exit visa
Leave-the-country document
An exit visa is official government authorization permitting a person to leave a country.
Some nations require citizens or residents to obtain permission before departing, a practice associated with authoritarian regimes that restrict emigration.
The Soviet Union famously required exit visas, and the term often carries connotations of state control over movement: They waited years for an exit visa.
Government-issued travel credential
- airportAviation passenger facility
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
- departureAct of going away
check-in · gate · luggage · ticket · boarding · itinerary · destination · checkpoint
One living abroad permanently
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- abroadIn foreign territory
- overseasIn foreign countries
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
diaspora · defection · refugee · asylum · family reunification · brain drain · farewell · homeland
Formal request document
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- processingSystematic operation on data
consulate · embassy · official · procedure · regulation · stamp · quota · restriction
Deliberate noncomplier
- detentionTemporary official holding
- deniedRefused or disavowed
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- travel banProhibition on journeys
surveillance · political prisoner · dissident · escape · smuggling · bribery · asylum seeker · Iron Curtain
passport
Government-issued travel credential
- airportAviation passenger facility
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
departure · check-in · gate · luggage · ticket · boarding · itinerary · destination · checkpoint · immigration officer
expatriate
One living abroad permanently
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- abroadIn foreign territory
- overseasIn foreign countries
emigrant · diaspora · defection · refugee · asylum · family reunification · brain drain · farewell · homeland · statelessness
application
Formal request document
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- approvalFavorable opinion given
processing · consulate · embassy · official · procedure · regulation · stamp · quota · restriction · formality
refusenik
Deliberate noncomplier
travel ban · surveillance · political prisoner · dissident · escape · smuggling · bribery · asylum seeker · Iron Curtain · Soviet
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, refugee, citizenship, asylum
- travel documentspassport, passports, travel document, travel documents, passport stamp
- Credentialscredential, credentials, degree, diploma, certificate
- travel restrictionstravel ban, entry ban, border closure, flight ban, travel advisory
- GDR Lawpenal code, district courts, district court, defense attorneys, defense attorney
- Soviet Documentsinternal passport, travel permit, work permit, ration card, ration book
exit visaentry permit
Authorization to enter territory
tourist visa · visa on arrival · right of entry · work permit · residence permit
exit visatravel ban
Prohibition on journeys
travel restriction · house arrest · no-fly list · border closure · passport confiscation