transit visa

noun

: a document (called a visa) that allows a person to go through one country while traveling to another country

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Migration officers have also started rounding up migrants whose tickets have expired, who linger in the airport for more than a day or who come from a handful of African countries from which Colombia still requires a transit visa. —Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024

Colombia’s migration director, Carlos Fernando García, said large numbers of Africans began appearing in Bogotá’s airport last spring after the government suspended transit visa requirements for citizens of several African countries to stimulate tourism. —Annie Correal Federico Rios, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024