adocumentthat gives someone therighttotravelthrough acountrybut not tostaythere:Visitors mustapplyfor atransitvisafor Canada fromtheircountryofresidence.(Definition oftransit visafrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftransit visa
transit visaThere is no change to the requirements for obtaining atransitvisa.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many people who have to pay for atransitvisafeel aggrieved and regard it as a fine for passing through this country.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thetransitvisarestriction is basically a deterrent to people who may pretend to be in transit to other places.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The average cost of processing an application ranges from ￡25 for a direct airsidetransitvisato ￡230 for a settlement visa.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0To require them to have atransitvisaas well is somewhat bureaucratic, adding to the troubles of airport immigration officers in particular.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0In practice, thetransitvisaregime already exists.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0In those countries, atransitvisais issued then and there.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is now our intention to imposetransitvisarequirements very sparingly indeed.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It would be extremely odd if there were a visa regime but we could not impose atransitvisarequirement if necessary.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0If a passenger is a transit passenger and described as such, what is the purpose of requiring him to hold atransitvisa?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/transit-visa##
