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make visa vs Provide visa

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Make visa' is not a common phrase in English, while 'provide visa' is more commonly used when referring to the action of issuing or granting a visa.

Last updated: March 31, 2024

make visa

This phrase is correct but not commonly used in English.

This phrase could be used informally to mean obtaining or acquiring a visa, but it is not the most common way to express this idea.
  • These ties make visa facilitation measures between the two parties indispensable, and the Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary supports these.
  • We will do everything we can to help them and to make visa liberalisation possible, and that includes in technical terms.
  • Let us make visa policy an instrument of our neighbourhood policy, and let us do so at the same time as enlarging the Schengen area.
  • I do not think it is right that Member States should make visa applicants pay for their own administrative choices by allowing commercial companies with which they make contracts for collecting biometrics to charge an extra fee on top of the visa fee.
  • For the third objective, the facilitation of the fight against fraud, it is generally considered that biometrics could make visas more difficult to forge.
  • Does it believe that pressure can be put in the immediate future on Morocco to make visas compulsory for third-country nationals, as a means of preventing irregular entry into the EU?
  • Firstly, it will simplify the process of combating fraud and abuse, as biometric identifiers make forging visas more difficult.
  • Since then, the Commission has discussed with each Western Balkan country the necessary administrative preparations to make the visa regime easier and, in the long term, waive visa requirements altogether.
  • In January 2006 the Commission issued a communication on the Western Balkans in which it set out a large number of proposals also to make the visa regime easier in accordance with the Hague Programme.
  • In order to ensure that the beneficiaries of the programme enjoy a high quality welcome and stay, the Member States should endeavour to make their visa processes as straightforward as possible.
  • The existence of common rules for visas makes the European Union more like a state.
  • Should we not also make European policy on visas more flexible?
  • Since last December, however, the USA has shown a willingness to make changes in the Visa Waiver Program.
  • The liberalisation of the rules governing visas can make a significant contribution to the consolidation of relations between the EU and its partner countries, facilitating economic interchange and offering citizens concrete benefits.
  • whereas the new Commission proposals, biometric identifiers and visas make policy in this area more effective,
  • I nevertheless give my wholehearted support to policy with regard to Russia that backs that country's long-term development and makes it possible for visa-free travel to be introduced one day.
  • The report I mention also makes reference to the visa liberalisation for the Balkan States, which was also something of an imprudent measure.
  • But I also ask the Commissioner to make progress on the visa issue, particularly for businesspeople, and on holding Turkey to its promises for the draft trade union law.
  • The fact that a whole raft of extremely stringent conditions must be fulfilled, in each of our countries, in order to obtain a national long-stay visa makes this situation even more paradoxical, and, to my mind, even more scandalous.
  • Let me underline the fact that the more the countries in the region can do to ensure border controls and document security, the easier it will be to convince the EU Member States to make progress on visa facilitation.

Alternatives:

  • obtain a visa
  • apply for a visa
  • get a visa

Provide visa

This phrase is commonly used in English when referring to the action of issuing or granting a visa.

'Provide visa' is used when talking about the act of giving or granting a visa to someone.
  • It is quite obvious that Member States should provide visas for these people free of charge.
  • The question concerns the specific immigration status of a specific Kosovan refugee and the failure to provide visas for him from embassies in other EU states.
  • This provides for visa-free travel between Mauritius and Member States of the EU.
  • Finally, the regulation provides that each visa application file will be stored in the VIS for a maximum of 5 years.
  • The EU should provide special visas for the representatives of organised civil society and those of representative organisations, and display greater general flexibility.
  • Finally, the regulation provides that each visa application file will be stored in the VIS for a maximum of 5 years.
  • The Schengen Agreement on border checks, asylum and immigration provides a unified visa policy for the European Union.
  • I believe, however, that the negotiations concerning lifting the requirement for US visas provide a clear indication of the European Union's limitations.
  • This provides exemption from the visa requirement for certain school pupils under specific circumstances.
  • Nevertheless, I should like to emphasise that the existing acquis on the issuance of short-term visas provides for exemption from visa fees for some categories of persons, such as children under the age of six, students and researchers.
  • The large proportion of residents having dual citizenship creates additional differences in respect of rights as well, and so we have to make every effort to abolish these differences and to provide a visa-free regime for all Moldovans.
  • Through ways of my own, I provide them with exit visas.
  • Can the Commission also provide updated information on visa facilitation agreements with other Eastern Partnership countries?
  • Regarding the modalities of the cooperation with external services providers, Article 43 of the Visa Code provides detailed information concerning their tasks.
  • The Service makes arrangements, with his office, for the President's official visits, and provides MEPs with visas for missions outside the EU.
  • Even more worryingly, the report also appears to suggest that Somali pirates are cooperating with members of the government, who provide them with visas allowing them to travel to Europe.
  • The aim is to provide for safe visa-free travel for all EU citizens without exception as soon as possible.
  • In order to do this, I had to apply for a visa and provide a whole array of highly personal details.
  • Ultimately, the aim of the proposal is for long-stay visas to provide the same rights as those provided by a residence permit.
  • Thus the examination of applications is being simplified while, at the same time, the issuing of visas will provide greater security in future thanks to the use of biometric identifiers; that is, photograph and fingerprints.

Alternatives:

  • issue a visa
  • grant a visa
  • give a visa

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