ビザ

びざ
noun
visa
travellaw
1. visa
an official endorsement in a passport permitting entry into or stay in a foreign country
To apply for a visa.
It's difficult to obtain a work visa.

Etymology

From English "visa".

Common collocations

Types

Watch out

Everyday speech in Japan uses ビザ for one's permission to live there (ビザの更新(こうしん), renewing a visa), but officially that is 在留資格(ざいりゅうしかく) (residence status); ビザ in the strict sense is the entry permit, officially 査証(さしょう). Don't confuse ビザ with ピザ (pizza).

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