish (Visa), Swedish (ballad, display, ditty, evidence, evince, exercise, exhibit, expose, illustrate, indicate, instruct, lay, model, present, read, record, screen, show, signify, song, usher, view).

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Modern Usage: Visa

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	No matter how clever he is, he still needs an exit visa or I should say two? (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Rach, it's the Visa card people. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) You pay your American Express with your Discover, your Discover with your Visa, your Visa with your Mastercard. (The Naked Truth; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks)
Lyrics	Money in the bank membership Visa sweaters ("Put Ya Hands Up"; performing artist: KISS) Mastercard or Visa ("Perfect Gentleman"; performing artist: Wyclef Jean)
Movie/TV Titles	Visa für Ocantros (1974) Film ou Visa de censure numéro X (1967) Visa to Canton (1961) Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas (1987) Visa USA (1986)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Visa

Domain	Title
Books	Do Plastic Surgeons Take Visa (reference) Priority Workers Visa: Residence Visa for 1st & 2nd Preference Employment Based, Aliens of Exceptional Ability, Extraordinary Ability & National inte (reference) VISA : The Power of an Idea (reference) Visa for a Dream, A: Dominicans in the United States (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Directory Of Mastercard And Visa Credit Card Sources (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Visa

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Photo Album: Visa

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A prospective immigrant applies for a visa ....Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Visa

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Pulcra sunt quae visa placent.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Visa

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Currently there are more than 5,000 ATMs connected to Visa services. (references)
		Twenty-two Chinese banks have become members of Visa and MasterCard organizations. (references)
		The possession of a valid health card is a pre-requisite for residency visa renewal. (references)
Civil Liberties	Kyrgyz Republic	Citizens may travel abroad without an exit visa. (references)
	Tajikistan	An exit visa costs approximately $6 (15.6 Somoni). (references)
	Georgia	Tungler since has received a visa and has visited the country. (references)
Economic History	Israel	Israel's visa and residency requirements are not onerous. (references)
	Oman	Anyone arriving without a visa is subject to deportation. (references)
	Nepal	The Immigration Rules of 1994 describes visa regulations. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	In June 2000, Hansen was granted a 15-day election observer visa. (references)
	Afghanistan	In September 2000 and in January, the Taliban refused to issue her a visa. (references)
	Mexico	Some human rights groups still complain of lengthy waiting periods to obtain a visa, or 1-year residency permit. (references)
Political Economy	OMAN	Effective October 1, 2000, this visa has been extended to fifteen days. (references)
	OMAN	Visa denials are not unusual for unaccompanied women tourists and young adult males. (references)
	Pakistan	The American Embassy in Islamabad attracts more visa applicants than any other diplomatic mission. (references)
Trade	New Zealand	No consular visa or notary service is required for the invoice. (references)
	Moldova	Victoriabank is the only Moldovan bank with full membership in VISA and EUROPAY. (references)
	Armenia	The Armenian Card System member banks will be able to issue and serve local cards, as well as Visa, MasterCard/EuroCard, and American Express cards. (references)
Travel	Cote D'ivoire	There is a CFA 20,000 fee for a re-entry visa. (references)
	Panama	The Visa is valid for one year and is renewable. (references)
	Chad	Entry Visas: A visa is required for U.S. citizens. (references)
Worker Rights	Italy	Some government visa operations are under investigation for visa fraud in connection with trafficking. (references)
	Madagascar	The Labor Code applies to all workers; however, foreign workers must have a valid visa to be protected. (references)
	Japan	Suspected foreign workers also may be denied entry for passport, visa, and entry application irregularities. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Visa

"Visa" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.74% of the time. "Visa" is used about 396 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.74%	391	14,189
Noun (proper)	1.01%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	396	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Visa

Expressions using "visa": application for an exit visa ♦ consular visa ♦ entrance visa ♦ entry visa ♦ exit visa ♦ Nara Visa ♦ permanent visa ♦ transit visa ♦ visa stamp. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "visa": visa-forging, visa-free, visa-versa.
	Ending with "visa": no-visa.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Visa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
visa	6,634	australian visa	282
visa credit card	1,344	bank one visa	274
visa card	1,025	visa gift card	267
brazil visa	835	travel visa	266
australia visa	664	visa application	259
russia visa	651	royal bank visa	248
providian visa	637	immigration visa	247
capital one visa	581	russian visa	237
visa buck	576	visa master card	222
chase visa	461	visa bulletin	221
citibank visa	434	uk visa	219
cibc visa	398	associate visa	219
verizon visa	384	visa lottery	214
us visa	368	canadian visa	203
first usa visa	354	visa platinum	189
visa canada	347	work visa	189
national visa center	328	target visa	189
usa visa	316	h1b visa	178
student visa	316	fiance visa	178
aspire visa	310	fiancee visa	166
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Visa

Language		Translations for "visa"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vizë (dash, line, pothook, vise), i jap vizë (vise). (various references)

Arabic		‏فيزة تأشيرة, ‏تأشيرة, ‏سمة (brand, sign, stamp, trait, type, zenith). (various references)

Bulgarian		слагам виза, виза. (various references)

Catalan		visat (visé). (various references)

Chinese		签证, 簽証 . (various references)

Czech		vízum. (various references)

Danish		visum (visé). (various references)

Dutch		visum (signature, visé), Visa. (various references)

Esperanto		vizo. (various references)

Farsi		ویزادادن , ویزا, روادیدگذرنامه , روادید. (various references)

Finnish		Viisumi. (various references)

French		visa (visé). (various references)

Frisian		fisum (visé). (various references)

German		Visum (visé, visae), Visa (visé, visas). (various references)

Greek		βίζα. (various references)

Hebrew		ויז�", אשרת כ� יס�" (entry visa), אשר�" (approval, permit). (various references)

Hungarian		vízum. (various references)

Irish		víosa. (various references)

Italian		Visto (approval, authorisation, check, looked, seal of approval, seen, signature, viewed). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"ー玉 (beer, beer-garden, beginner, biennale, bigalopolis, bikini, bishop, business, business assessment, business automation, business class, business college, business consultant, business game, business girl, business school, business survey, business wear, bustier, busy, marble, Pieta, victor, Victoria, victory, vicuna, viola, visiting team, visitor, visitor fee), 査証 , 旅券査証 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"ザ , さしょう (false statement, few, little, misrepresentation, slight, trifling), りょけ�"さしょう. (various references)

Korean		비자. (various references)

Malay		visa (vis�). (various references)

Manx		veesey, cur veesey er. (various references)

Papiamen		visa (visé). (various references)

Pig Latin		isavay

Portuguese		visto (seeing, seen, signature, vidimus, viewed). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		visa. (various references)

Romanian		vizã. (various references)

Russian		виза (visé). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vizirati, viza. (various references)

Spanish		visado (visé), visa. (various references)

Swedish		visum (visé, vise). (various references)

Turkish		vize vermek (vise), vize (vise), onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, sustain, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, vise, vouch, witness), onay (acknowledgement, affirmation, approbation, approval, assent, backing, certification, confirmation, endorsement, indorsement, legitimation, o.k., ok, okay, ratification, sanction, vise). (various references)

Ukranian		віза (vise). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Visa

Language	Period	Translations
Modern Latin	1500-Modern	charta visa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Visa

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 24, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai efanhsan enwpion autwn wsei lhroV ta rhmata autwn kai hpistoun autaiV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et visa sunt ante illos sicut deliramentum verba ista et non credebant illis
Old English	990	West Saxon	And þas word wæron geþuhte beforan him swa woffunng and hig ne gelyfdon him;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And these wordis weren seyn bifor hem as madnesse, and thei bileueden not to hem.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And their wordes semed vnto them fayned thinges nether beleved they them.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Visa

Language	Luke Chapter 24, Verse 11
Cebuano	apan sa ilang pagbati niini, kining mga pulonga daw salimoang lamang, ug sila wala nila toohi,
Chinese	他們這些話、使 �' 以為是胡言、就不相信。
Croatian	ali njima se te rijeèi prièiniše kao tlapnja, te im ne vjerovahu.
Danish	Og disse Ord kom dem for som løs Tale; og de troede dem ikke.
Dutch	En haar woorden schenen voor hen als ijdel geklap, en zij geloofden haar niet.
Finnish	Mutta näiden puheet näyttivät heistä turhilta, eivätkä he uskoneet heitä.
French	Ils tinrent ces discours pour des rêveries, et ils ne crurent pas ces femmes.
German	Und es deuchten sie ihre Worte eben, als wären's Märlein, und sie glaubten ihnen nicht.
Hungarian	De az õ szavuk csak üres beszédnek látszék azok elõtt; és nem hivének nékik.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi rasul-rasul itu menyangka wanita-wanita itu hanya menceritakan yang bukan-bukan. Mereka tidak percaya cerita wanita-wanita itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi pada perasaan mereka itu adalah perkataan perempuan itu seperti cakap angin sahaja, maka tiadalah mereka itu percaya kepada perempuan itu.
Italian	Quelle parole parvero loro come un vaneggiamento e non credettero ad esse.
Korean	사 도 �"� 은 � � 희 말 이 허 탄 한 �"� 이 뵈 어 믿 지 아 니 하 나
Maori	A ko te ahua o aua kupu ki ta ratou whakaaro he mea tito noa; kihai i whakaponohia e ratou.
Norwegian	og deres ord syntes dem å være løs tale, og de trodde dem ikke.
Portuguese	E pareceram-lhes como um delírio as palavras das mulheres e não lhes deram crédito.
Rumanian	Cuvintele acestea li se pqreau apostolilor basme, wi nu le credeau.
Shuar	Tura Jesusa unuiniamurisha nuwa Tuíniakuisha nekasaiti tu Enentáimtsuk "Wáuruk Tuíniawai" tiarmiayi.
Spanish	Pero sus palabras les parecían a ellos locura, y no las creyeron.
Swahili	Mitume waliyachukua maneno hayo kama yasiyo na msingi, hivyo hawakuamini.
Swedish	Deras ord syntes dock för dessa vara löst tal, och de trodde dem icke.
Uma	Aga suro toera uma mpangalai' lolita-ra, ra'uli' lolita to ratamangko-wadi.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Visa

Derivations
	Words beginning with "visa": visaed, visage, visaged, visages, visaing, visard, visards, visas. (additional references)
	Words containing "visa": advisabilities, advisability, advisable, advisableness, advisablenesses, advisably, devisable, devisal, devisals, envisage, envisaged, envisages, envisaging, improvisation, improvisational, improvisationally, improvisations, improvisator, improvisatore, improvisatores, improvisatori, improvisatorial, improvisators, improvisatory, inadvisabilities, inadvisability, inadvisable, ovisac, ovisacs, revisable, revisal, revisals. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Visa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avias, Avishai, Cisa, Gisa, ifsa, iqa, isa, isaa, Iza, nisab, Tisa, Vaca, vaise, Vasa, vasar, vaso, vatsa, veca, veesa, veja, vesa, vesi, vesk, veso, Vespa, Vespan, vhs, viag, vias, viau, viaz, vica, vican, vicca, viga, vigs, Viiia, Viis, viiz, vika, vima, vipa, vira, virsa, visal, viscal, visea, viseat, visec, visem, visex, visey, vish, visi, visia, visin, visk, visl, vism, viso, vissar, Visse, vist, visuag, visuan, visy, vivs, viza, vizar, vize, vms, vos, vosa, vose, vrs, vsc, vsd, vsv, vus, Vyas, vys. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Visa"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "visa" (pronounced vē"zu)
3	-ē" z u	Silesia.
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Anagrams: Visa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-s-v"
	-1 letter: ais, vas, via, vis.
	-2 letters: ai, as, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-s-v"
	+1 letter: aviso, divas, kivas, mavis, pavis, savin, shiva, silva, vails, vairs, vials, vigas, vinas, visas, vista, vivas.
	+2 letters: advise, aivers, ajivas, anvils, avails, avians, avions, avisos, avoids, cavies, cavils, davies, davits, divans, favism, invars, lavish, mavies, mavins, naives, navies, ovisac, parvis, pavins, pavise, ravins, ravish, rivals, saliva, salvia, savine, saving, savins, savior, shavie, shivah, shivas, silvae, silvan, silvas, spavie, spavin, vakils, valise, vanish, varies, vesica, viands, vicars, villas, vinals, vincas, violas, virgas, visaed, visage, visard, vistas, visual, vitals, vizsla, waives, wavies.
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