Visa on arrival

How it is used

Use for a particular visa procedure, not a promise that every traveller is eligible to use it.

Example sentences

1. The traveller asked whether her nationality qualified for a visa on arrival at that airport.

   Eligibility depends on the traveller and the entry arrangement.

2. He followed the visa on arrival signs before joining the passport-control queue.

   The visa procedure may form a separate step on arrival.

Common collocations

• apply for a visa on arrival
• visa on arrival desk

Related terms

• visaOfficial permission from a country, usually a sticker in your passport or an electronic record, to enter, stay in or pass through it for a set purpose and time.
• passport controlThe point at a border, airport or port where officers check passengers' passports and visas before they enter or leave a country.

More terms: Passport Control & Customs

• passport
• customs
• immigration
• declare
• arrival card
• nothing to declare
• Schengen visa
• expiry date
• preclearance
• biosecurity inspection
• passenger manifest