Visa vs. Passport — 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.

A passport is an official governmental document that contains your identity, it helps you travel under its protection to and from foreign countries. The document certifies the personal identity and nationality of its holder.

To endorse or ratify (a passport).

An official document issued by a government identifying a citizen, certifying that citizen's nationality, and formally requesting admittance and safe passage from foreign countries.

To give a visa to.

An official permit issued by a foreign country allowing one to transport goods or to travel through that country.

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

An official document issued by an allied foreign government to a ship, especially a neutral merchant ship in time of war, authorizing it to enter and travel through certain waters freely.

To endorse (a passport, etc.).

Something that gives one the right or privilege of passage, entry, or acceptance

See Vis.

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

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

Any document that allows entry or passage.

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

(figuratively) Something which enables someone to do or achieve something.

Provide (a passport) with a visa

To regulate how money given to a local authority must be spent.

Approve officially;

Providing the legal requirements to enable or legitimize cross-border economic activity.

To enable eligibility for a benefit automatically based on eligibility for a different benefit.

Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.

Any authorization to pass or go somewhere;

A document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country

Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission;