visa
visa — 名詞
1. a stamp or sticker from a foreign government placed inside your passport to show
簽證
准許入境的外國公文
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.
Gabriel 為了去加拿大唸工程而申請了學生簽證。
student visa — type label for study purpose
Élise's work visa allowed her to stay in Japan for three more years.
Élise 的工作簽證讓她可以在日本再多待三年。
Without a valid visa, the immigration officer refused Christopher entry at the airport.
因為沒有有效簽證，機場的移民官拒絕讓 Christopher 入境。
Lan's passport was full of visas from her travels across Southeast Asia.
Lan 的護照上貼滿了她從東南亞各國旅行回來的簽證。
Tomás had to renew his tourist visa before the expiration date.
Tomás 必須在到期日前更新他的觀光簽證。
- 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 — 動詞
1. to officially inspect and approve a passport by adding an authorising stamp or m
核發簽證
在護照上蓋章批准入境
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.
領事館在 Vivek 面試後三個工作日內核發了他的簽證。
Adaeze's passport was vised at the embassy before she left for France.
Adaeze 在出發前往法國前，她的護照已在大使館蓋了簽證章。
passive: passport was vised
The embassy refused to visa Otis's passport because his application had an error.
大使館拒絕在 Otis 的護照上核發簽證，因為他的申請資料有誤。
Make sure your passport is vised well before your departure date next month.
請務必在下個月的出發日期前辦好護照簽證手續。
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.