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# visa

«visa» in Mova's school dictionary: **an official stamp or document that lets you enter, stay…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a visa, visas); proper noun (Visa — a card company)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A visa is an official stamp or document that lets you enter, stay in, study or work in a foreign country for a certain time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#m1)

2) Visa (with a capital V) is the name of a company whose logo appears on bank cards; people say «I'll pay by Visa». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and everyday life visas are needed to travel to some countries; you show your passport and visa at the border. In lessons on migration and adult life, families may need a work visa, student visa or tourist visa. Phrases: apply for a visa, tourist visa, work visa, student visa, visa-free.

### examples

- Dad had to apply for a visa before his trip to China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x1)
- My cousin got a student visa to study in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x2)
- Some countries let you visit visa-free for a short time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x3)
- The officer checked her passport and stamped her visa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x4)
- His visa runs out next month, so he must go home or renew it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x5)
- Mum paid for the shopping with her Visa card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x6)
- A work visa allows you to have a job in another country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x7)

### note

Plural visas. A visa is not the same as a passport: the passport shows who you are and where you come from; the visa is permission from the other country. Pronounced VEE-zuh.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «visa» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.