visa
visa — noun
1. a stamp or sticker from a foreign government placed inside your passport to show
a stamp or sticker from a foreign government placed inside your passport to show you may enter and remain in that country for a limited period, whether you plan to study, work, or travel there.
Gabriel applied for a student visa to study engineering in Canada.
student visa — type label for study purpose
Élise's work visa allowed her to stay in Japan for three more years.
Without a valid visa, the immigration officer refused Christopher entry at the airport.
Lan's passport was full of visas from her travels across Southeast Asia.
Tomás had to renew his tourist visa before the expiration date.
- entry permit
More general term; can refer to permission for purposes other than travel, such as working in a specified area.
- entry clearance
Used especially in UK official contexts; often refers to pre-approval before departure rather than the stamp itself.
- deportation order
A legal order forcing someone to leave a country, opposite of permission to enter.
文法句型
apply for a visa
a visa to + country
用法筆記
Commonly paired with a type label that states the purpose of the visit: a student visa, a work visa, a tourist visa, or a transit visa. The phrase 'apply for a visa' is the standard expression for starting the process.
常見錯誤
visa — verb
1. to officially inspect and approve a passport by adding an authorising stamp or m
to officially inspect and approve a passport by adding an authorising stamp or mark, so that the holder is legally permitted to enter a particular country.
The consulate vised Vivek's passport within three working days of his interview.
Adaeze's passport was vised at the embassy before she left for France.
passive: passport was vised
The embassy refused to visa Otis's passport because his application had an error.
Make sure your passport is vised well before your departure date next month.
文法句型
visa + passport
be + vised
用法筆記
This verb is formal and most often appears in official or bureaucratic contexts. The passive form ('your passport was vised' / 'get your passport vised') is more common than the active voice in everyday use.