visa
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A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. has a policy of not commenting on specific cases, but added that “every visa decision is a national security decision.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The contretemps about the visa scandal pushed #Andy — López Beltrán’s knickname — to the top of social media sites in Mexico, drawing both praise and derision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Later on, the “Make No Sense” singer hinted at some other legal roadblocks ahead in his transition across the globe: “It can’t be my home until they give me my visa, right?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Border agents already have the authority to question a foreigner’s reason for applying for a visa or entering the country.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
There was the usual line of holiday visa hopefuls stretching to the corner of Elevator Plaza, but Holly bypassed it by waving her badge at the waiting line.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
They entered the US legally in 2014 on visas, and became lawful permanent residents in 2016.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
While no agency tracks these cases nationwide, three firms that help secure these kinds of residences said interest in so-called golden visas has skyrocketed in the past five years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
Before the 2026 World Cup, Infantino tried to head off at the pass any queries about high ticket prices and supporters' visas.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
We’d spent six months in Peshawar waiting for the INS to issue our visas.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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
Hereafter peasants who may wish to move in from the country to Rovigno must apply for a permit 15 days in advance and have it visaed by the Chief of Police.
From Time Magazine Archive
A minute later the passport had been visaed!
From The Gambler by C. J. Hogarth
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