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visa

[vee-zuh] / ˈvi zə /


NOUN
green card
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Beyond barring U.S. access, loss of a visa is widely viewed as raising suspicions about a politician’s character — a major reason, observers say, why few Mexican lawmakers acknowledge being stripped of visas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The visa revocation comes soon after senior U.S. officials described Mexico as a country controlled by drug traffickers and vowed to pursue Mexican officials who collude with the nation’s powerful cartels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Sparking Sheinbaum’s blow-up was the revelation late Thursday that Washington had rescinded the visa of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, widely known as “Andy.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

First of all, committing fraud in visa applications is already illegal.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

She had an expired passport and an expired student visa.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

They entered the US legally in 2014 on visas, and became lawful permanent residents in 2016.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Factors that may contribute to loss of visas include criminal activity, past immigration violations and national security concerns.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Despite European countries regularly denouncing the restrictions Afghanistan puts on women, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have also refused them visas.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Federal agents are using flight manifests to arrest travelers with lapsed visas, drawing objections over safety and protocol.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

It was the only company near Maribel’s school that had been willing to sponsor our visas.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

It would have taken him two weeks, every time, to get his passport visaed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Theirs was not an official military mission such as the Dutch or Swiss had accredited to the Control Council, but simply a purchasing mission with passports visaed by the Soviet occupation authorities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, for the first time since the War, Dutch frontier guards allowed Germans to enter the Netherlands without having their passports visaed.

From Time Magazine Archive

His cautious employers had merely supplied him expense money and instructions to have his passport visaed for England, France and Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have been traveling on horseback, since," Ralph said; "and have had no occasion to have it visaed, as it has always passed us without trouble.

From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by F. T. Young




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