visa run

noun

A brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.

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Meanings

nounvisa run (plural visa runs)

plural visa runs

  1. A brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.

    […] there are even travel agents who specialise in arranging visa runs […]

    2004, Joe Bindloss, Wendy Taylor, Thailand's islands and beaches, page 407
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APA

visa run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visa%20run

MLA

“visa run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visa%20run. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “visa run,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visa%20run.

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