Visa vs. Mastercard — What's the Difference?

An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region subject to certain conditions, such as length of time and purpose of the visit.

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To endorse or ratify (a passport).

To give a visa to.

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

To endorse (a passport, etc.).

See Vis.

To indorse, after examination, with the word visé, as a passport; to visé.

An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

Provide (a passport) with a visa

Approve officially;