visa

visa (vee-z[schwa]). An official indorsement made out on a passport, showing that it has been examined and that the bearer is permitted to proceed; a recognition by the country in which a passport-holder wishes to travel that the holder’s passport is valid. • A visa is generally required for the admission of aliens into the United States. 8 USCA §§ 1181, 1184. — Also termed (archaically) visé (vee-zay or vi-zay). [Cases: Aliens 51.

5. C.J.S. Aliens §§ 89–91, 93–96, 132.]

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