11.   The INS said it would not give visas that would let her and seven other U.S. parents take eight Vietnamese children to the United States.

12.   The women were given tourist visas, which preclude them from working, by a Czech national at the U.S. Embassy in Prague.

13.   Then Hungary would not give them visas.

14.   Visas are not given to people with Israeli stamps in their passport.

15.   Privately, officials say it is doubtful that Lee will be given a visa for a return visit even though he has invitations from several members of Congress.

16.   Adams was recently given a visa after being barred by the Australian government two years ago over Irish Republican Army violence.

17.   An Israeli Arab legislator called off a planned visit to Beirut Thursday amid reports that he was unwelcome in Lebanon, whose government refuses to give Israelis visas.

18.   Bangladesh gives visas to foreign tourists on arrival at Dhaka airport to encourage investment and tourism.

19.   Beirut does not give visas to Israelis regardless of their ethnicity and even keeps out Palestinians, fearing that allowing them in would open the door to illegal migration.

20.   Even if they are denied political asylum, the Bahamas allows refugees to go to countries that give them visas.