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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She had been denied entry to Iraq three weeks earlier but later obtained a transit visa to cross from Syria.
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Transit visa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transit%20visa. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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