Sentence examples for applications for visas from inspiring English sources

Under the present administration, however, his applications for visas to travel here have been denied.

In support of the Lennons' applications for visas as permanent residents, Mr. Wildes produced an impressive succession of character witnesses.

About 100 of the 340 detainees started rioting on Friday night after their applications for visas to stay in Australia were rejected.

Another was Ramzi bin al-Shibh of Yemen, a roommate of Mr. Atta in Hamburg and a man who would most likely have been among the hijackers, except his repeated applications for visas to the United States were turned down.

Knowing that change is impending for EU nationals, the UK will see additional applications for visas, citizenship and passports from people already living here or hoping to live here.

Officials at the immigration agency said last week that they received 2.5 million applications for visas and for naturalization in July and August, more than double the applications in the same period last year.

The family's application for visas to the United States was denied, but after six months in Switzerland they obtained visas for Canada and emigrated to Vancouver.

Last month, the American Institute in Taiwan appeared to hand Mr. Ma an election-season triumph by announcing that the island's long-awaited application for visa-free access to the United States was nearing approval.

About three-quarters of the requests for nonimmigrant visas and just over half of the 11,345 applications for immigrant visas were granted last year, embassy records indicate.

Under the new procedure, American consulates can fast-track applications for returning visas by those who have received a U.S. visa or otherwise cleared an interagency security review within the past year.

The immigration minister said it "reflected policy changes" with fewer people arriving to do unskilled work and fewer applications for family visas, leading to the "best and the brightest" heading to the UK while "rooting out abuse" over student visas.