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visa run

visa run noun: a brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.

Noun

visa run (plural visa runs)

  1. A brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.
    • […] there are even travel agents who specialise in arranging visa runs […]2004, Joe Bindloss, Wendy Taylor, Thailand's islands and beaches, page 407

Forms of visa run

pluralvisa runs

Questions about visa run

What does visa run mean?
Visa run means a brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.
What part of speech is visa run?
Visa run is a noun.
What is the plural of visa run?
The plural of visa run is visa runs.

Words near visa run in the dictionary

  1. vis-a-vis
  2. vis-à-vis
  3. vis-á-vis
  4. Vis.
  5. visa
  6. visa run
  7. visa runs
  8. visa versa
  9. visa-free
  10. visa-on-arrival
  11. visable

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