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What is the difference between a passport and a visa? Do you need both to stay two weeks in a country?

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  • 9 years ago
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    passport is proof/identification of your country, visa is a permission you get from a country(other than your own) to allow visitation.

    Some countries don't need a visa to visit and some do. Some may require a visa to some foreigners and don't require to some. It really depends on what your nationality is and which country you're visitng.

  • Adele
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Passports are also commonly used as documents just to certify the person's identity, for example in opening a bank account.

    A visa is the name for permission to enter a country. Many countries require a non-citizen to have the permission of the government of that country in order to enter or remain inside it. It's not called "permission to enter or remain", it's called a visa, that's all.

    It depends on the country you're going. because there are some countries that doesn't need visa just a valid passport :D

  • 9 years ago

    A passport- A legal document that will allow to leave one country and enter another country legally.

    A visa is something that will allow to to stay longer than a certain amount of time. This varies from country to country.

    You will NEED to have a passport leave your home country to enter a foreign country but you don't necessarily need a visa.

  • 9 years ago

    I THINK a passport lets you in and out of a country. The Visa lets you stay awhile. Look it up on google

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    For going to abroad Visa is compulsory. Passport is necessary before applying for VISA.

    Passport is also used as ID card through out the world...

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