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# visa

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

«visa» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x1)
- My cousin got a student visa to study in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x2)
- Some countries let you visit visa-free for a short time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x3)
- The officer checked her passport and stamped her visa. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/#x5)
- Mum paid for the shopping with her Visa card. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «visa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visa/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«visa» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/visa.html) on Mova free.