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unusual facts about Visa, Inc.



Allegra McEvedy

During a spell in the USA, facilitated by being awarded a special visa as ‘an alien with extraordinary ability in the culinary arts’, McEvedy worked at Rubicon and Jardinière in San Francisco, and ran the kitchen at Robert De Niro’s New York restaurant Tribeca Grill (regularly doing 500 covers a night).

Asmir Begović

After gaining a UK Visa in the summer of 2006 he was able to get match experience in the Football League playing for Macclesfield Town, Bournemouth, Yeovil Town and Ipswich Town.

Atef Adwan

Granted an entry visa by Sweden in 2006, Adwan visited a number of European countries under the provision of the Schengen Agreement, often at the displeasure of the host countries.

Canada–European Union relations

But Canada and EU remain at odds over an EU ban on importing seal products and Canada's visa requirement for the EU citizens of the EU member states of Romania and Bulgaria.

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank

Additionally FirstCaribbean also offers a co-branded University of the West Indies VISA-Classic, Gold or Platinum credit card for students, alumni and staff.

Damon Keith

On December 14, 2001, the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) took Haddad into custody for overstaying his visa and initiated removal proceedings in Detroit before Immigration Judge Elizabeth Hacker.

Dashaveyor

The Dashaveyor concept started with Stanley Dashew, a prolific inventor who is best known for building the embossing machines used to produce the BankAmericard, the first plastic bank credit card system, which later evolved into Visa.

David Adelman

In 2011 he was recognized in the Wall Street Journal for his "heroic lobbying" in support of the APEC Business Travel Card, which would give American business travelers expedited visa processing rights at foreign embassies and access to immigration processing at international airports.

Derek Vanlint

He worked on advertisements for such companies as British Airways, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Guinness, Kellogg's, Levi's, Maxwell House, Pepsi, and Visa.

Fiji–New Zealand relations

On 15 December 2008 the New Zealand Government now under the leadership of John Key defied an ultimatum by Bainimarama threatening to expel New Zealand's acting high commissioner unless a visa is granted to the son, a Massey University student who is the son of Rupeni Nacewa, a secretary in the office of Fiji's president in Suva.

Fred Åkerström

Fred Åkerström was a Swedish folk guitarist and singer particularly noted for his interpretations of Bellman's music, and his own work of the typically Swedish song segment named visa.

George S. Messersmith

He was best known in his day for his controversial decision to issue a visa to Albert Einstein to travel to the United States.

Green Dot

Green Dot Corporation, a cash deposit and payment card network issuing Discover, MasterCard, and Visa cards

Incidents during the Hajj

Due to post-Hajj outbreaks globally of certain types of meningitis in previous years, it is now a visa requirement to be immunised with the ACW135Y vaccine before arrival.

Israel–Nauru relations

In 2011 the two countries signed a Visa exemption agreement, which allows the citizens of the two countries to have limited tourist visits to the other country without visa issuance.

Jela Špitková

Because of problems with her visa, Špitková could not become a member of the English Chamber Orchestra.

Khosla Ka Ghosla

The only person Cherry discusses his plan with are Asif Iqbal (Vinay Pathak), the agent helping him with his passport and visa paperwork.

Leo Melamed

In 1940, the Japanese consul general to Lithuania, Chiune Sugihara, issued his family a life-saving transit visa, and they made the long trek across Siberia to safe haven in Japan.

Lindsey Jacobellis

She has been featured in several high-profile advertising campaigns, including a Visa commercial.

Moussa Koussa

The letter stated that Brockmann was nominated, as Ali Treki, also a former General Assembly president who was their first choice, was denied a visa to enter the United States under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.

NOOR photo agency

NOOR Images was launched in 2007 at Visa pour l’Image by managing director Claudia Hinterseer and member photographers Pep Bonet, Stanley Greene, Yuri Kozyrev, Kadir van Lohuizen, Francesco Zizola and former members Jan Grarup, Samantha Appleton, Philip Blenkinsop and Jodi Bieber.

One Foot Under

Visa Vuorio (Tobias Zilliacus), a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live.

P visa

A P visa is a type of temporary employment visa of the United States, granted to alien athletes, artists, and entertainers, and their spouses and children.

Pablo Motos

Binaca made an announcement referring to a bad mouth, has been the voice of Coca Cola, announced the bank credit card Visa and released the air conditioning Fujitsu.

Paralympic Hall of Fame

Every two years, the prize is awarded to personalities Paralympic who have made outstanding contributions to success on and fair play, from the third edition of the award is sponsored by VISA.

PBS A/S

The company is involved with both Danish and international payment cards, namely Dankort, (Denmark's national debit card) and eDankort as well as MasterCard, Maestro, Visa, Visa Electron, American Express, JCB, and China UnionPay.

Permanent Resident of Norfolk Island visa

A Permanent Resident of Norfolk Island visa is a type of Australian immigration visa granted on arrival in Australia to a non-citizen who is a permanent resident of Norfolk Island.

Prince Christoph of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

He died on 6 August 2006 of massive organ failure a few days after being imprisoned in Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on charges of suspicion of illegally altering a visa.

Psychiana

Robinson traveled to Cuba, where he stayed briefly while Idaho Senator William Borah intervened on his behalf and helped him to obtain a visa.

Sanky-panky

In his comedic film entitled Sanky Panky, audiences follow the life of a young Dominican man named Genaro (played by Dominican comedian Fausto Mata) who travels to Bávaro to work at a resort in hopes of finding a "gringa" or a white American woman who will give him a visa.

Sergei Raad

He moved to the United States in 1995 after his Russian club team came to Orlando, Florida to play in a tournament; he was sponsored by a local family and obtained a student visa so he could learn English, and eventually took on the surname of his adoptive family, Raad.

Shi Yongsheng

Yongsheng won the 2009 PDC Chinese Qualifying Event which would have seen him play a fourth successive World Championship, however he was forced to withdraw from the competition due to visa issues and was replaced by Jan van der Rassel.

SN 1572

The supernova of 1572 is often called "Tycho's supernova", because of Tycho Brahe's extensive work De nova et nullius aevi memoria prius visa stella ("Concerning the Star, new and never before seen in the life or memory of anyone", published in 1573 with reprints overseen by Johannes Kepler in 1602, and 1610), a work containing both Tycho Brahe's own observations and the analysis of sightings from many other observers.

Sweeney's Men

Irvine was replaced by Henry McCullough, who had been repatriated to Ireland while on an Eire Apparent tour, due to visa problems.

Tong Wars

This was later taken away by Chief of Police Patrick Crowley, who instead of focusing on the warring tongs, aided in the promulgation of the Felton Act, which removed the power of the exit visa from the Companies.

TTK Group

The TTK Group is an Indian business conglomerate with a presence across several segments of industry including consumer durables, pharmaceuticals and supplements, bio-medical devices, maps and atlases, consular visa services, virtual assistant services and health care services.

United States–Uruguay relations

From 1999 through early 2003, Uruguayan citizens were exempted from visas when entering the United States under the Visa Waiver Program.

Victoria Fyodorova

While in the United States, she met Frederick Pouy, a pilot for Pan American World Airways, and they married on June 7, 1975, in Stamford, Connecticut, days before her visa was to expire.

Visa policy of El Salvador

Visa exemption also applies to residents of countries that are visa exempt as well as holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the United States or a Schengen member state.

Visa requirements for Russian citizens

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Prime Minister of Italy, and later Alexander Stubb, the Foreign Minister of Finland have started public discussions on the future possibility for visa-free travel between the EU countries and Russia.

Visa requirements for Turkish citizens

As of September 29, 2011, EU Commissioner of Interior Affairs Cecilia Malmström, has indicated that visa requirement will eventually be discontinued.

Visa Waiver Program

Bahamian citizens do not require a visa to enter the United States if they apply for entry at one of the Preclearance Facilities located in Nassau or Freeport International Airports.

Wayne Cilento

In this period, he was featured in more than 100 national commercials, including spots for VISA, Dr Pepper, Burger King, McDonalds, Kmart, and Dairy Queen.

When In Manila

Foreign corporations have also found the online metro guide to be an effective channel to reach Filipinos, with Sony, Asus, McDonald's, KFC, Coca Cola, Kia, Visa, Mastercard, and Johnnie Walker having advertised.


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